Z

Overview

Amid a tense political climate, the opposition leader is killed in an apparent accident. When a prosecutor smells a cover-up, witnesses get targeted. A thinly veiled dramatization of the assassination of Greek politician Grigoris Lambrakis and its aftermath, “Z” captures the outrage at the US-backed junta that ruled Greece at the time of its release.

Release Date

26 February 1969

127 minutes

Director

Main Cast

The Deputy, a doctor
Hélène, wife of the Deputy
Examining Magistrate
Photojournalist
Manuel, friend of the Deputy, lawyer
Public Prosecutor
Matt, friend of the Deputy, lawyer
Gendarmerie General Missou
Nick's Sister
Gendarmerie Colonel