Story :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.
Cast
Yves MontandThe Deputy, a doctor
Irene PapasHélène, wife of the Deputy
Jean-Louis TrintignantExamining Magistrate
Jacques PerrinPhotojournalist
Charles DennerManuel, friend of the Deputy, lawyer
François PérierPublic Prosecutor
Bernard FressonMatt, friend of the Deputy, lawyer
Pierre DuxGendarmerie General Missou
Georges GéretNick
Magali NoëlNick's Sister
Marcel BozzuffiVago
Julien GuiomarGendarmerie Colonel
Renato SalvatoriYago
Jean BouiseDeputy Georges Pirou, friend of the Deputy
Clotilde JoanoShoula
Maurice BaquetHeroic Bricklayer
Habib RedaDeputy Public Prosecutor
Hassan El-HassaniGeneral's Chauffeur
Gérard DarrieuBarone, activist of the CROC
Jean-Pierre MiquelPierre, a lawyer
Sid Ahmed AgoumiGendarmerie Officer
Jean DastéIllya Coste, chauffeur
Van DoudeHospital Director
Jean-François GobbiJimmy, the boxer
Guy MairesseDumas aka The Russian
Andrée TainsyNick's Mother
Eva SimonetNiki, the Prosecutor's Daughter
François Chaumette(voice)
Allel El Mouhib
José ArturEditor-in-chief of the newspaper (uncredited)
Raoul CoutardEnglish Surgeon (uncredited)
Steve GadlerEnglish Photographer (uncredited)
Gabriel JabbourBozzini, secretary of the investigating judge (uncredited)