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| 1969 – 127′ – Drama, Thriller, Period & History, Classic .
Written by: Jorge Semprún, Costa-Gavras, Ben Barzam.
Based on the Book by: Vassilis Vassikos.
Directed by: Costa-Gavras.
Starring: Yves Montand, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Irène Papas, Jacques Perrin, Charles Denner, Pierre Dux, Julien Guiomar, Georges Géret, Magali Noël, Bernard Fresson, Jean Bouise.
Official Selection Cannes  International Film Festival 1969 (Winner Best Actor Jean-Louis Trintignant), 2 Academy Awards winner (1970): Best Foreign Language film and Best Editing.
In French with English subtitles.
A The Criterion Collection release. |

A pulse-pounding political thriller, Costa-Gavras’s technically audacious and emotionally gripping masterpiece remains one of the most vital cinematic dispatches of the late sixties. This Oscar-winning film – loosely based on the assassination of Greek left-wing activist Gregoris Lambrakis – stars Yves Montand as a politician whose public murder amid a violent demonstration is covered up by officials, and Jean-Louis Trintignant as the tenacious magistrate determined not to let them get away with it.

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