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The master of the political thriller, Costa-Gavras became an instant phenomenon after the mammoth success of Z, and he quickly followed it with the equally riveting The Confession. Based on a harrowing true story from the era of Soviet bloc show trials, the film stars Yves Montand as a Czechoslovak Communist Party official who, in the early fifties, is abducted, imprisoned, and interrogated over a frighteningly long period, and left in the dark about his captors’ motives. Also starring Simone Signoret and Gabriele Ferzetti, the film is an unflinching, intimate depiction of one of the twentieth century’s darkest chapters, told from one bewildered man’s point of view.
Original Release
04/29/1970
US Release
12/09/1970
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Yves Montand | Gérard / Gérard (A.L. / Artur London) |
Simone Signoret | Lise / Lise (Mme L. / Lise London) |
Gabriele Ferzetti | Kohoutek |
Michel Vitold | Smola |
Jean Bouise | Boss of factory / Le patron de l'usine |
László Szabó | L'homme de la police secrète / Secret police man |
Monique Chaumette | L'amie de Lise / Friend of Lise |
Guy Mairesse | Le médecin / Doctor |
Marc Eyraud | Un politique / Politician |
Gérard Darrieu | L'interrogateur à lunettes / Policeman |
Directors
Writers
Lise London, Artur London, Jorge Semprún
Cast
Name | Character |
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Yves Montand | Gérard / Gérard (A.L. / Artur London) |
Simone Signoret | Lise / Lise (Mme L. / Lise London) |
Gabriele Ferzetti | Kohoutek |
Michel Vitold | Smola |
Jean Bouise | Boss of factory / Le patron de l'usine |
László Szabó | L'homme de la police secrète / Secret police man |
Monique Chaumette | L'amie de Lise / Friend of Lise |
Guy Mairesse | Le médecin / Doctor |
Marc Eyraud | Un politique / Politician |
Gérard Darrieu | L'interrogateur à lunettes / Policeman |
Gilles Ségal | |
Charles Moulin | |
Nicole Vervil | |
Georges Aubert | Tonda / Tonda - un ami politique |
André Cellier | Un ami communiste (1965) |
Pierre Delaval | |
William Jacques | Le rédacteur en chef |
Henri Marteau | Le policier qui tutoie |
Michel Robin | L'accusateur au procès / Attorney General |
Antoine Vitez | Un ami communiste (1965) / Communist friend |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Robert Dorfmann | Producer |
Bertrand Javal | Producer |
Editors
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1971 | Golden Globe | Best Foreign-Language Foreign Film | Nominated |