Directed by:
Costa-GavrasScreenplay:
Jorge SemprúnCinematography:
Raoul CoutardComposer:
Giovanni FuscoCast:
Yves Montand, Simone Signoret, Gabriele Ferzetti, François Marthouret, Michel Beaune, Michel Robin, Jean Bouise, Guy Mairesse, Nicole Vervil (more)Plots(1)
Anton Ludvik, aka Gerard, is vice-minister of Foreign Affairs of Czechoslovakia. He realizes he is watched and followed. One day, he is arrested and put into jail, in solitary confinement. Will be shown the mental tortures during the investigations and how a faithful top-ranking civil servant is made to confess to treason. Based on the true story of Czechoslovakian communist Artur London, this is not an anticommunist film but a plea against totalitaism. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Yves Montand](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/801/163801581_f21303.png)
Yves Montand
Italy
Best movies:
Jean de Florette (1986)
Manon of the Spring (1986)
The Wages of Fear (1953)
![Simone Signoret](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/381/164381939_9cc7fc.png)
Simone Signoret
German Empire
Best movies:
The Confession (1970)
The Cat (1971)
The Sleeping Car Murders (1965)
![Gabriele Ferzetti](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/273/273952_06d3cb.jpg)
Gabriele Ferzetti
Italy
Best movies:
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
The Confession (1970)
The Adventure (1960)
![François Marthouret](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/839/160839639_e586de.png)
François Marthouret
France
Best movies:
The Confession (1970)
L'affaire Dreyfus (1994) (series)
The Octopus (1984) (series)
![Michel Beaune](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/273/273327_678a5e.jpg)
Michel Beaune
France
Best movies:
The Professional (1981)
The Confession (1970)
Cop or Hood (1979)
![Michel Robin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/036/677/36677420_1bf1bc.jpg)
Michel Robin
France
Best movies:
Les Petites Fugues (1979)
Amelie (2001)
The Confession (1970)
![Jean Bouise](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272198_80271a.jpg)
Jean Bouise
France
Best movies:
The French Revolution (1989) (TV movie)
The Old Gun (1975)
The Big Blue (1988)
![Guy Mairesse](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/406/158406988_ea52e4.jpg)
Guy Mairesse
France
Best movies:
Le Glaive et la balance (1963)
No Time for Breakfast (1976)
The Confession (1970)
![Nicole Vervil](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/437/437146_39f276.jpg)
Nicole Vervil
France
Best movies:
The Twelve Tasks of Asterix (1976)
The Troops of St. Tropez (1964)
The Confession (1970)
![Monique Chaumette](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/393/160393756_2bc372.jpg)
Monique Chaumette
France
Best movies:
The Confession (1970)
A Sunday in the Country (1984)
The Sleeping Car Murders (1965)
![Claude Vernier](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/483/483287_bc096c.jpg)
Claude Vernier
German Empire
Best movies:
The Confession (1970)
Grand Illusion (1937)
The President (1961)
![Marcel Cuvelier](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/021/353/21353705_3510d1.jpg)
Marcel Cuvelier
France
Best movies:
The Confession (1970)
The Truth (1960)
Lift to the Scaffold (1958)
![Marc Eyraud](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/022/809/22809444_8f71a9.jpg)
Marc Eyraud
France
Best movies:
Les Misérables (1958)
The Confession (1970)
Belle de Jour (1967)
Charles Moulin
France
Best movies:
The Confession (1970)
Circus Angel (1965)
Napoleon (1955)
![Jean Lescot](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/033/879/33879991_efb883.jpg)
Jean Lescot
France
Best movies:
The Confession (1970)
Docteur Teyran (1980) (TV movie)
I... For Icarus (1979)
![Michel Vitold](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/036/677/36677339_e99a73.jpg)
Michel Vitold
Russian Empire
Best movies:
The Confession (1970)
Maigret and the St. Fiacre Case (1959)
That Night in Varennes (1982)
![Jacques Rispal](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/036/677/36677405_9b4183.jpg)
Jacques Rispal
France
Best movies:
Two Men in Town (1973)
The Confession (1970)
The Cat (1971)
Pierre Decazes
Best movies:
The Wing and the Thigh (1976)
The Confession (1970)
Il n'y a pas de fumée sans feu (1973)
![Gérard Darrieu](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/109/309/109309457_49a3eb.jpg)
Gérard Darrieu
France
Best movies:
Les Misérables (1958)
The Professional (1981)
Witness in the City (1959)
![Umberto Raho](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/059/364/59364322_1afa08.jpg)
Umberto Raho
Italy
Best movies:
Holy Year (1976)
The Confession (1970)
The Moro Affair (1986)