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Turkish title: Ölümsüz

“He is alive!”

1969 · 2 h 7 min
Directed by Costa-Gavras
CrimeDramaThriller

Cast

Yves Montand Irene Papas Jean-Louis Trintignant

Credits

Written by: Vassilis Vassilikos

Plot

After the assassination of a popular liberal politician in an unnamed Mediterranean country, a young magistrate begins an investigation that implicates the army and police. As he discovers the truth, he faces pressure from the authorities to close the case. Costa-Gavras's 1969 political thriller, based on the murder of Grigoris Lambrakis in Greece, with Yves Montand and Jean-Louis Trintignant, won two Academy Awards.

Sinekatalog’s take

Costa-Gavras's political thriller fictionalises the assassination of a Greek politician and the cover-up. Fast, angry and propulsive, it created a template for the paranoid conspiracy film.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 8.1 / 10 (34,531 votes)
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