I’ve seven every frame of this movie in reality Iran. I’ve lived every second of this great movie. Whoever lives under totalitarian regimes will connect with this great movie. I recommend you to watch the ‘state pf siege’.
Went to this as a 15 year old thinking it was a spy film. Little did I know that this excellent film would be the beginning of my political consciousness. I didn't understand it, but was enthralled. I read the book but it still took years before the full impact of what was contain in this celluloid took effect. Now I consider one of the top 3 films I have ever seen. I had the chance to go to a lecture by Vasillikos who wrote the book and didn't go. I kick myself to this day.
@@hanneloremurphy3406 - You mean the opposite of this is going to happen in the USA, right? There's currently an imposter/war criminal in the Oval Office pretending to be the president of the US, who will be removed by the US army somewhere in the next couple of months, because of massive voter fraud by his party and the CIA, in collusion with China. It's definitely going to be an interesting time!
@@ComradeHellas comrade you really shouldn’t be supporting Biden lmao he’s the Mitsotakis of the USA. He’s a right wing capitalist loser and a war mongerer. These are the options that the US “democracy” gives its people, either a far right lunatic billionaire or an old white right wing capitalist that hates the working class
This is one of the greatest movie ever. people must be awaken , in fact the whole world is sleeping and those rulers are enjoying th emoment, we have to wake up and create a Free world. Freedom is right of every human.
RIP Jean-Louis Trintignant - einer der ganz Großen meiner Jugend, als französisches Kino noch Avantgarde war. Filme wie Monumente ... alle noch aus dem Röhren-TV.
I saw it in a a theater in 1969 or 70, when it was first came to the US. I was in college. I was floored and outraged since I saw much of the same here from the establishment right wing. I see it now, but it is Antifa and the establishment, far-left Dems who wear those shoes. The establishment deep state protects itself no matter who has been in power. Not since they took Jack, Bobby, and Martin - then Reagan - have we had even a small chance to defeat it. But, this time DJT has a chance ....
@@jfhunt Wow. I too saw it in a theater in my youth in college. I was also floored and outraged, and it probably was the most important political film of my life. But I STILL see this as coming from the right, the new cultured neo-Nazi's like Stephen Miller and DJT (and Barr)are the enablers that allow this to flourish. It is hard to believe we are living on the same planet, having digressed so far since then. Antifa is fairytale, a unicorn, which even as a non-existent organization, with no structure or leaders except as an "idea" opposed to fascists, would have nothing in common with the "Deep State".
At the time of release, Chicago Sun-Times film critic Roger Ebert, who named Z the best film of 1969, liked the screenplay and its message, and wrote, "[Z] is a film of our time. It is about how even moral victories are corrupted. It will make you weep and will make you angry. It will tear your guts out...When the Army junta staged its coup in 1967, the right-wing generals and the police chief were cleared of all charges and 'rehabilitated.' Those responsible for unmasking the assassination now became political criminals. These would seem to be completely political events, but the young director Costa-Gavras has told them in a style that is almost unbearably exciting. Z is at the same time a political cry of rage and a brilliant suspense thriller. It even ends in a chase: Not through the streets but through a maze of facts, alibis and official corruption."[5] In 2006, James Berardinelli wrote, "Z was the third feature film from Greek-born Costa-Gavras, but it is the movie that captured him to the world's attention, winning a Best Foreign Language Film Oscar. It introduced the director's signature approach of combining overt political messages with edge-of-the-seat tension."[6] Jonathan Richards wrote in 2009, "It's hard to overstate the impact that this Oscar-winning procedural thriller had in 1969, on a world roiling in political activism, repression, and discord. In the U.S., the Vietnam War was on the front burner, the populace was passionately engaged, and the police riots outside the '68 Chicago Democratic Convention and the murder of Black Panther Fred Hampton were raw wounds. With this stylish, intense indictment of the assassination of a leftist political leader by a right wing government cabal in his native Greece, director Costa-Gavras struck a nerve that resonated here and around the globe."[7] On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a 95% "fresh" score based on 39 reviews, with an average rating of 8.2/10. The site's consensus states: "Powerfully effective, this anti-fascist political thriller stands out as both high-conscience melodrama and high-tempo action movie."[8] The film was selected to be screened in the Cannes Classics section of the 2015 Cannes Film Festiva
To this day, nine movies have the shortest titles ever, all with one single letter. Costa-Gavras’ “Z” (1969) is one of those. Quite a record❕ The meaning of “Z” : At the very end of the film, a message states : “Also the military regime banned […] the letter ‘Z’ which means ‘He is alive’ in Ancient Greek.” “Z”* was 1) the first motion picture to be nominated by the Academy for Best Picture and Best Foreign Language Film; 2) the second non-English film in Academy history to be nominated for Best Picture, after Jean Renoir’s “The Grand Illusion” (1937). “Z” has inspired the work of - at least - two famous directors, namely Oliver Stone and Steven Soderbergh. Unsurprisingly, Costa-Gavras’ political thriller** is included in “1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die”, edited by Steven Schneider. Three main stars passed away in 2022, a couple of months from each other : 🌹 Jacques Perrin (April 2022), 🌹 Jean-Louis Trintignant (June 2022) and 🌹 Irene Papas (September 2022). 💚🎬💙 * Many minor roles were played by members of the crew for budgetary and logistical reasons. In the end, it paid off though, since the motion picture grossed some $ 17.3 million in the USA alone. ** “Z” was based on the 1966 eponymous novel by Vassilis Vassilikos.
This movie describes the whole 60s and 70s political troubles (Greece, Turkey, Chile, maybe a bit lighter even in France). One of my all time favourites.
I saw "Z" when it came out and I was 11 or 12 - too young to really understand it. But I can't forget the gut-wrenching tension and visceral outrage it elicited in me.
The movie of Costas Gavras describes the execution of Gregory Labrakis,a Greek leftish politician who murdered from Neo-Nazi group in Thessaloniki,North Greece!!
Decent for a french trailer of that era, but such a long trailer really takes away a lot of the tension and mystery a trailer should retain. Anyway, amazing film for sure.
The movie is based on the book Z written by Vasilis Vasilikos. The book is talking about the murder of the greek deputy Grigoris Lamprakis. The pronunciation of the letter Z in greek sounds like the word Ζει which means he lives. The author did a brilliant job with the title
Eccellente pellicola basata su una storia vera, sull' omicidio del politico socialista Lambrakis, la sceneggiatura è interessante e coinvolgente, c'è una notevole tensione, c'è un buon intreccio narrativo, gli scontri tra le opposte fazioni politiche sono un pò banali.
It was banned because of censorship back when we literally had no freedom of speech in Greece because it dealt with a controversial issue - the murder of a prominent leftist figure, a doctor called George Lambrakis
I was a film student a NYU when this film was released. Z changed my life as a person and as an artist. No more wars.
Tell that to the Taliban.
@@Seekthetruth3000 Glady.
@@WolffBachner tell that to putin who uses Z now
@@ps2progamer814 Ditto, gladly.
I’ve seven every frame of this movie in reality Iran. I’ve lived every second of this great movie. Whoever lives under totalitarian regimes will connect with this great movie. I recommend you to watch the ‘state pf siege’.
RIP Pierre Dux (October 21, 1908 - December 1, 1990), aged 82
RIP François Périer (November 10, 1919 - June 29, 2002), aged 82
RIP Yves Montand (October 13, 1921 - November 9, 1991), aged 70
RIP Georges Géret (October 18, 1924 - April 7, 1996), aged 71
RIP Mikis Theodorakis (July 29, 1925 - September 2, 2021), aged 96
RIP Charles Denner (May 29, 1926 - September 10, 1995), aged 69
RIP Irene Papas (September 3, 1926 - September 14, 2022), aged 96
RIP Julien Guiomar (May 3, 1928 - November 22, 2010), aged 82
RIP Marcel Bozzuffi (October 28, 1929 - February 1, 1988), aged 58
RIP Jean-Louis Trintignant (December 11, 1930 - June 17, 2022), aged 91
RIP Bernard Fresson (May 27, 1931 - October 20, 2002), aged 71
RIP Magali Noël (June 27, 1931 - June 23, 2015), aged 83
RIP Renato Salvatori (March 20, 1933 - March 27, 1988), aged 55
RIP Jacques Perrin (July 13, 1941 - April 21, 2022), aged 80
You will be remembered as legends
And the real legend - apart from Lambrakis, of course -, Christos Sartzetakis, the brave Magistrate: 6 April 1929 - 3 February 2022.
Went to this as a 15 year old thinking it was a spy film. Little did I know that this excellent film would be the beginning of my political consciousness. I didn't understand it, but was enthralled. I read the book but it still took years before the full impact of what was contain in this celluloid took effect. Now I consider one of the top 3 films I have ever seen.
I had the chance to go to a lecture by Vasillikos who wrote the book and didn't go. I kick myself to this day.
Beautiful story
I have seen this film too. I am afraid that is what will be coming to the USA
@@hanneloremurphy3406 - You mean the opposite of this is going to happen in the USA, right? There's currently an imposter/war criminal in the Oval Office pretending to be the president of the US, who will be removed by the US army somewhere in the next couple of months, because of massive voter fraud by his party and the CIA, in collusion with China. It's definitely going to be an interesting time!
@@j.vonhogen9650 How is it going kiddo, the couple of months have passed, Biden is still in office. Hahahaa.
@@ComradeHellas comrade you really shouldn’t be supporting Biden lmao he’s the Mitsotakis of the USA. He’s a right wing capitalist loser and a war mongerer. These are the options that the US “democracy” gives its people, either a far right lunatic billionaire or an old white right wing capitalist that hates the working class
This is one of the greatest movie ever. people must be awaken , in fact the whole world is sleeping and those rulers are enjoying th emoment, we have to wake up and create a Free world. Freedom is right of every human.
Your freedom is limited by the freedom of others it's the reason why there is no actual freedom without law and order.
Bravooo!!
RIP Jean-Louis Trintignant - einer der ganz Großen meiner Jugend, als französisches Kino noch Avantgarde war. Filme wie Monumente ... alle noch aus dem Röhren-TV.
This algérien
Maybe the best political drama/thriller out there. Fiercely recommended.
I saw it in a a theater in 1969 or 70, when it was first came to the US. I was in college. I was floored and outraged since I saw much of the same here from the establishment right wing. I see it now, but it is Antifa and the establishment, far-left Dems who wear those shoes. The establishment deep state protects itself no matter who has been in power. Not since they took Jack, Bobby, and Martin - then Reagan - have we had even a small chance to defeat it. But, this time DJT has a chance ....
@@jfhunt Wow. I too saw it in a theater in my youth in college. I was also floored and outraged, and it probably was the most important political film of my life. But I STILL see this as coming from the right, the new cultured neo-Nazi's like Stephen Miller and DJT (and Barr)are the enablers that allow this to flourish. It is hard to believe we are living on the same planet, having digressed so far since then. Antifa is fairytale, a unicorn, which even as a non-existent organization, with no structure or leaders except as an "idea" opposed to fascists, would have nothing in common with the "Deep State".
One of the best political films out there. Still relevant today.
Every actor was perfect in their roles, particularly Irene Papas as the grieving widow..
Yes but her name is not politically correct anymore it should be changed to "Mamas"!
She barely speaks in this movie
RIP Irene Papas (September 3, 1926 - September 14, 2022), aged 96
At the time of release, Chicago Sun-Times film critic Roger Ebert, who named Z the best film of 1969, liked the screenplay and its message, and wrote, "[Z] is a film of our time. It is about how even moral victories are corrupted. It will make you weep and will make you angry. It will tear your guts out...When the Army junta staged its coup in 1967, the right-wing generals and the police chief were cleared of all charges and 'rehabilitated.' Those responsible for unmasking the assassination now became political criminals. These would seem to be completely political events, but the young director Costa-Gavras has told them in a style that is almost unbearably exciting. Z is at the same time a political cry of rage and a brilliant suspense thriller. It even ends in a chase: Not through the streets but through a maze of facts, alibis and official corruption."[5]
In 2006, James Berardinelli wrote, "Z was the third feature film from Greek-born Costa-Gavras, but it is the movie that captured him to the world's attention, winning a Best Foreign Language Film Oscar. It introduced the director's signature approach of combining overt political messages with edge-of-the-seat tension."[6] Jonathan Richards wrote in 2009, "It's hard to overstate the impact that this Oscar-winning procedural thriller had in 1969, on a world roiling in political activism, repression, and discord. In the U.S., the Vietnam War was on the front burner, the populace was passionately engaged, and the police riots outside the '68 Chicago Democratic Convention and the murder of Black Panther Fred Hampton were raw wounds. With this stylish, intense indictment of the assassination of a leftist political leader by a right wing government cabal in his native Greece, director Costa-Gavras struck a nerve that resonated here and around the globe."[7]
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a 95% "fresh" score based on 39 reviews, with an average rating of 8.2/10. The site's consensus states: "Powerfully effective, this anti-fascist political thriller stands out as both high-conscience melodrama and high-tempo action movie."[8]
The film was selected to be screened in the Cannes Classics section of the 2015 Cannes Film Festiva
To this day, nine movies have the shortest titles ever, all with one single letter. Costa-Gavras’ “Z” (1969) is one of those. Quite a record❕
The meaning of “Z” : At the very end of the film, a message states : “Also the military regime banned […] the letter ‘Z’ which means ‘He is alive’ in Ancient Greek.”
“Z”* was 1) the first motion picture to be nominated by the Academy for Best Picture and Best Foreign Language Film; 2) the second non-English film in Academy history to be nominated for Best Picture, after Jean Renoir’s “The Grand Illusion” (1937).
“Z” has inspired the work of - at least - two famous directors, namely Oliver Stone and Steven Soderbergh.
Unsurprisingly, Costa-Gavras’ political thriller** is included in “1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die”, edited by Steven Schneider.
Three main stars passed away in 2022, a couple of months from each other : 🌹 Jacques Perrin (April 2022), 🌹 Jean-Louis Trintignant (June 2022) and 🌹 Irene Papas (September 2022). 💚🎬💙
* Many minor roles were played by members of the crew for budgetary and logistical reasons. In the end, it paid off though, since the motion picture grossed some $ 17.3 million in the USA alone.
** “Z” was based on the 1966 eponymous novel by Vassilis Vassilikos.
Ζ is a greek alphabet letter pronounced as zei=ζεί in greek language. The verb ζει literally means he is alive.
@@johnyb9519 Thanks, Johny, and best regards to you.
Not too mention, Z being the inspiration to William Friedkin. When about to shoot "The French Connection"
@@chrissychaosthank you for this comment 👍
Rip Mikis Theodorakis for the soundrack!
A perfect film can't believe I didn't know about this masterpiece for this long.
One of the greatest movies of all time and a great lesson in democracy for us, the (already) free world.
Costa Gavras est un visionnaire.
"You are accountable only to your conscience, after God". Rest in Power, Christos Sartzetakis.
Amazing cast, amazing director, amazing movie. Gavras knew how to turn his bleak political films to actual cinematic experiences.
ΓΡΗΓΟΡΗ ΖΕΙΣ! ΑΘΑΝΑΤΟΣ! The movie is based at the real MURDER of GRIGORIS LAMBRAKIS! HE LIVES IN OUR THOUGHTS!
This movie describes the whole 60s and 70s political troubles (Greece, Turkey, Chile, maybe a bit lighter even in France).
One of my all time favourites.
Whilst the Greek junta were in power this excellent film was banned in Greece,
All journalist have to watch this movie which raises awareness on information.
I wanna watch this video all day
The courageous prosecutor in this film, Christos Sartzetakis, became President in 1985-1990, and died today, aged 92
¡Extraordinaria! Y la música! ..sin palabras
Its an epic 'historic film 'beside Kostas Gavras 'making only gut films 'with meaning 'thank u all
Παλιάνθρωποι δεν σας φοβόμαστε.Είμαστε αγωνιστές...🌹❤🤗🍉 έχουμε τον ήλιο με το μέρος μας💥Αγαπάμε Κώστα Γραγά❤
masterpiece!
A masterpiece. Thanks!
HE LIVES!!!
first movie i ever saw
i was 5
it has been ingrained in my mind ever since
i have an unnatural fear of all three-wheeled vehicles ever since
LA MEJOR SIN DUDA
I saw "Z" when it came out and I was 11 or 12 - too young to really understand it. But I can't forget the gut-wrenching tension and visceral outrage it elicited in me.
Considering Gust Avrakotos' role in the real coup, I think of this as a prequel to "Charlie Wilson's War..."
政治サスペンス映画最高峰
大好きな作品!
The movie of Costas Gavras describes the execution of Gregory Labrakis,a Greek leftish politician who murdered from Neo-Nazi group in Thessaloniki,North Greece!!
There were no Neo_Nazi in 1963 in Greece ...Queen Freideriki gave the order to the parastatals
the only Arab movie to ever win an Oscar (mighty Algeria)
What connect it to algeria
You are confusing this with Battle of Algeirs
@@tenisalot Z was shot in Algeria, who co-produced the film.
The Battle of Algiers won the Venice film festival and was nominated for an Oscar, but did not win one.
Fantastic political thriller, more enigmatic than its much younger brother 'JFK'.
Algerian appearance with Sid Ahmed Agoumi 💚
أنا مفهمتش كي ربح الأوسكار قالو أحسن فيلم أجنبي جزائري؟!
It is an Algerian movie in the first place, the trailer doesn't show much. you should watch the movie
Good timing for protesting culture in cinema
The chef d'oeuvre ..
oooh the whole thing is on TH-cam as well!
Not anymore
it is again
Not anymore
Great Movie
Sensational
Um clássico!!!
i opened a book in the school library and read among others the word "asfalia" which meant the greek KGB
Well it wasn't really the Greek kgb
More like the Greek abwehr
... toujours autant d'actualité....
z means "he lives" in Greek
In algeria
Ελλαδα μου Ελλαδιτσα μου...που σε καταντησανε και που θα σε καταντησουνε ακομα...συνεχιστε συνΕλληνες να κοιμαστε....χωρις εισαγωγικα...
Some people are born to be investigators.
هذا فلم جزائري؟
oh my fricking gosh! i can never find the first parts of this movie
Decent for a french trailer of that era, but such a long trailer really takes away a lot of the tension and mystery a trailer should retain. Anyway, amazing film for sure.
co - production
Office national pour le commerce et l'industrie cinimtographique (Alger) ?!!
oui et l'oscar était distribué au nom de l'algerie 1968 et le prix etait reçu au mains de Ahmed rachedi et Costa Gavras par clint eastwood
Tá no meu TOP 10.
Filmaço! The Great Movie...
جيت من لاشان تع خويا ياسين😂 كون ما حطش فيديو على هاد لفيلم ما كنت ما نعرفو ف حياتي
Anyone give me this movie link plz
3:06 When I first met you I felt like I had known you forever.
7:39 I wanna be the one who can make you happy
born in 2009
The letter z is important in some cultures.
The movie is based on the book Z written by Vasilis Vasilikos. The book is talking about the murder of the greek deputy Grigoris Lamprakis. The pronunciation of the letter Z in greek sounds like the word Ζει which means he lives. The author did a brilliant job with the title
first song?
THE ORIGINAL
th-cam.com/video/HlfgNLIyc_Q/w-d-xo.html
THE REMIX
th-cam.com/video/Bi4UasNNAYM/w-d-xo.html
is it really good...
looks the kind that makes you scratching your head..
and you probably have no idea whats going on half the time...
Eccellente pellicola basata su una storia vera, sull' omicidio del politico socialista Lambrakis, la sceneggiatura è interessante e coinvolgente, c'è una notevole tensione, c'è un buon intreccio narrativo, gli scontri tra le opposte fazioni politiche sono un pò banali.
It was a summer...
And i thought it was a zombie apocalypse movie
Algeria 🇩🇿
11:46 Are you tired of keeping going in my mind?
فيلم من انتاج فرنسي جزائري
Why is banned in Greece?
It was banned because of censorship back when we literally had no freedom of speech in Greece because it dealt with a controversial issue - the murder of a prominent leftist figure, a doctor called George Lambrakis
It was banned during the junta (1967-1974).
Ο Αντώνης την φωνή
🇩🇿 🇩🇿
@v19d
Is it purposely bad acted or is it just me?
Jean-Louis Trintignant was great as the magistrate. Subtle as always.
Cinema Verite -now cinema propaganda
communist flick
It's about the opposition to the dictatorship of the Greek Colonels and nuclear weapons.
When it is this good who cares?
You miss the point of the film.
Tis giagia sou fasista!!! from 🇬🇷
Red flag on Reichstag. I know it still hurts
Cinema Verite -now cinema propaganda
BASED ON TRUE EVENTS, STFU