The Shadow's Edge
2025 · Action · Crime
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Film / 1969
Z
Directed by
Costa-Gavras
A prominent politician is murdered during a demonstration. The government and army are trying to suppress the truth, but a tenacious magistrate is determined not to let them get away with it.
The story
A prominent politician is murdered during a demonstration. The government and army are trying to suppress the truth, but a tenacious magistrate is determined not to let them get away with it.
Cast
Yves MontandZ
Irene PapasHélène
Jean-Louis TrintignantExamining Magistrate
Jacques PerrinPhotojournalist
Charles DennerManuel
François PérierPublic Prosecutor
Bernard FressonMatt
Pierre DuxGendarmerie General Missou
Georges GéretNick
Magali NoëlNick's Sister
Marcel BozzuffiVago
Julien GuiomarGendarmerie Colonel
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Renato SalvatoriYago
Jean BouiseDeputy Georges Pirou
Clotilde JoanoShoula
Maurice BaquetHeroic Bricklayer
Habib RedaDeputy Public Prosecutor
Hassan El-HassaniGeneral's Chauffeur
Gérard DarrieuBarone
Jean-Pierre MiquelPierre
Sid Ahmed AgoumiGendarmerie Officer
Jean DastéIllya Coste
Van DoudeHospital Director
Jean-François GobbiJimmy
Guy MairesseDumas aka The Russian
Andrée TainsyNick's Mother
Eva SimonetNiki
François Chaumette(voice)
Allel El Mouhib
José ArturEditor-in-Chief of the Newspaper (uncredited)
Raoul CoutardEnglish Surgeon (uncredited)
Steve GadlerEnglish Photographer (uncredited)
Gabriel JabbourBozzini (uncredited)
Georges RouquierAttorney General (uncredited)
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