FREE ON CINEGEEK.DE Costa-Gavras - Z (engl. subt.) 

It would be much easier for everyone involved if certain things were not worked through again. If everything remained as it was. Unfortunately, however, more and more facts come to light and suddenly an "accident" becomes a crime... Z is one such case. He deals with the assassination of a Greek opposition leader during the 1960s. Every nation has suffered such a trauma - let us remember the death of a journalist in Malta a few days ago. Z is therefore not about Greece, but about our time today. In general. Z is about the corruption of the political class. A work that will shake you up and fill you with fury! For me, Z is the best political thriller of all time and certainly the most important! The story sounds very simple and is based on facts. Gregorios Lambrakis died in a traffic accident in 1963. Lambrakis was the Greek opposition leader at the time. Then the theory of the accident began to waver and one was forced to investigate. The result: Lambrakis was killed by a right-wing radical organization. High officials of the army and the police were involved. The small henchmen who carried out the murder on behalf of their backers as well as the masterminds were convicted in court. A happy ending? Not at all, because the story of Z does not end here. In 1967 Greece experiences a military coup and as a consequence, the murderers are rehabilitated. Those who had previously solved the murder, however, became "criminals. A classic political thriller? No! The young Costa-Gavras combined a political outcry with a brilliant suspense thriller in Z. His characters change during the film, are no longer perpetrators, but representatives of a system. Ahead, Yves Montand, embodying the murdered victim. Next to her is the widow, played by the great Irene Papas. Then the investigator (Jean-Louis Trintignant), who resists any political pressure to cover up the scandal. By the way, he is not a man of conviction who wants to overthrow the system, but simply a man in search of justice. A truly neutral judge! We should look at the question: Is what helps the state also helpful for its citizens? Z seems to end in triumph. The rotten core of the government is revealed to everyone. The judiciary wins, the government falls. But when the good news is brought to the widow, we see no triumph in her eyes. She looks up at the sea. Full of despair. What's left of her? Nothing, as we'll know later. For many years the right wing controlled Greece. For decades, the population suffered under the murderers. The film Z, the director Costa-Gavras and Irene Papas, they were all banished from Greece. Even the letter Z (which stands for life) was forbidden! During the early 1970s, Z was also attacked in the USA as "hostile to America". Just like today, as the Right maintain a well-ordered network across borders and very well recognize their enemies. Like Costa-Gavras! I would like every Z to borrow on DVD or click on the link. Z is more than a great work - it is an elementary important film!