Z (1969)

1969

Action / Crime / Drama / History / Thriller

IMDb Rating 8/10


Plot summary

Amid a tense political climate, the opposition leader is killed in an apparent accident. When a prosecutor smells a cover-up, witnesses get targeted. A thinly-veiled dramatization of the 1963 assassination of Greek politician Grigoris Lambrakis and its aftermath, ā€œZā€ captures the outrage at the US-backed military dictatorship that ruled Greece at the time of its release.