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About the Film

Year

1970

Rating

G

Genre

Drama

Running Time

133 MIN

Synopsis

Anton Ludvik, aka Gerard, is vice-minister of Foreign Affairs of Czechoslovakia. He realizes he is watched and followed. One day, he is arrested and put into jail, in solitary confinement. Will be shown the mental tortures during the investigations and how a faithful top-ranking civil servant is made to confess to treason. Based on the true story of Czechoslovakian communist Artur London, this is not an anticommunist film but a plea against totalitaism.

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Where to Watch

Digital

About the Cast

Yves Montand

A.L/ Artur London

Simone Signoret

Mme L. / Lise London

About the Crew

Director

Costa-Gavras

Producer

Bertrand Javal

Producer

Robert Dorfman

Writer

Lise London

Writer

Artur London

Music Scoring

Giovanni Fusco