The read
Critics rate it 22 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
In 1950s communist Czechoslovakia, a government minister, a war veteran long a loyal party man, leads a relatively comfortable life with his wife. However, he soon finds himself under surveillance, then under arrest. Unclear what his offense is, agents for the totalitarian regime interrogate and torture him, aiming to use their unending power to gain a false confession for these supposed crimes against the state.
Ratings
IMDb7.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 22 points higher than audiences do.
149 audience votes
Key crew
- Costa-GavrasDirector
- Jorge SemprúnScreenplay
- Giovanni FuscoOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Yves MontandGérard
- Simone SignoretLise
- Gabriele FerzettiKohoutek
- Michel VitoldSmola
- Jean BouiseBoss of Factory
- Michel BeauneLawyer
- Jacques RispalFormer Secretary
- Antoine VitezCommunist Friend
- Michel RobinAttorney General
- László SzabóSecret Policeman
- Guy MairesseDoctor
- Marc EyraudPolitician
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Themes
based on novel or bookczechoslovakiabased on true storysolitary confinementtorturebased on memoir or autobiographyinterrogationsecret policestalinismfalse confessionpolitical thrillershow trial