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The Confession (French: L'aveu) is a 1970 French-Italian film directed by Costa-Gavras starring Yves Montand and Simone Signoret. It is based on the true story of the Czechoslovak communist committed leftist Artur London, a defendant in the Slánský trial.
Dec 9, 1970 · The Confession: Directed by Costa-Gavras. With Yves Montand, Simone Signoret, Gabriele Ferzetti, Michel Vitold. A high-ranking official is forced to confess to high treason.
- (4.8K)
- Drama, Thriller
- Costa-Gavras
- 1970-12-09
Based on a harrowing true story from the era of Soviet bloc show trials, the film stars Yves Montand as a Czechoslovak Communist Party official who, in the early fifties, is abducted, imprisoned, and interrogated over a frighteningly long period, and left in the dark about his captors’ motives.
- Artur London/Gérard
With 13 codefendants, 11 of whom are also Jewish, Gérard stands trial; all make false confessions because of absolute allegiance to the party. Eleven receive death sentences; Gérard and the others are sentenced to life imprisonment. When she hears his confession broadcast over public radio, Gérard's French Communist wife, Lise, denounces him.
- Costa-Gavras, Alain Corneau
- Yves Montand
"Confession is the highest form of self-criticism." -Party official in "The Confession" Costa-Gavras' first film since "Z" is, once again, a study of the way lies can be made to seem good as truth. All it takes to work this miracle is sufficient power!
In 1950s communist Czechoslovakia, a government minister, a war veteran who has long been a loyal party man, leads a relatively comfortable life with wife Lise. However, he soon finds himself ...
- (8)
- Mystery & Thriller
- PG
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