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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. [1] .
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
Dec 9, 2016 · To call The Confession a political film is something of a misnomer and a disservice to what could have been a starker, more hard-edged direction for art-house cinema to take, fusing the formal capabilities of narrative cinema with the dialogic capabilities of the avant-garde.
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- Yves Montand
- Costa-Gavras
- Paramount
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,...
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Based on the true story of the Czechoslovak communist Artur London, a defendant in the Slánský trial.