Plot
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.
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Cast
Yves Montand
Gérard
Simone Signoret
Lise
Gabriele Ferzetti
Kohoutek
Michel Vitold
Smola
Jean Bouise
Boss of Factory
Michel Beaune
Lawyer
Jacques Rispal
Former Secretary
Antoine Vitez
Communist Friend
Michel Robin
Attorney General
László Szabó
Secret Policeman
Guy Mairesse
Doctor
Marc Eyraud
Politician
Gérard Darrieu
Policeman
Umberto Raho
Jaretzki
Georges Aubert
Tonda
Marcel Cuvelier
Josef Pavel
Jean Lescot
Policeman
Patrick Lancelot
Interrogator
François Marthouret
Policeman
Pierre Moncorbier
President
Claude Vernier
Bedrich
Jacques Marbeuf
Assessor
Jacques Chevalier
Journalist
Marc Arian
Lawyer
Monique Chaumette
Lise's Friend
Gilles Ségal
Nicole Vervil
Henri Marteau
Policeman
Thierry Bosc
André Cellier
Communist Friend (1965)
Jean-Paul Cisife
Pierre Decazes
Police Raid Officer
Vasilis Diamantopoulos
Political Friend
Jean-François Gobbi
Maurice Jacquemont
William Jacques
Editor-in-Chief
Jean-Pierre Janic
Charles Moulin
Marc Bonseignour
Jacques Emin
Pierre Eyraud
Paul Savatier
Political Friend
Pierre Vielhescaze
Wagner
André Falcon