Storyline

In 1950s communist Czechoslovakia, government minister Artur London (Yves Montand), a war veteran who has long been a loyal party man, leads a relatively comfortable life with wife, Lise (Simone Signoret). However, he soon finds himself under surveillance, then under arrest. He has no idea what his offense is, but agents for the totalitarian regime interrogate and torture him, aiming to use their unending power to gain a false confession for supposed crimes against the state.

Plot Keywords

government official, special agent, wife, secret police, dark, tense, disheartening, czechoslovakia, apartment, courtroom, prison, communism, loyalty, betrayal, torture, sacrifice, escape, wretched excess, 1950s

Short Review

Though less invigorating than the iconic Z, it remains a compelling depiction of a harrowing experience rarely caught so astutely in narrative filmmaking as it is here.

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