Costa-Gavras — Director (10)
Missing (1982) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB NeoDB Douban
Missing
director: Costa-Gavras actor: Jack Lemmon / Sissy Spacek
other title: Scomparso. Missing / Missing - Desaparecido
Based on the real-life experiences of Ed Horman. A conservative American businessman travels to Chile to investigate the sudden disappearance of his son after a military takeover. Accompanied by his son's wife he uncovers a trail of cover-ups that implicate the US State department which supports the dictatorship.
State of Siege (1972) [Movie] NeoDB Douban TMDB WikiData IMDb
État de siège
director: Costa-Gavras actor: Yves Montand / Renato Salvatori
other title: L'amerikano / Der unsichtbare Aufstand
Using the interrogation of a US counterinsurgency agent as a backdrop, the film explores the consequences of the struggle between Uruguay's government and the leftist Tupamaro guerrillas.
Womanlight (1979) [Movie] TMDB
Clair de femme
director: Costa-Gavras actor: Yves Montand / Romy Schneider
other title: Chiaro di donna / Clair de femme
Having both suffered extreme losses, a man and a woman try to form a relationship.
The Sleeping Car Murder (1965) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Compartiment tueurs
director: Costa-Gavras actor: Yves Montand / Pierre Mondy
other title: Vagone letto per assassini / Compartiment tueurs
Six people travel by train overnight from Marseilles to Paris. When the train arrives at its destination, one of the passengers, a girl, is found dead in a sleeping berth. The police led by Inspector Grazzi investigate the other five passengers, suspecting that one of them was responsible. However, as the investigation is stepped up, the other passengers start turning up dead. It is then up to the last remaining two to solve the case, before they become the next victims.
The Confession (1970) [Movie] TMDB IMDb Douban WikiData
L'Aveu
director: Costa-Gavras actor: Yves Montand / Simone Signoret
other title: La confessione / L'Aveu
The vice-minister of Foreign Affairs of Czechoslovakia, knowing he's being watched and followed, is one day arrested and put into solitary confinement by his blackmailers.
Betrayed (1988) [Movie] TMDB
Betrayed
director: Costa-Gavras actor: Debra Winger / Tom Berenger
other title: Betrayed - Tradita / Forrådt
An FBI agent posing as a combine driver becomes romantically involved with a Midwest farmer who lives a double life as a white supremacist.
Music Box (1989) [Movie] TMDB
Music Box
director: Costa-Gavras actor: Jessica Lange / Armin Mueller-Stahl
other title: Music Box - Prova d'accusa / Kærlighedens grænser
A lawyer defends her father accused of war crimes, but there is more to the case than she suspects.
Z (1969) [Movie] IMDb TMDB NeoDB Douban WikiData
Z
director: Costa-Gavras actor: Yves Montand / Irene Papas
other title: Z - L'orgia del potere
A prominent politician is murdered during a demonstration. The government and army are trying to suppress the truth, but a tenacious magistrate is determined to not to let them get away with it.
Lumière & Company (1995) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Lumière et Compagnie
director: Francis Girod / David Lynch actor: Jeff Alperi / Romane Bohringer
other title: Lumière et Compagnie / Lumière e Companhia
40 international directors were asked to make a short film using the original Cinematographe invented by the Lumière Brothers, working under conditions similar to those of 1895. There were three rules: (1) The film could be no longer than 52 seconds, (2) no synchronized sound was permitted, and (3) no more than three takes.