L'Aveu
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| The Confession (L'Aveu) |
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| Directed by | Costa-Gavras |
| Produced by | Robert Dorfmann Bertrand Javal |
| Written by | Jorge Semprún |
| Starring | Yves Montand Simone Signoret Gabriele Ferzetti |
| Cinematography | Raoul Coutard |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
| Release date(s) | 1970 |
| Running time | 139 min |
| Language | French |
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The Confession is also a 1999 movie starring Ben Kingsley and Alec Baldwin.
L'Aveu (English title: The Confession) is a 1970 french-italian film directed by Costa Gavras and starred by Yves Montand and Simone Signoret.
Based on the true story of Czechoslovakian communist Artur London, this is not an anticommunist film but a plea against totalitarianism.
The film is about Anton Ludvik, aka Gerard, vice-minister of Foreign Affairs of Czechoslovakia. In the communist country, he realizes he is watched and followed. One day, he is arrested and put into jail, in solitary confinement but he doesn't know why.
During the investigations the film shows how a faithful top-ranking civil servant is made to confess to treason.
[edit] Awards
The film was nominated to Golden Globes and BAFTA Awards as Best Foreign Language Film.
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