#759: COSTA-GAVRAS: The Confession (1970)
COSTA-GAVRAS (Italy)
The Confession [1970]
Spine #759
Blu-ray
OOP
Blu-ray
OOP
The master of the political thriller, Costa-Gavras became an instant phenomenon after the mammoth success of Z, and he quickly followed it with the equally riveting The Confession. 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. Also starring Simone Signoret and Gabriele Ferzetti, the film is an unflinching, intimate depiction of one of the twentieth century's darkest chapters, told from one bewildered man's point of view.
138 minutes
Color
Color
Monaural
in French
1:66:1 aspect ratio
Criterion Release 2015
Director/Writers
Book by Artur London and Lise London.
Adaptation and dialogue by Jorge Semprún.
Costa-Gavras was 37 when he directed The Confession.
Other Costa-Gavras films in the Collection:
#491: Z (1969)
#760: State Of Siege (1972)
#449: Missing (1982)
The Film
Other Costa-Gavras films in the Collection:
#491: Z (1969)
#760: State Of Siege (1972)
#449: Missing (1982)
The Film
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The Booklet
Eight-panel foldout poster featuring an essay by scholar Dina Iordanova.
Commentary
None.
You Speak of Prague: The Second Trial of Artur London
A 1970 on-set documentary by set photographer Chris Marker, featuring Costa-Gavras, source book coauthor Artur London, actors Montand and Signoret, and screenwriter Semprún.
Portrait London
A 1981 French program featuring Artur and Lise London discussing their experiences as political prisoners.
Interview 1
With Montand from 1970.
Interview 2
With editor Françoise Bonnot.
One-hour conversation
Between Costa-Gavras and film scholar Peter von Bagh from 1998.
Interview 3
With John Michalczyk, author of Costa-Gavras: The Political Fiction Film.
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The ExtrasThe Booklet
Eight-panel foldout poster featuring an essay by scholar Dina Iordanova.
Commentary
None.
You Speak of Prague: The Second Trial of Artur London
A 1970 on-set documentary by set photographer Chris Marker, featuring Costa-Gavras, source book coauthor Artur London, actors Montand and Signoret, and screenwriter Semprún.
Portrait London
A 1981 French program featuring Artur and Lise London discussing their experiences as political prisoners.
Interview 1
With Montand from 1970.
Interview 2
With editor Françoise Bonnot.
One-hour conversation
Between Costa-Gavras and film scholar Peter von Bagh from 1998.
Interview 3
With John Michalczyk, author of Costa-Gavras: The Political Fiction Film.
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