This
film is based on the true story of Czechoslovakian communist Artur London. In France, the vice-minister of Foreign
Affairs of Czechoslovakia is Anton Ludvik, also known as Gerard. He finds himself being followed and the
car waits outside of his residence.
He is arrested, put into jail in solitary confinement. He is ordered to march, not sleep and
not given food or water. Lights
are shined on him, loud music played and he’s taken outside with goggles on his
eyes. He is ordered to confess and
a man sits at a typewriter ready to take down the answers to their questions.
Artur
London was one of 13 Czech communist leaders indicted and questioned as
traitors. He underwent 20 months
of torture and cross-examination.
He was only 1 out of 3 who were not executed. I thought his movie was as depressing and tiring as actually being questioned!!
I couldn’t get interested and this is severe with no let up for the entire film. 2* (I didn’t like this movie)
139
min, Drama directed by Costa-Gavras with Yves Montand, Simone Signoret,
Gabriele Ferzetti, Michel Vitold, Jean Bouise, Laszlo Szabo, Monique Chaumette,
Guy Maresse, Marc Eyraud, Gerard Darrieu.
Note: Imdb 8.0 out of 10, 88% audience on
Rotten Tomatoes, Roger Ebert 4*.
Special
Note: Filmed in Arras,
Pas-de-Calais, France. The
director, Costa-Gavras is Greek and Simone Signoret is the wife of Yves
Montand.
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