The Confession (1970 film)
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The Confession (French: L'aveu) is a 1970 French-Italian film directed by Costa-Gavras starring Yves Montand and Simone Signoret.
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Directed by | Costa-Gavras |
Written by | Jorge Semprún Artur London (the book L'aveu) |
Produced by | Robert Dorfmann Bertrand Javal |
Starring | Yves Montand Simone Signoret Gabriele Ferzetti |
Cinematography | Raoul Coutard |
Edited by | Françoise Bonnot |
Music by | Giovanni Fusco |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 139 minutes |
Language | French |
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It is based on the true story of the Czechoslovak communist committed leftist Artur London, a defendant in the Slánský trial.[1] Gavras did not intend the film as an anti-communist film but as a plea against totalitarianism and Stalinism.[1][2]