Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 139 min
- Language
- French
- Country
- France, Italy
- Frights
- Mild
Why tonight?
- In French — subtitles on.
The story
In 1950s communist Czechoslovakia, a government minister, a war veteran long a loyal party man, leads a relatively comfortable life with his wife. However, he soon finds himself under surveillance, then under arrest. Unclear what his offense is, agents for the totalitarian regime interrogate and torture him, aiming to use their unending power to gain a false confession for these supposed crimes against the state.
- based on novel or book
- czechoslovakia
- based on true story
- solitary confinement
- torture
- based on memoir or autobiography
- interrogation
- secret police
- stalinism
- false confession
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Jean Bouise — Boss of Factory
- Michel Beaune — Lawyer
- Jacques Rispal — Former Secretary
- Antoine Vitez — Communist Friend
- Michel Robin — Attorney General
- László Szabó — Secret Policeman
- Guy Mairesse — Doctor
- Marc Eyraud — Politician
- Gérard Darrieu — Policeman
- Umberto Raho — Jaretzki
- Georges Aubert — Tonda
- Directed
- Costa-Gavras
- Written
- Jorge Semprún
Production
- Rating
- 7.4 / 10 · 147 ratings
- Studio
- Fono Roma, Les Films Corona, Produzione Intercontinentale Cinematografica (PIC), Selenia Cinematografica
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