Costa-Gavras is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter, Producer, Assistant Director and Editor French born on 12 february 1933
Costa-Gavras
Costa-Gavras participated to
40 films (as actor, director or script writer).
Among those,
13 have good markets following the box office.
Here are the best films classified by number of entries :
Director
, 1h57
Directed by Costa-GavrasOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Documentary,
HistoricalThemes Seafaring films,
Politique,
Transport films,
Political films,
Films about Latin American military dictatorshipsActors Jack Lemmon,
Sissy Spacek,
Melanie Mayron,
John Shea,
Janice Rule,
Charles CioffiRating76%
The film opens with Costa-Gavras' statement that the events of the film are true. , 2h1
Directed by Costa-GavrasOrigin FranceGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Crime,
PoliticThemes Seafaring films,
Politique,
Transport films,
Political films,
Films about Latin American military dictatorshipsActors Yves Montand,
Renato Salvatori,
O. E. Hasse,
Harald Wolff,
Maurice Teynac,
Jacques WeberRating76%
À Montevideo, les rebelles d'extrême gauche du Mouvement de libération nationale (Tupamaros) enlèvent Philippe Michael Santore, officiellement fonctionnaire de l'Agence pour le développement international (AID). Alors qu'il se décrit comme un conseiller technique, expert en communication et gestion de la circulation, ses geôliers lui exposent les preuves qu'ils ont recueillies et qui démontrent qu'il agit au nom du gouvernement des États-Unis en tant que conseiller pour la répression et la torture auprès des forces de sécurité de l'Uruguay. L'incapacité de la police et de l'armée à le retrouver menace alors de dégénérer en crise politique., 2h4
Directed by Costa-GavrasOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Crime,
RomanceThemes Films about religion,
Political films,
Films about Jews and JudaismActors Jessica Lange,
Armin Mueller-Stahl,
Frederic Forrest,
Donald Moffat,
Lukas Haas,
Mari TörőcsikRating72%
Chicago defense attorney Anne Talbot learns that her father, Hungarian immigrant Michael J. Laszlo, is in danger of having his U.S. citizenship revoked. The reasons are that he stands accused of war crimes. He insists that it is a case of mistaken identity. Against the advice of her former father-in-law, corporate attorney Harry Talbot, Anne resolves to defend her father in court. One of her reasons is how deeply her son, Mikey, loves and admires his grandfather. , 2h7
Directed by Costa-GavrasOrigin FranceGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Historical,
Crime,
PoliticThemes Assassinat,
Politique,
Political filmsActors Jean-Louis Trintignant,
Yves Montand,
Irène Papas,
Jacques Perrin,
Charles Denner,
François PérierRating81%
The story begins with the closing moments of a rather dull government lecture and slide show on agricultural policy, after which the leader of the security police of a right-wing military-dominated government (Dux) takes over the podium for an impassioned speech describing the government's program to combat leftism, using the metaphors of "a mildew of the mind", an infiltration of "isms", or "sunspots"., 1h58
Directed by Costa-Gavras,
Claude Pinoteau,
Henri VerneuilOrigin FranceGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Crime,
RomanceThemes La provence,
Heist films,
Gangster films,
EscroquerieActors Jean Gabin,
Alain Delon,
Maurice Biraud,
Viviane Romance,
Henri Virlogeux,
Jean CarmetRating72%
Charles comes out of prison after serving five years for attempted robbery. His wife wants him to go legit but he immediately starts making plans for robbing the gambling casino at Cannes. , 1h35
Directed by Costa-GavrasOrigin FranceGenres Drama,
Thriller,
CrimeThemes Assassinat,
Transport films,
Rail transport filmsActors Catherine Allégret,
Jacques Perrin,
Yves Montand,
Simone Signoret,
Michel Piccoli,
Pierre MondyRating71%
Six people travel by train overnight from Marseilles to Paris. When the train arrives at its destination, one of the passengers, a girl, is found dead in a sleeping berth. The police led by Inspector Grazzi investigate the other five passengers, suspecting that one of them was responsible. However, as the investigation is stepped up, the other passengers start turning up dead. It is then up to the last remaining two to solve the case, before they become the next victims., 2h20
Directed by Costa-Gavras,
Alain CorneauOrigin FranceGenres Drama,
ThrillerThemes Politique,
Prison films,
Political films,
Films about capital punishmentActors Yves Montand,
Simone Signoret,
Gabriele Ferzetti,
Michel Vitold,
Jean Bouise,
Sacha BriquetRating77%
The film is about Artur Ludvik, alias Gerard, vice-minister of Foreign Affairs of Czechoslovakia. He realizes he is being watched and followed. One day, he is arrested and put into jail by an organisation that declares itself "above the ruling party" and put in solitary confinement for months without being told the reason why. Through brainwashing techniques, including sleep deprivation and being forced to walk back and forth all the time, he is slowly pressured into confessing imaginary crimes, including treason, and to repeat this confession in a public court. Years later, he meets his now demoted tormentor, who tries to downplay his role at that time., 2h15
Directed by Costa-GavrasOrigin GermanGenres Drama,
HistoricalThemes Films about religion,
Théâtre,
Political films,
Films about Jews and Judaism,
Films based on playsActors Ulrich Tukur,
Mathieu Kassovitz,
Ion Caramitru,
Michel Duchaussoy,
Ulrich Mühe,
Marcel IureșRating71%
The film Amen. examines the links between the Vatican and Nazi Germany. The central character is Kurt Gerstein (Ulrich Tukur), a Waffen-SS officer employed in the SS Hygiene Institute, designing programs for the purification of water and the destruction of vermin. He is shocked to learn that the process he has developed to eradicate typhus, by using a hydrogen cyanide mixture called Zyklon B, is now being used for killing Jews in extermination camps. Gerstein attempts to notify Pope Pius XII (Marcel Iureş) about the gassings, but is appalled by the lack of response he gets from the Catholic hierarchy. The only person moved is Riccardo Fontana (Mathieu Kassovitz), a young Jesuit priest. Fontana and Gerstein attempt to raise awareness about what is happening to the Jews in Europe but even after Fontana appealing to the pope himself, the Vatican makes only a timid and vague condemnation of Hitler and Nazi Germany.Director
, 1h39
Directed by Henri VerneuilOrigin FranceGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Comedy-dramaThemes Films about alcoholism,
Medical-themed films,
Films about drugsActors Jean Gabin,
Jean-Paul Belmondo,
Suzanne Flon,
Noël Roquevert,
Paul Frankeur,
Gabrielle DorziatRoles Assistant Director
Rating74%
Albert Quentin is a reformed alcoholic who once swore never to drink again. He has kept this promise to his wife for many years although as the owner of a small hotel he had opportunities galore to break it., 1h37
Directed by René ClémentOrigin FranceGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Crime,
RomanceActors Jane Fonda,
Alain Delon,
Lola Albright,
Sorrell Booke,
Carl Studer,
André OumanskyRoles Assistant Director
Rating69%
In Monte Carlo, Marc, a handsome cardsharp, escapes American gangsters who have been ordered to kill him by the boss of a New York gang because he had an affair with the boss's wife. Marc hides in a mission for the poor where Barbara, a wealthy widow, finds him and hires him as her chauffeur. At Barbara's chateau, Melinda, Barbara's niece, becomes attracted to him. Marc discovers that Barbara is hiding her lover, Vincent, in the secret rooms and passageways of the chateau. She and Vincent (a bank robber sought by the police for murdering Barbara's husband) plan to murder Marc so that Vincent may use his passport in escaping to South America. Marc and Barbara begin an affair but are discovered by Vincent, who then kills Barbara but is himself killed by the American gangsters, who mistake him for Marc. Marc and Melinda plan to dispose of the two bodies, but when Melinda learns that Marc is planning to leave without her, she tricks the police into believing Marc guilty and forces him to hide in the chateau's secret rooms. He is her prisoner, just as Vincent had been her aunt's., 1h45
Directed by Jean BeckerOrigin FranceGenres Comedy,
Adventure,
CrimeActors Jean-Paul Belmondo,
Jean Seberg,
Enrico Maria Salerno,
Renate Ewert,
Jean-Pierre Marielle,
Fernando ReyRoles Assistant Director
Rating60%
David est un contrebandier de bijoux et d'or. Il est commandité pour passer au Liban une voiture chargée d'or. Il est accompagné de la charmante Olga. Il décide au cours du voyage de faire cavalier seul. Olga l'accompagne par obligation. Son patron, mécontent, lance ses tueurs à leurs trousses...