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'''Constantinos Gavras''' (born [[February 12]], [[1933]], Loutra-Iraias, [[Greece]]), better known as '''Costa-Gavras''', is a Greek-French filmmaker best known for films with overt political themes. He has made movies mostly in French but also several in English.

In ''[[Z (film)|Z]]'' ([[1969)]], an investigator, played by Jean-Louis Trintignant, tries to uncover the truth about the murder of a prominent leftist politician, played by Yves Montand, while government officials and the military attempt to cover up their roles. The film is a fictionalised account of the events surrounding the assassination of Greek polititian [[Grigoris Lambrakis]] in [[1963]]. Z won an Oscar for "Best Foreign Language Film" .

''State of Siege'', ([[1973]]), is set in a fictionalized South American country (modelled on Uruguay) under a military dictatorship in the early [[1970s]]. A radical leftist group kidnaps an American embassy official loosely based on the case of CIA torture expert Dan Mitrione. Starring Yves Montand.

''Missing'' ([[1982]]) is about an American journalist, Charles Horman, who disappeared in the bloody coup of General Augusto Pinochet in Chile in [[1973]]. His father, played by Jack Lemmon, and wife, played by Sissy Spacek, search in vain to determine his fate. Based on a true story. When the film was released by Universal Studios, Nathaniel Davis, US ambassador to Chile from 1971-1973, filed a US$150 million libel suit against the studio, even though he was not directly named. The film won an Oscar for "Best Screenplay Adaptation".

In ''The Music Box'' ([[1989]]) a respected naturalized American citizen (played by Armin Mueller-Stahl) is accused of being a Nazi war criminal.

''Amen'' ([[2003]]) alleges that Pope Pius XII was aware of the plight of the Jews in Nazi concentration camps during [[World War II]], several years after the issue was widely considered to be settled in favor of the Pope's innocence.

==Filmography==
* (2005) ''[[LE COUPERET]]''
* (2003) ''[[Amen (movie)|Amen]]''
* (1997) ''[[Mad City]]''
* (1995) ''[[Lumiere & Company]]''
* (1993) ''[[La Petite Apocalypse]]''
* (1989) ''[[The Music Box (1989)|The Music Box]]''
* (1983) ''[[Hannah K.]]''
* (1982) ''[[Missing (film)|Missing]]''
* (1979) ''[[Clair de Femme]]''
* (1973) ''[[State of Siege]]'' (Etat de Siege)
* (1970) ''[[L'Aveu]]'' (The Confession)
* (1969) ''[[Z (film)|Z]]''

==External link==
* {{imdb name | id=0002020 | name=Costa-Gavras}}

[[Category:1933 births|Gavras, Costa]]
[[Category:Greek film directors|Gavras, Costa]]

[[el:Κώστας Γαβράς]]

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	'''Constantinos Gavras''' (born [[February 12]], [[1933]], Loutra-Iraias, [[Greece]]), better known as '''Costa-Gavras''', is a Greek-French filmmaker best known for films with overt political themes. He has made movies mostly in French but also several in English.		'''Constantinos Gavras''' (born [[February 12]], [[1933]], Loutra-Iraias, [[Greece]]), better known as '''Costa-Gavras''', is a Greek-French filmmaker best known for films with overt political themes. He has made movies mostly in French but also several in English.

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 '''Constantinos Gavras''' (born [[February 12]], [[1933]], Loutra-Iraias, [[Greece]]), better known as '''Costa-Gavras''', is a Greek-French filmmaker best known for films with overt political themes. He has made movies mostly in French but also several in English.
-In ''[[Z (film)|Z]]'' ([[1969)]], an investigator, played by Jean-Louis Trintignant, tries to uncover the truth about the murder of a prominent leftist politician, played by Yves Montand, while government officials and the military attempt to cover up their roles. The film is a fictionalised account of the events surrounding the assassination of Greek polititian [[Grigoris Lambrakis]] in [[1963]]. Z won an Oscar for "Best Foreign Language Film" .
+In ''[[Z (film)|Z]]'' ([[1969]]), an investigator, played by Jean-Louis Trintignant, tries to uncover the truth about the murder of a prominent leftist politician, played by Yves Montand, while government officials and the military attempt to cover up their roles. The film is a fictionalised account of the events surrounding the assassination of Greek polititian [[Grigoris Lambrakis]] in [[1963]]. Z won an Oscar for "Best Foreign Language Film" .
 ''State of Siege'', ([[1973]]), is set in a fictionalized South American country (modelled on Uruguay) under a military dictatorship in the early [[1970s]]. A radical leftist group kidnaps an American embassy official loosely based on the case of CIA torture expert Dan Mitrione. Starring Yves Montand.

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 ==Filmography==
-* (2005) ''[[LE COUPERET]]''
+* (2005) ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0422015/ Le Couperet]''
-* (2003) ''[[Amen (movie)|Amen]]''
+* (2003) ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0280653/ Amen]''
-* (1997) ''[[Mad City]]''
+* (1997) ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119592/ Mad City]''
-* (1995) ''[[Lumiere & Company]]''
+* (1995) ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113718/ Lumiere & Company]''
-* (1993) ''[[La Petite Apocalypse]]''
+* (1993) ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107816/ La Petite Apocalypse]''
-* (1989) ''[[The Music Box (1989)|The Music Box]]''
+* (1989) ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100211/ The Music Box]''
-* (1983) ''[[Hannah K.]]''
+* (1983) ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085642/ Hannah K.]''
-* (1982) ''[[Missing (film)|Missing]]''
+* (1982) ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084335/ Missing]''
-* (1979) ''[[Clair de Femme]]''
+* (1979) ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078978/ Clair de Femme]''
-* (1973) ''[[State of Siege]]'' (Etat de Siege)
+* (1973) ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070959/ State of Siege]'' (Etat de Siege)
-* (1970) ''[[L'Aveu]]'' (The Confession)
+* (1970) ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065439/ L'Aveu]'' (The Confession)
-* (1969) ''[[Z (film)|Z]]''
+* (1969) ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065234/ Z]''
 ==External link==