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État de siège (1972)
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30 December 1972 (West Germany) morePlot:
In Uruguay in the early 1970s, an official of the US Agency for International Development (a group used... more | add synopsisAwards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 2 wins & 1 nomination moreUser Comments:
A great film! moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Yves Montand | ... | Philip Michael Santore | |
| Renato Salvatori | ... | Captain Lopez | |
| O.E. Hasse | ... | Carlos Ducas | |
| Jacques Weber | ... | Hugo | |
| Jean-Luc Bideau | ... | Este | |
| Maurice Teynac | ... | Minister of Internal Security | |
| Yvette Etiévant | ... | Woman Senator | |
| Evangeline Peterson | ... | Mrs. Santore | |
| Harald Wolff | ... | Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| Nemesio Antúnez | ... | President of the Republic | |
| Mario Montilles | ... | Assistant Commissioner Fontant | |
| André Falcon | ... | Deputy Fabbri | |
| Jerry Brouer | ... | Anthony Lee | |
| Roberto Navarrete | ... | Commissioner Romero | |
| Douglas Harris | ... | A.I.D. Director |
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Germany:115 min | USA:120 minLanguage:
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West Germany:16 (f) | South Korea:18 (1993) | Argentina:16 | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15Fun Stuff
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This was going to be the first movie shown in the new John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. It was cancelled because the plot of the movie was judged to be inappropriate. This caused a big controversy. A Washington D.C. television station took advantage of the controversy by acquiring the broadcast rights to the film and showing it uncut after running a big advertising campaign calling it the "film banned from the Kennedy Center." moreFAQ
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I agree that this film should be released on DVD. It is a great companion piece to Z and Missing.
Costa-Gavros managed to produce a stinging indictment of US involvement in South American politics, without drawing his villains as caricatures. His characters, policemen and revolutionaries, come off as profoundly human, flawed but not themselves monsters, though they are involved in monstrous acts. The torture scenes are grueling, and were probably as responsible for the film's official reception.
I saw this at the age of 15, when it was in the theaters. I confused it with the Eric Ambler novel of the same name. It had a profound personal influence on me. I was able to rent it once, about 15 years ago but haven't run across it since.