The Assassination (1972)
2h 3m
Running Time
October 4, 1972Release Date
Plot.
Darien, a left-wing police informant, is forced to lure his old friend Sadiel to Paris, allegedly to film a television special about the Third World. Sadiel, the exiled leader of a North African state, is being hunted by the ruthless Colonel Kassar, who will stop at nothing to capture his political rival. Once Sadiel arrives in Paris, Darien realizes he has been manipulated. He tries to turn back the clock, not realizing what or who he’s truly dealing with.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Jean-Louis Trintignant
François Darien - un intellectuel instable
Michel Piccoli
Le colonel Kassar - le ministre de l'intérieur d'un pays du maghreb
Jean Seberg
Edith Lemoine - une infirmière gauchiste
Gian Maria Volonté
Sadiel - un leader progressiste maghrebin
Michel Bouquet
Maître Lempereur - un avocat corrompu
Bruno Cremer
Maître Michel Vigneau - l'avocat de Sadiel
Daniel Ivernel
Antoine Acconetti - un truand
Philippe Noiret
Pierre Garcin - le responsable de l'information à l'ORTF
François Périer
Le commissaire René Rouannet - un flic honnête
Roy Scheider
Michael Howard - uncorrespondant de la TV américaine
Jacques François
Lestienne
Yves Boisset
Director
Jean Bouise
French Officer
Ben Barzman
Writer
Denis Manuel
Azam
Basilio Franchina
Writer
Marc Mazza
Captain Lardy
Jorge Semprún
Writer
Jacques Richard
Acconetti's henchman
Karin Schubert
Sabine
Giuliani G. De Negri
Producer
Yvon Guézel
Producer
Nigel Davenport
CIA Official
Tullio Odevaine
Producer
Karl-Otto Alberty
The killer
Alfonso Sansone
Producer
Georges Staquet
Fleury
Ennio Morricone
Composer
Pierre Santini
Melun
Jean-François Calvé
Henri
Ricardo Aronovich
Cinematographer
Roland Blanche
Acconetti's henchman
Albert Jurgenson
Editor
Jean Bouchaud
Le Gall
Marc Desages
ProductionDesigner
Claudine Berg
Nurse
Aude Loring
Madame Ajame
Michel Beaune
Deputy Commissioner Rouannet
André Rouyer
Employee
Jean-Louis Tristan
Policeman at the protest
Hari Vilas Das
Hare Krishna (uncredited)
Jai Balaram Das
Hare Krishna (uncredited)
Prabhava Vigraha Das
Hare Krishna (uncredited)
Swati Devi Dasi
Hare Krishna (uncredited)
Harvey Feigenbaum
Passerby (uncredited)
George Joaquim
Hare Krishna (uncredited)
Lionel Vitrant
Accident Driver (uncredited)
Serge Groffe
Makeup Artist
Media.
Details.
Release DateOctober 4, 1972
Original NameL'Attentat
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 3m
Content RatingPG
Genres
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Wiki.
The Assassination (French: L'Attentat, lit. 'The Attack') is a 1972 French-Italian political thriller film directed by Yves Boisset. Starring Jean-Louis Trintignant, Gian Maria Volonté, and Roy Scheider, it was released in the U.S. as The French Conspiracy.
The film was inspired by the 1965 disappearance of Moroccan nationalist politician Mehdi Ben Barka in Paris. Shortly after his death, it emerged that Ben Barka had been abducted by French police, leading to speculation of a plot between Moroccan agents, French intelligence, and the CIA.The Assassination was entered into the 8th Moscow International Film Festival where it won the Silver Prize.
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