Directed by:
Yves BoissetCinematography:
Ricardo AronovichComposer:
Ennio MorriconeCast:
Jean-Louis Trintignant, Michel Piccoli, Jean Seberg, Gian Maria Volonté, Michel Bouquet, Bruno Cremer, Philippe Noiret, François Périer, Roy Scheider (more)Plots(1)
L'Attentat is a political thriller based largely on a true story (the Ben Barka affair), which recounts how the French government and the American CIA connived to have a socialist in exile murdered before he could return to his homeland and start a revolution. Darien, a French journalist (Jean-Louis Tritignant), lures his friend Sadiel (Gian Maria Volonte) from his safe refuge in Geneva to appear on an American-made TV show. In doing so he is, perhaps unwittingly, setting him up for murder. Captured at the border by the French police, Sadiel is given over to a mysterious general from another country who tortures him to try to find out who his supporters are. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Jean-Louis Trintignant](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/986/164986936_ae0ab3.jpg)
Jean-Louis Trintignant
France
Best movies:
Three Colours: Red (1994)
A Man and a Woman (1966)
The Easy Life (1962)
![Michel Piccoli](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/798/163798907_1b5816.png)
Michel Piccoli
France
Best movies:
Un amour de pluie (1974)
May Fools (1990)
Mado (1976)
![Jean Seberg](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271270_55814a.jpg)
Jean Seberg
USA
Best movies:
Airport (1970)
Breathless (1960)
Die Wildente (1976)
![Gian Maria Volonté](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/577/162577429_d7fe1a.jpg)
Gian Maria Volonté
Italy
Best movies:
For a Few Dollars More (1965)
A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
The Moro Affair (1986)
![Michel Bouquet](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/678/158678317_56cebb.jpg)
Michel Bouquet
France
Best movies:
Two Men in Town (1973)
Les Misérables (1982)
This Special Friendship (1964)
![Bruno Cremer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/055/162055457_b2fb72.jpg)
Bruno Cremer
France
Best movies:
Une robe noire pour un tueur (1981)
When a Woman Meddles (1957)
The Octopus (1984) (series)
![Philippe Noiret](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/769/163769727_f54bf0.jpg)
Philippe Noiret
France
Best movies:
Agence matrimoniale (1952)
Cinema Paradiso (1988)
The Old Gun (1975)
![François Périer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/042/871/42871821_6ee53e.jpg)
François Périer
France
Best movies:
The Creation of the World (1957)
No Time for Breakfast (1976)
Nights of Cabiria (1957)
![Roy Scheider](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267381_f2a54e.jpg)
Roy Scheider
USA
Best movies:
Jaws (1975)
The Rainmaker (1997)
The French Connection (1971)
![Jacques François](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271344_f83d06.jpg)
Jacques François
France
Best movies:
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
The Barkleys of Broadway (1949)
Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954)
![Jean Bouise](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272198_80271a.jpg)
Jean Bouise
France
Best movies:
The French Revolution (1989) (TV movie)
The Old Gun (1975)
The Big Blue (1988)
![Nigel Davenport](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/932/164932410_273f54.jpg)
Nigel Davenport
UK
Best movies:
The Last Valley (1971)
A Man for All Seasons (1966)
A Christmas Carol (1984) (TV movie)
![Michel Beaune](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/273/273327_678a5e.jpg)
Michel Beaune
France
Best movies:
The Professional (1981)
The Confession (1970)
Cop or Hood (1979)
![Karin Schubert](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/412/412628_c23b78.jpg)
Karin Schubert
German Empire
Best movies:
Delusions of Grandeur (1971)
Companeros (1970)
The Assassination (1972)
![Lionel Vitrant](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/510/510251_7168ba.jpg)
Lionel Vitrant
France
Best movies:
Don't Look Now: We're Being Shot At (1966)
The Longest Day (1962)
The Sicilian Clan (1969)
![Denis Manuel](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/021/354/21354146_5c4e5f.jpg)
Denis Manuel
France
Best movies:
Cop Story (1975)
Second Wind (1966)
The Milky Way (1969)
![Daniel Ivernel](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/022/809/22809430_edeb81.jpg)
Daniel Ivernel
France
Best movies:
Marie-October (1959)
The Count of Monte Cristo (1954)
Sundays and Cybele (1962)
![Georges Staquet](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/025/059/25059627_f305f9.jpg)
Georges Staquet
France
Best movies:
Happy New Year (1973)
I... For Icarus (1979)
The Discord (1978)
![André Rouyer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/030/247/30247495_62e535.jpg)
André Rouyer
France
Best movies:
Two Men in Town (1973)
The Cat (1971)
The Phantom of Liberty (1974)
![Claudine Berg](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/036/677/36677382_553686.jpg)
Claudine Berg
France
Best movies:
To Each His Hell (1977)
Charade (1963)
To Die of Love (1971)