{"id":5467,"date":"2008-04-14T20:45:07","date_gmt":"2008-04-15T03:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=5467"},"modified":"2021-01-20T17:24:37","modified_gmt":"2021-01-21T00:24:37","slug":"confession-the-1970","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=5467","title":{"rendered":"Confession, The (1970)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;The others are confessing &#8212; the only chance to save your neck is to confess, as they are doing.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Confession-Poster-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Confession-Poster-1-197x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-64768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Confession-Poster-1-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Confession-Poster-1-84x128.jpg 84w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Confession-Poster-1-178x270.jpg 178w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Confession-Poster-1.jpg 362w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA high-ranking government official (Yves Montand) in Communist Czechoslovakia is taken prisoner and forced to confess to treason he never committed.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cold War<\/li>\n<li>Costa-Gavras Films<\/li>\n<li>Falsely Accused<\/li>\n<li>Historical Drama<\/li>\n<li>Prisoners<\/li>\n<li>Simone Signoret Films<\/li>\n<li>Yves Montand Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.answers.com\/topic\/costa-gavras?cat=entertainment\">Costa-Gavras<\/a> followed up his Oscar-nominated political thriller <em>Z<\/em> (1969) with this hopelessly grueling tale based on Artur London&#8217;s experiences during the infamous Czechoslovakian <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sl%C3%A1nsk%C3%BD_trial\">Slansky trial<\/a>, in which 13 innocent men (11 of them Jewish) were forced to confess to crimes of treason against the Communist Party. Costa-Gavras&#8217; gift for depicting no-holds-barred realism and eliciting fine performances from his actors is in full evidence here; unfortunately, however, the story he&#8217;s chosen to tell is so nightmarishly Kafka-esque that it&#8217;s truly difficult to sit through for over two hours. Even knowing that the protagonist (who is occasionally shown telling his story in flashback) will survive to write a book about his travails doesn&#8217;t help matters much. <em>The Confession<\/em> is ultimately a film one admires rather than enjoys, and will be of most interest either to Costa-Gavras fans or history buffs interested in the dysfunctional machinations of Stalinism. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Yves Montand as &#8220;Gerard&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Confession-Montand.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Confession-Montand-1024x579.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"362\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-64772\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Confession-Montand-1024x579.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Confession-Montand-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Confession-Montand-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Confession-Montand-768x434.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Confession-Montand-1536x869.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Confession-Montand-477x270.png 477w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Confession-Montand.png 1809w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Simone Signoret as Montand&#8217;s wife<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Confession-Signoret.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Confession-Signoret-1024x571.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"357\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-64771\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Confession-Signoret-1024x571.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Confession-Signoret-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Confession-Signoret-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Confession-Signoret-768x428.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Confession-Signoret-1536x857.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Confession-Signoret-484x270.png 484w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Confession-Signoret.png 1823w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>An uncompromising depiction of sustained psychological and physical torture<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Confession-Torture2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Confession-Torture2-1024x581.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"363\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-64770\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Confession-Torture2-1024x581.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Confession-Torture2-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Confession-Torture2-128x73.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Confession-Torture2-768x436.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Confession-Torture2-1536x871.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Confession-Torture2-476x270.png 476w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Confession-Torture2.png 1807w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, although it&#8217;s recommended for those who can stomach it. Listed as a film with Historical Importance in the back of Peary&#8217;s book. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0065439\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1970\/12\/10\/archives\/film-costagavras-depicts-a-believers-betrayal-by-his-beliefmontand.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rogerebert.com\/reviews\/the-confession-1971\">Roger Ebert&#8217;s Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timeout.com\/film\/reviews\/78356\/laveu.html\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The others are confessing &#8212; the only chance to save your neck is to confess, as they are doing.&#8221; Synopsis: A high-ranking government official (Yves Montand) in Communist Czechoslovakia is taken prisoner and forced to confess to treason he never committed. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Cold War Costa-Gavras Films Falsely Accused Historical Drama Prisoners Simone Signoret Films Yves Montand Films Review: Costa-Gavras followed up his Oscar-nominated political thriller Z (1969) with this hopelessly grueling tale based on Artur London&#8217;s&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=5467\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5467"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5467\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64773,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5467\/revisions\/64773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}