I... For Icarus

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I... For Icarus

1979

2h 9m

7.7(162 votes)

Thriller

Crime

Mystery

Overview

Following the assassination of President Marc Jarry, a member of the investigation committee refuses to sign off on the committee's final findings.

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48 members

Acting

Yves Montand

Henri Volney

Acting

Michel Etcheverry

Frédéric Heiniger

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Roger Planchon

David Naggara

Acting

Jacques Denis

Despaul

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Pierre Vernier

Charly Feruda

Acting

Jacques Sereys

Richard Mallory

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Jean-François Garreaud

Vernon Calbert

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Michel Albertini

Luigi Lacosta

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Georges Beller

Sam Kido

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Roland Blanche

Garcia Santos

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Marcel Maréchal

Rivoli

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Jean Négroni

Carlos de Palma

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Robert Party

Le général Anthony Baryn

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Jean-Claude Jay

Le sénateur Albert Philippe

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Brigitte Lahaie

Ursula Hoffman

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Maurice Bénichou

Robert Sanio, l'homme à la caméra

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Roland Amstutz

Gregory

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Jean-Pierre Bagot

Michaël Mix

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Edmond Bernard

Le présentateur TV

Acting

Françoise Bette

Mme Bellony

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Benoît Brione

Le reporter au bobino

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Jacques Brylant

Nicolas Rosenko

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Gabriel Cattand

Le président Marc Jarry

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Nanette Corey

Unknown Role

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Erick Desmarestz

Bob Dagan

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Thierry Dewavrin

Le rédacteur du journal

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Etienne Dirand

Le médecin de l'hôpital

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Henry Djanik

Nick Farnese

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Michel Dussarat

Robert Kosheba

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Joséphine Fresson

Marianne Delila

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Bernard Larmande

Unknown Role

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Daniel Léger

Guillaume Géménos

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Jean Lescot

Franck Bellony

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Jean Leuvrais

Le ministre Robert Picart

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Gérard Lorin

Flavius

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Didier Sauvegrain

Karl Eric Daslow

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Gérard Moisan

L'inspecteur au talkie walkie

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Louis Navarre

Maître Keller

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Jean Obé

Hugues Adler

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Alain Ollivier

Le directeur du laboratoire Kodak

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Michel Pilorgé

Le reporter TV

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Christian Remer

Charles Polodi

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Georges Staquet

Le gardien de l'immeuble de l'assassinat

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Jacqueline Staup

Mme Lapierre

Directing

Georges Trillat

L'inspecteur au bar 'Manhattan'

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André Falcon

Darsell

Acting

Michel Raskine

Ramon Jimenez

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Henri Verneuil

Technicien TV / présentateur au cabaret (voice) (uncredited)

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