---
title: 'State of Siege (1972)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Costa-Gavras'
released: '1972-12-30'
runtime_minutes: 115
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
  - 'France'
  - 'Italy'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/state-of-siege-1972'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070959/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# State of Siege (1972)

1972 · 115 min · Drama · Germany, France, Italy

Original title: État de siège

## Synopsis

State of Siege is a 1972 French–Italian–West German political thriller film directed by Costa-Gavras starring Yves Montand and Renato Salvatori. The story is based on the kidnapping and killing of Dan Mitrione, a USAID official, by Uruguayan Tupamaros in 1970.

## Credits

- **Producer:** [Jacques Perrin](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-perrin)
- **Director:** [Costa-Gavras](https://cinepixo.com/people/costa-gavras)
- **Screenplay:** [Costa-Gavras](https://cinepixo.com/people/costa-gavras), [Franco Solinas](https://cinepixo.com/people/franco-solinas)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Mikis Theodorakis](https://cinepixo.com/people/mikis-theodorakis)
- **Director of Photography:** [Pierre-William Glenn](https://cinepixo.com/people/pierre-william-glenn)
- **Editor:** [Françoise Bonnot](https://cinepixo.com/people/francoise-bonnot)

## Cast

- [O. E. Hasse](https://cinepixo.com/people/o-e-hasse) as Carlos Ducas
- [Jacques Weber](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-weber) as Hugo
- [Renato Salvatori](https://cinepixo.com/people/renato-salvatori) as Captain Lopez
- [Alejandro Sieveking](https://cinepixo.com/people/alejandro-sieveking)
- [Maurice Teynac](https://cinepixo.com/people/maurice-teynac) as minister of internal security
- [Aldo Francia](https://cinepixo.com/people/aldo-francia)
- [Maurice Jacquemont](https://cinepixo.com/people/maurice-jacquemont)
- [Yvette Etiévant](https://cinepixo.com/people/yvette-etievant) as woman senator
- [Jacques Perrin](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-perrin) as telephone operator
- [Héctor Noguera](https://cinepixo.com/people/hector-noguera)
- [Jean-Luc Bideau](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-luc-bideau) as Este
- [Yves Montand](https://cinepixo.com/people/yves-montand) as Philip Michael Santore
- [André Falcon](https://cinepixo.com/people/andre-falcon) as Deputy Fabbri
- [Harald Wolff](https://cinepixo.com/people/harald-wolff) as minister of foreign affairs

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