I recently watched the film Z and was wondering how close to the truth it was. Obviously, as one of the earliest political film I wouldn't expect it to treat the events even handedly, but were events of the film fairly accurate? Were the Greek Authorities really only driven by communist paranoia and self preservation as the film suggests?
I don't necessarily think that's all the film suggests; throughout the film, the investigation discovers that the assassins and some people in authority are linked to a far right group with a fascist-style ideology that considers itself opposed to both capitalism and communism. I won't comment on how well it covers the Lambrakis affair though.
(Also, if you enjoyed Z, then Etat de Siege, one of Costa-Gavras' followups, is along similar lines about a different political crisis, this time the killing of Dan Mitrione in Uruguay).