our guest for the hour is costa- gavras.fore we talk about z and missing, state of siege and your other films, let's talk about where you were born and why you left greece. >> i was born in the south of greece. occupation, all of the family came to athens. wouldrst thing my family like to do was send me to the united states because my mother had a brother here and some uncles in milwaukee. so i tried to go there, but there is no way to have a reason to come to the united states because my father had a resistance against the germans with a left-wing people and against the king. >> when was this? in 1951, 1952. >> resistance against the nazi's was going to prevent you from coming to the united states? >> in a certain way, yes. the certain position a my father because the family and the kids, they could not go to the university in greece. they have to present a certificate of their parents or impossible to was go to the university to study. so i had to go to france because in france, the studies were free. they still are. >> to