Movie: Dearest Executioners

Top 4 Billed Cast

Claudio Rodríguez
Claudio Rodríguez

Narrador (voice)

Vicente Copete
Vicente Copete

Self

Antonio López
Antonio López

Self

Bernardo Sánchez
Bernardo Sánchez

Self

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    This documentary, filmed clandestinely, is based on several interviews with the executioners who worked in Spain during the early 1970s, as well as families of people executed by them.

  • Release Date

    1977-04-20

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    7.3

  • Rating:

    3.6 starts
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    Español
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