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Land and Freedom(1995)
Status: Released
Date: 1995-04-07
73%
290 Votes
Time: 1h 49m
Overview:
David Carr is a British Communist who is unemployed. In 1936, when the Spanish Civil War begins, he decides to fight for the Republican side, a coalition of liberals, communists and anarchists, so he joins the POUM militia and witnesses firsthand the betrayal of the Spanish revolution by Stalin's followers and Moscow's orders.
Languages: Catalan, Spanish, English.
Countries:
United Kingdom,
Spain,
Germany
ProductionCompanies: 
Parallax Pictures
Messidor Films
British Screen
Movie: Land and Freedom
Top 10 Billed Cast
Ian Hart
David Carr
Rosana Pastor
Blanca
Frédéric Pierrot
Bernard
Icíar Bollaín
Maite
Tom Gilroy
Lawrence
Angela Clarke
Kitty
Suzanne Maddock
Kim
Jordi Dauder
Salas
Pep Molina
Pepe
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