That Sweet Word: Liberty!

Overview

In an unnamed Latin American country after a coup d'état, a military junta comes to power. The army deployed to the streets, the civilian population is exposed to hard terror. A wave of arrests follows, some former senators - liberals and communists - are sent to prison. Some patriots that have gone underground try to figure a plan for their release. They buy a small shop opposite the prison in the name of Francisco and Maria Vardes. From its basement they plan to build a 90-meter tunnel. Three years of enormous effort, deaths and nervous breakdowns are not spent in vain.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

October 22, 1973

Original language

Russian

Spoken languages

Lithuanian, Russian

Countries

Soviet Union

Production

Mosfilm,Lithuanian Film Studio

Cast

Mihai Volontir,Juozas Budraitis,Bob Chuprov-Tsymba,Igor Petrov,Kimma Mamadova,Regimantas Adomaitis,Rodion Nahapetov,Bronius Babkauskas,Ion Ungureanu,Lorents Arushanyanand 2 more

Director

Vytautas Žalakevičius

Writer

Vytautas Žalakevičius,Valentin Ezhov

Producer

Valentin Maslov,Konstantin Stenkin

Cinematography

Vladimir Nakhabtsev

Music

Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

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