Land and Freedom

Overview

Summer 1936: young unemployed communist David Carr leaves Liverpool to join the fight against fascism in Spain. He joins an international group of Militia-men and women, the POUM (Partido Obrero de Unificación Marxista). After being wounded, he goes to Barcelona, where he joins another group of fighters.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

April 7, 1995

Original language

English

Spoken languages

Catalan, English, Spanish

Countries

France, Germany, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom, United States of America

Production

Working Title Films,Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen,TVE,Canal+ España,Eurimages,Degeto Film,BBC,Road Movies,Diaphana Films,BIM Distribuzione,British Screen Productions,Parallax Pictures,Road Movies Dritte Produktionen,Messidor Films,European Co-production Fund,British Screen

Cast

Ian Hart,Rosana Pastor,Frédéric Pierrot,Icíar Bollaín,Tom Gilroy,Angela Clarke,Eoin McCarthy,Suzanne Maddock,Jordi Dauder,Pep Molinaand 59 more

Director

Ken Loach

Writer

Jim Allen,Roger Smith

Producer

Rebecca O'Brien,Ulrich Felsberg,Gerardo Herrero,Sally Hibbin

Cinematography

Barry Ackroyd

Music

George Fenton

Budget

$3,000,000

Revenue

$228,800

IMDb

tt0114671