That Sweet Word: Liberty!

That Sweet Word: Liberty!

1973 · 163 min · ★ 5.2 · Mystery

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.

Directed by Vytautas Žalakevičius · Written by Vytautas Žalakevičius

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Regimantas Adomaitis Francisco "Pancho" Vardes
Irina Miroshnichenko Maria
Ion Ungureanu Alberto Ramirez, communist senator
Bronius Babkauskas Miguel Carrera, senator
Lorents Arushanyan Walter Conde, senator
Juozas Budraitis Felicio, blackmailer
Mihai Volontir Carlos Caro
Rodion Nahapetov Benedicto
Gemma Firsova Ellen Carrera
Bob Chuprov-Tsymba Captain Rada
Kimma Mamadova seniora Rada
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