That Sweet Word: Liberty! (1972)
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.
Director: Vytautas Žalakevičius
Genre: Mystery
Runtime: 163 min
Release Date: November 20, 1972
Cast
- 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
Screenplay
Music: Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov
Cinematography: Vladimir Nakhabtsev
Production: Mosfilm, Lithuanian Film Studio
Country: Soviet Union
Language: Lietuvių, Pусский
Original Language: ru
Keywords
political detective
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is That Sweet Word: Liberty! about?
- 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.
- Who directed That Sweet Word: Liberty!?
- That Sweet Word: Liberty! was directed by Vytautas Žalakevičius.
- Who stars in That Sweet Word: Liberty!?
- That Sweet Word: Liberty! stars Regimantas Adomaitis, Irina Miroshnichenko, Ion Ungureanu, Bronius Babkauskas, Lorents Arushanyan, Juozas Budraitis.
- How long is That Sweet Word: Liberty!?
- That Sweet Word: Liberty! has a runtime of 2h 43m (163 minutes).
- What genre is That Sweet Word: Liberty!?
- That Sweet Word: Liberty! is a Mystery film.
- Where was That Sweet Word: Liberty! produced?
- That Sweet Word: Liberty! was produced in Soviet Union.