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That Sweet Word: Liberty! is a 1973 Soviet drama film directed by Vytautas Žalakevičius. The second part of the "Latin American trilogy", of which the first film was The Whole Truth about Columbus and the final one Centaurs. It was entered into the 8th Moscow International Film Festival where it won the Golden Prize. The film was shot in Chile shortly before 1973 Chilean coup d'état. The basis for the plot is a real story: the escape from San-Carlos prison in Venezuela of three political prisoners - Guillermo García Ponce, Pompeyo Márquez and Teodoro Petkoff.
Original Release
11/20/1972
Cast
Name | Character |
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Regimantas Adomaitis | Francisco 'Pancho' Vardes / Francisco "Pancho" Vardes |
Irina Miroshnichenko | Maria Vardes / Maria |
Bronius Babkauskas | Miguel Carrera (senator) / Miguel Carrera, senator |
Ion Ungureanu | Alberto Ramirez (senator-communist) / Alberto Ramirez, communist senator |
Lorents Arushanyan | Walter Conde (senator) / Walter Conde, senator |
Juozas Budraitis | Felicio / Felicio, blackmailer |
Mihai Volontir | Carlos Caro |
Rodion Nakhapetov | Benedicto |
Sayat Alieva | Natacha |
M. Moran Suares | Manuel |
Directors
Writers
Vytautas Zalakevičius, Valentin Ezhov
Cast
Name | Character |
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Regimantas Adomaitis | Francisco 'Pancho' Vardes / Francisco "Pancho" Vardes |
Irina Miroshnichenko | Maria Vardes / Maria |
Bronius Babkauskas | Miguel Carrera (senator) / Miguel Carrera, senator |
Ion Ungureanu | Alberto Ramirez (senator-communist) / Alberto Ramirez, communist senator |
Lorents Arushanyan | Walter Conde (senator) / Walter Conde, senator |
Juozas Budraitis | Felicio / Felicio, blackmailer |
Mihai Volontir | Carlos Caro |
Rodion Nakhapetov | Benedicto |
Sayat Alieva | Natacha |
M. Moran Suares | Manuel |
Leon Kukulyan | Lopez |
Bob Chuprov-Tsymba | kapitan Rada |
Kima Mammadova | seniora Rada |
Eldar Aliev | Leytenant Curilio |
Dzhemma Firsova | Helen Carrera / Ellen Carrera |
Ravil Melikov | Nelson |
F. Isaev | Akhiles |
Vytautas Paukste | Tyuremnyy vrach |
E. Vaskez | serzhant Arriechi |
Mammad Alili | (as M. Alili) |