That Sweet Word: Liberty!

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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...read more

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

(see additional cast & crew)

Directors

Vytautas Zalakevičius

Writers

Vytautas Zalakevičius, Valentin Ezhov

Cast

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