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Land and freedom : a story from the Spanish Revolution
Title
Land and freedom : a story from the Spanish Revolution / a Parallax Pictures, Messidor Films and Road Movies Dritte Produktionen production ; screenplay, Jim Allen ; executive producers, Sally Hibbin, Gerardo Herrero, Ulrich Felsberg ; producer, Rebecca O'Brien ; director, Ken Loach.
Edition
Fullscreen.
Publication
[New York] : Kino Film, [2009]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (109 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Medium
4 3/4 in.
stamping
Notes
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1995.
Title from credits.
Production designer, Martin Johnson ; director of photography, Barry Ackroyd ; costume designer, Ana Alvargonzalez ; editor, Jonathan Morris ; music by George Fenton.
In English, Spanish and Catalan with optional Korean and English subtitles.
Winner, European Film Awards, Film of the Year, 1995; Winner, Cannes Film Festival, 1995 Ecumenical Prize and FIPRESCI Prize.
Summary
An epic tale of love and revolution during the Spanish Civil War. 1936: a local man in Liverpool wrestles with disillusion and decides to join the fight against fascism in Franco's Spain. He finds himself deeply drawn to the cause and character of his new comrades, the Republican freedom-fighters, especially the beautiful Blanca. Unfortunately, political infighting threatens to do them all in.
Variant and related titles
Also known as: Tierra y libertad
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
English; Catalan; Spanish
Added to Catalog
July 22, 2021
Credits
Production designer, Martin Johnson ; director of photography, Barry Ackroyd ; costume designer, Ana Alvargonzalez ; editor, Jonathan Morris ; music by George Fenton.
Cast
Ian Hart, Rosana Pastor, Icíar Bollain, Tom Gilroy, Marc Martinez, Frederic Pierrot.
System details note
DVD; all regions, NTSC; Dolby digital 5.1 and 2.0 surround; aspect ratio 1.66:1.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Feature films - Great Britain.
War films - Great Britain.
Epic films - Great Britain.
Historical films - Great Britain.
Foreign films.
Motion pictures - Great Britain.
Spanish language films.
Catalan language films.
Spanish films.
Drama.
Epic films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Historical films.
History.
War films.
Feature films.
War films.
Historical films.
Epic films.
Fiction films.
Also listed under
Parallax Pictures.
Messidor Films (Firm)
Road Movies Dritte Produktionen, GmbH.
Kino International Corporation.
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