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Land and Freedom

1995Movie1 h 49 min

Drama
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IMDb7.5Rotten Tomatoes79%94%

A moving, tense war movie about history and politics.

Good for friends night · teens · thought-provoking

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Story

Summer 1936: young unemployed communist David Carr leaves Liverpool to join the fight against fascism in Spain. He joins an international group of Militia-men and women, the POUM (Partido Obrero de Unificación Marxista). After being wounded, he goes to Barcelona, where he joins another group of fighters.

Feels like

  • Spanish Civil War
  • Republicanism
  • Communist
  • Political Betrayal
  • Class Struggle
  • Historical Drama
  • Ideological Conflict
  • Warfare
  • 1930s Europe

Cast

20 of 20

Crew

Directed by
Ken Loach
Written by
Jim Allen
Produced by
Rebecca O'Brien
Music by
George Fenton

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Facts

April 7, 1995 · 1 h 49 min · Violence

Released
April 7, 1995
Runtime
1 h 49 min
Content
Violence
Genres
War, Drama, History
Original language
English
Also spoken
Catalan, Spanish
Made in
United Kingdom, Spain, Germany
Budget
$3 million
Box office
$228,800
Available in
9 countries