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Land and Freedom (1995)
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK, Spain, Germany, Italy, France, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
The movie narrates the story of David Carr, an unemployed worker and member of the Communist Party of Great Britain. In 1936 he decides to fight for the Republican side in the Spanish Civil War, an anti-fascist coalition of liberals, communists and anarchists. Similar to George Orwell's experiences documented in Homage to Catalonia, he joins the POUM worker militia and witnesses first hand the betrayal of the Spanish revolution by the Stalinists, loyal only to the dictat of Moscow.
Style:
political, sexy, atmospheric, enigmatic, melancholic, sad, dramatic, absurd, affectionate, witty ...
Plot:
spanish civil war, revolution, politics, working class, communist, anarchist, trench warfare, anti war, civil war, world war two, betrayal, worker, war, military, rebellion, fighting the system, society, idealism, marxist, communism, anarchism, spanish history, catastrophe, time travel, world war one ...
Time:
1930s, 90s, 20th century, 30s
Place:
spain, catalonia, barcelona, europe, england, barcelona spain
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Duration: 142 min.
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Duration: 103 min.
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Duration: 128 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Spain
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Duration: 197 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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