That Sweet Word: Liberty! (1972)
In an unnamed Latin American country after a coup d'état, a military junta comes to power. The army deployed to the streets, the civilian population is exposed to hard terror. A wave of arrests follows, some former senators - liberals and communists - are sent to prison. Some patriots that have gone underground try to figure a plan for their release. They buy a small shop opposite the prison in the name of Francisco and Maria Vardes. From its basement they plan to build a 90-meter tunnel. Three years of enormous effort, deaths and nervous breakdowns are not spent in vain.
Director: Vytautas Žalakevičius
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Regimantas Adomaitis as Francisco "Pancho" Vardes |
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Irina Miroshnichenko as Maria |
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Ion Ungureanu as Alberto Ramirez, communist senator |
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Bronius Babkauskas as Miguel Carrera, senator |
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Lorents Arushanyan as Walter Conde, senator |
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Juozas Budraitis as Felicio, blackmailer |
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Mihai Volontir as Carlos Caro |
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Rodion Nahapetov as Benedicto |
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Gemma Firsova as Ellen Carrera |
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Bob Chuprov-Tsymba as Captain Rada |
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Kimma Mamadova as seniora Rada |
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Igor Petrov as адвокат |
| Directing | Vytautas Žalakevičius | Director |
| Writing | Vytautas Žalakevičius | Writer |
| Writing | Valentin Ezhov | Writer |
| Camera | Vladimir Nakhabtsev | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Konstantin Stenkin | Executive Producer |
| Production | Valentin Maslov | Executive Producer |