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Film details
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Featuring
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Director
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Countries
Spain France United Kingdom Germany Italy
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Year
1995
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Genre
War
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Type
Film
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Category
Fiction
Alternative titles
- The Earth Is Red Working
- Tierra y libertad Alternative
- Land and Freedom A Story from the Spanish Revolution Alternative
- Terra e libertà Alternative
- Terre et liberté Alternative
Introduction
“This is not just a movie which simply fills us in on fascinating historical details; thanks to muscular performances (especially from Ian Hart), it also packs an emotional punch.”
timeout.com
Land and Freedom, though set during the Spanish Civil War (1936–9), has much to say about Britain in the 1980s and 90s. Ken Loach, a committed socialist director, draws parallels between the triumph of fascism in Spain and the rise of the far right amid the widespread unemployment at the time the film was made.
Ian Hart plays Dave, a young Liverpudlian man who joins the International Brigades to fight fascism in Spain, where he falls in love with Blanca, a Marxist ideologue. The Spanish Civil War had long fascinated Loach who, like screenwriter Jim Allen, saw how close the fighters had come to achieving a socialist revolution. The film won two awards at the Cannes film festival and remains one of his most acclaimed.
Left-wing writer Jim Allen collaborated with Ken Loach on many films and TV dramas during his career, including The Big Flame (1969), Days of Hope (1975) and Raining Stones (1993).
Cast & Credits
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Cast
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Dave Carne
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Blanca
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Maite
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Gene Lawrence
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Vidal
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Bernard
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the milita
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the milita
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the milita
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the milita
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the militia
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Coogan, the militia
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the militia
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the militia
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the militia
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the militia
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Kim
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Dot
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speaker at meeting
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Kitty
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barracks officer
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nationalist officer
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priest
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Salas
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Pepe
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concierge
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old woman
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Casado
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ambulance man
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ambulance man
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on the train
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on the train
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on the train
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on the train
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townsperson
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townsperson
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townsperson
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townsperson
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townsperson
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townsperson
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townsperson
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townsperson
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townsperson
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townsperson
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townsperson
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townsperson
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townsperson
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townsperson
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townsperson
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on the roof
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on the roof
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on the roof
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on the roof
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on the roof
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on the roof
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on the roof
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on the roof
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on the roof
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on the roof
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in the café
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in the café
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in the café
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in the café
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in the café
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Blanca's parent
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Blanca's parent
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Credits
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Direction:
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Director
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Assistant Director
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Assistant Director
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Assistant Director
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Assistant Director
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Assistant Director
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Assistant Director
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Assistant Director
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Assistant Director
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Assistant Director
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Crowd Co-ordinator
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Crowd Co-ordinator
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Script Supervisor
Rights:
Production:
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Production Company
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Production Company
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International Sales
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Executive Producer
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Executive Producer
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Executive Producer
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Producer
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Associate Producer
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Production Manager
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Production Co-ordinator
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Production Co-ordinator
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Production Accountant
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Production Accountant
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Assistant [Accountant]
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Unit Manager
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Location Manager
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Location Manager
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Production Contact
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Production Contact
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Adviser and Research
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Adviser and Research
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Adviser and Research
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Adviser and Research
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Adviser and Research
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Adviser and Research
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Receipts collected and distributed by
Casting:
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Casting
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Casting
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Casting
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Casting
Writing:
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Script Editor
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Screenplay
Photography:
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Director of Photography
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2nd Camera
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2nd Camera
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2nd Camera
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2nd Camera
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Focus Puller
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Clapper Loader
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Clapper Loader
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Clapper Loader
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Clapper Loader
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Gaffer
Stills:
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Stills Photographer
Special Effects:
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Special Effects Supervisor
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Special Effects Technician
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Special Effects Technician
Editing:
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Editor
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1st Assistant Editor
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2nd Assistant Editor
Design:
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Production Designer
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Designer
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Assistant Designer
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Art Department Co-ordinator
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Set Dresser
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Prop Master
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Props
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Props
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Props
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Props
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Props
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Construction Manager
Costumes:
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Costume Designer
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UK Costume Designer
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Wardrobe
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Wardrobe
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Wardrobe
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Wardrobe
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Wardrobe
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Wardrobe
Make-up:
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Make-up Artist
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[Make-up] Assistant
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[Make-up] Assistant
Titles:
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Titles
Film processing:
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Laboratory
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Film Stock
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Colour by
Metrocolor (uncredited)
Music:
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Music
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Music Pre-production
Sound:
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Music Recording
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Sound Recordist
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Boom Operator
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Boom Operator
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Sound Assistant
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Dubbing Mixer
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Dubbing Editor
Consultant:
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Lawyer
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Lawyer
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Armourer
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Props
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