Directed by:
Ken LoachScreenplay:
Jim AllenCinematography:
Barry AckroydComposer:
George FentonCast:
Ian Hart, Icíar Bollaín, Eoin McCarthy, Jordi Dauder, Frédéric Pierrot, Francesc Orella, Pascal Demolon, Daniel Muñoz, Rosana Pastor, Pep Molina, Pep Cortés (more)Plots(1)
"Land and Freedom" is a close-up look by script writer Jim Allen and director Ken Loach on the drama of the Spanish Civil War, and how it played out among the nameless little guys, the fighters in the trenches. The idealists, the idealogues, the romantics, the bored, who traveled from other countries to fight for Spain against Franco's fascist regime, the peasants of Aragon who speak words foreign to them, such as "collectivisation of the land", their loves, their deaths, their disillusionments-it's all there. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Ian Hart
UK
Best movies:
Enemy of the State (1998)
Finding Neverland (2004)
Vinyl (2016) (series)
Icíar Bollaín
Spain
Best movies:
El Sur (1983)
Land and Freedom (1995)
Rage (2009)
Eoin McCarthy
Ireland
Best movies:
Cadfael (1994) (series)
Land and Freedom (1995)
Yesterday's Children (2000) (TV movie)
Jordi Dauder
Spain
Best movies:
Le Comment et le pourquoi (1994)
Camino (2008)
Land and Freedom (1995)
Frédéric Pierrot
France
Best movies:
I've Loved You So Long (2008)
Land and Freedom (1995)
Sarah's Key (2010)
Francesc Orella
Spain
Best movies:
The Invisible Guest (2016)
Maradona: Blessed Dream (2021) (series)
Le Comment et le pourquoi (1994)
Pascal Demolon
France
Best movies:
I've Loved You So Long (2008)
Land and Freedom (1995)
Fragments of Antonin (2006)
Daniel Muñoz
Chile
Best movies:
Land and Freedom (1995)
Rara (2016)
Much Ado About Nothing (2015)
Rosana Pastor
Spain
Best movies:
Land and Freedom (1995)
I Will Survive (1999)
Mad Love (2001)
Pep Molina
Best movies:
Land and Freedom (1995)
Unconscious (2004)
[Rec] 2 (2009)
Pep Cortés
Spain
Best movies:
Land and Freedom (1995)
Sound of the Sea (2001)
The Replacement (2021)
Joan Pau Romaní
Best movies:
Land and Freedom (1995)
Dollar for the Dead (1998) (TV movie)
Pep Navarro
Best movies:
Land and Freedom (1995)
Marc Martínez
Spain
Best movies:
To Die (or Not) (2000)
Land and Freedom (1995)
We Shall Return (2012) (TV movie)
Jürgen Müller
Germany
Best movies:
Land and Freedom (1995)
Sergi Calleja
Spain
Best movies:
Land and Freedom (1995)
Take My Eyes (2003)
Frozen Silence (2011)