
Escape From Segovia
1981-11-07 · 108 min · ★ 6.2
In the summer of 1977, a political prisoner, living in exile, recounts the circumstances of his escape to a journalist: in April 76, a group of ETA members planned to escape from prison, but the project fails when, due to a tip-off, the guards discover the tunnel they are digging. The inmates, far from being discouraged, start a second tunnel.
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- Directors
- Imanol Uribe
- Production companies
- Frontera Films Irun
- Countries
- Spain
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Xabier ElorriagaIon
Mario PardoIturbe
Ovidi MontllorOriol
José Pedro Carrión
José Manuel CervinoJefe de funcionarios
Virginia MataixNerea
Klara BadiolaMaruja
Josune Lasa
Álex Angulo
Ramón BareaAitor
Claudio RodríguezDirector de la prisión
Arantxa UrretabizkaiaPeriodista
Patxi Bisquert
Guillermo Montesinos
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