This Sweet Word – Liberty
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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.
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Regimantas Adomaitis
Francisco "Pancho" Vardes
Known for
Hard to Be a God
Irina Miroshnichenko
Maria
Known for
Could One Imagine?
Walking the Streets of Moscow
Ion Ungureanu
Alberto Ramirez, communist senator
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Sergey Lazo
Bronius Babkauskas
Miguel Carrera, senator
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The Girl and the Echo
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Lorents Arushanyan
Walter Conde, senator
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Snowdrops and Edelweiss
Juozas Budraitis
Felicio, blackmailer
Known for
The Queen's Gambit
Black Lightning
Mihai Volontir
Carlos Caro
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Incident at Map-Grid 36-80
In the Zone of Special Attention
Rodion Nahapetov
Benedicto
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A Slave of Love
Torpedo Bombers
Gemma Firsova
Ellen Carrera
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A Spring for the Thirsty
War and Peace
Bob Chuprov-Tsymba
Captain Rada
Also in
The Testament of Professor Dowell
Boomerang
Kimma Mamadova
seniora Rada
No other roles listed
Igor Petrov
адвокат
Also in
Bukharin: Enemy of the People
Ten Days That Shook the World
Vytautas Žalakevičius Director · Valentin Ezhov Writer Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov Composer
First release November 20, 1972 · Produced in Russia · Languages Lithuanian, Russian
Production
Mosfilm
Production · Studio
Lithuanian Film Studio
Production
Lietuvos Kinostudija
Production
Russia
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Это сладкое слово - свобода!
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Lithuanian · Russian
Release dates
Russia · November 20, 1972
Premiere · Vilnius
Russia · October 22, 1973
Theatrical · Moscow, In cinemas nationwide
No release date listed for United States.
Finland
January 4, 1974 · Theatrical
France
June 25, 1975 · Theatrical
Hungary
October 31, 1974 · Theatrical
Poland
July 22, 1974 · Theatrical
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