That Sweet Word: Liberty! (Это сладкое слово - свобода!) 51 years old
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. The inmates run away, but while at large, the oldest of them, Senator Miguel Carrera suffers a heart failure. He dies in a safe house on the eve of a meeting with journalists.
Credits
That Sweet Word: Liberty! Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Rodion Nahapetov | as Benedicto |
| Juozas Budraitis He was 32, now 84 years old | as Felicio, blackmailer |
| Regimantas Adomaitis He was 35, now 87 years old | as Francisco "Pancho" Vardes |
| Irina Miroshnichenko She was 30, now 82 years old | as Maria |
| Bronius Babkauskas He was 51, 54 years old when he died | as Miguel Carrera, senator |
| Ion Ungureanu He was 37, 81 years old when he died | as Alberto Ramirez, communist senator |
| Mihai Volontir He was 38, now 90 years old | as Carlos Caro |
That Sweet Word: Liberty! Crew
| Name | Department |
|---|---|
| Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov as Music. He was 36 (82) years old when He died | Sound |
| Vytautas Žalakevičius as Director. He was 42 (66) years old when He died | Directing |
| Vytautas Žalakevičius as Writer. He was 42 (66) years old when He died | Writing |
That Sweet Word: Liberty! (51 years)
- Release day: Monday, November 20, 1972
- Runtime: 163 minutes