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Land and Freedom
Drama, History, War
Summer 1936: young unemployed communist David Carr leaves Liverpool to join the fight against fascism in Spain. He joins an international group of Militia-men and women, the POUM (Partido Obrero de Unificación Marxista). After being wounded, he goes to Barcelona, where he joins another group of fighters.
View on IMDbAppeals to viewers drawn to politically engaged war dramas that test collective ideals against factionalism, sacrifice, and historical defeat.
- Tone
- bittersweet, bleak, contemplative
- Payoff
- heartbreak, reflection
- Pacing
- steady
- Intensity
- intense
- Structure
- linear
- Themes
- political idealism, solidarity, betrayal, class struggle, disillusionment
- Setting
- 1930s wartime, rural villages, trenches, and revolutionary urban communities