The Burgos Trial

(1979)

★ 7.2 IMDb · 6 votes

Genres: Documentary, History

Year: 1979

Runtime: 134 мин

Country: Spain

Director: Imanol Uribe

Cast: Francisco Letamendia, Unai Dorronsoro, Mario Onaindia, Juan María Bandrés, Josu Abrisketa, Itziar Aizpurua, Bittor Arana, José Ángel de Juanes

Plot

Documentary about the court martial held following the assassination of Melitón Manzanas, commissioner of the Political-Social Brigade of Guipúzcoa, in an attack carried out by ETA on August 2, 1968. The film includes a series of interviews and testimonies from those imprisoned and prosecuted in that court martial. Following the attack, a state of emergency was declared in Guipúzcoa and hundreds of people were arrested.