01 Jan 2010
Castigats
It symbolizes the experience of people without any political involvement who suffered repression in Franco's Spain.
Dearest Executioners
This documentary, filmed clandestinely, is based on several interviews with the executioners who worked in Spain during the early 1970s, as well as families of people executed by them.
Top Billed Cast
Claudio Rodríguez Narrador (voice)
Vicente Copete Self
Antonio López Self
Bernardo Sánchez Self
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