Land and Freedom

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.

Cast

Ian Hart

as David Carr

Rosana Pastor

as Blanca

Frédéric Pierrot

as Bernard

Icíar Bollaín

as Maite

Tom Gilroy

as Lawrence

Angela Clarke

as Kitty

Eoin McCarthy

as Connor

Suzanne Maddock

as Kim

Jordi Dauder

as Salas

Pep Molina

as Pepe

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