Escape from Segovia
1981 Spanish film
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Escape from Segovia (Spanish: La fuga de Segovia) is a 1981 Basque Spanish prison-break film directed by Imanol Uribe from a screenplay by Ángel Amigo and Uribe consisting of a dramatized account of the 1976 Segovia prison break. The cast is led by Xabier Elorriaga, Mario Pardo, and Ovidi Montllor.
SpanishLa fuga de Segovia
Directed byImanol Uribe
Screenplay by
- Ángel Amigo
- Imanol Uribe
Based onOperación Poncho
by Ángel Amigo
by Ángel Amigo
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| Spanish | La fuga de Segovia |
| Directed by | Imanol Uribe |
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| Based on | Operación Poncho by Ángel Amigo |
| Produced by | Ángel Amigo |
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| Cinematography | Javier Aguirresarobe (as Xabier Aguirresarobe) |
| Edited by | Julio Peña |
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| Country | Spain |
| Language | Spanish |
Plot
Cast
- Xabier Elorriaga[2]
- Mario Pardo[2]
- Ovidi Montllor[2]
- José María Muñoz[2]
- José Pedro Carrión[2]
- José Manuel Cervino[2]
- Virginia Mataix[2]
- Ramón Balenziaga[2]
- Imanol Gaztelumendi[2]
- Klara Badiola[2]
- Elene Lizarralde[2]
- Jesús María Lasa[2]
- Patxi Bisquert[2]
- Santiago Ramos[2]
- Alex Angulo[2]
- Ramón Barea[2]
- Guillermo Montesinos[2]
- Txema Blasco[2]
- Iñaki Aierra[2]
Production
Release
The film premiered at the San Sebastián International Film Festival in September 1981.[5] It was released theatrically in Spain on 6 November 1981.[6][7]
Reception
Janet Maslin of The New York Times considered that the film "unfolds in a careful considered style, avoiding sensationalism and concentrating on the fine points of the prisoners' complicated plan".[8]