Operation Ogre

Operation Ogre

6.9IMDb Score
Released:1979-09-28
Duration:101 min
Country:Italy,Spain
Director:Gillo Pontecorvo
Actors:Gian Maria Volonté, José Sacristán, Ángela Molina, Eusebio Poncela, Saverio Marconi
Production:Sabre Films, Vides Cinematografica

Overview:

Spain, 1973. Dictator Francisco Franco has ruled the country since 1939 with an iron fist; but he is now a very old and sick man. The future of the weakened regime is in danger. Admiral Carrero Blanco is his natural successor. The Basque terrorist gang ETA decides that he must die to prevent the dictatorship from continuing.

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