Land and Freedom

1995 109 min ★ 7.3 War, Drama, History

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.

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Cast

Ian Hart

David Carr

Rosana Pastor

Blanca

Frédéric Pierrot

Bernard

Icíar Bollaín

Maite

Tom Gilroy

Lawrence

Angela Clarke

Kitty

Eoin McCarthy

Connor

Suzanne Maddock

Kim

Jordi Dauder

Salas

Pep Molina

Pepe

Details

Director

Ken Loach

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$3,000,000

Revenue

$228,800

Production

Parallax Pictures, Messidor Films, Road Movies, British Screen

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

July 24, 2025

★ 6/10

“David” (Ian Hart) is stuck in Liverpool in the late 1930s with little by way of prospects, so he decides to go and fight for the International Brigade during the Spanish Civil War. He readily makes friends and is soon joined up with POUM, a collection of Marxists where he encounters “Bianca” (Rosana Pastor) and discovers quickly that this is a brutal conflict. His ‘side’ are united in their intel...