The Burgos Trial

  • Rated 7.2 out of 10
  • Movie
  • 1979
  • 2h 14m
  • Documentary
  • History

Documentary about the court martial held following the assassination of Melitón Manzanas, commissioner of the Political-Social Brigade of Guipúzcoa, in an attack carried out by ETA on August 2, 1968. The film includes a series of interviews and testimonies from those imprisoned and prosecuted in that court martial. Following the attack, a state of emergency was declared in Guipúzcoa and hundreds of people were arrested.

Director
Imanol Uribe
Starring
Francisco Letamendia, Unai Dorronsoro, Mario Onaindia, Juan María Bandrés