Escape from Segovia

Escape from Segovia
Spanish	La fuga de Segovia
Directed by	Imanol Uribe
Screenplay by	Ángel Amigo Imanol Uribe
Based on	Operación Poncho by Ángel Amigo
Produced by	Ángel Amigo
Starring	Xabier Elorriaga Mario Pardo Ovidi Montllor José María Muñoz José Pedro Carrión José M. Cervino Virginia Mataix Ramón Balenziaga Imanol Gaztelumendi Klara Badiola Elene Lizarralde Jesús Mari Lasa
Cinematography	Xabier Agirresarobe
Edited by	Julio Peña
Music by	Xabier Lasa Amaia Zubiria
Release dates	September 1981 (1981-09) (Zinemaldia) 6 November 1981 (1981-11-06) (Spain)
Country	Spain
Language	Spanish

Escape from Segovia (Spanish: La fuga de Segovia) is a 1981 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.

Plot

The plot explores the jailbreak of about 30 prisoners, the majority of them ETA members, from the Segovia prison in April 1976.[1]

Cast

• Xabier Elorriaga[2]
• Mario Pardo[2]
• Ovidi Montllor[2]
• José María Muñoz [es][2]
• José Pedro Carrión [es][2]
• José Manuel Cervino[2]
• Virginia Mataix [es][2]
• Ramón Balenziaga[2]
• Imanol Gaztelumendi[2]
• Klara Badiola [eu][2]
• Elene Lizarralde [eu][2]
• Jesús María Lasa[2]
• Patxi Bisquert [es][2]
• Santiago Ramos[2]
• Alex Angulo[2]
• Ramón Barea[2]
• Guillermo Montesinos[2]
• Txema Blasco[2]
• Iñaki Aierra [eu][2]

Production

Uribe decided to make the film upon inspiration from the book Operación Poncho by Ángel Amigo [eu].[3] Shooting locations included the old school of Los Escolapios in Tolosa, as well as various locations in Orendain, Urnieta, Segovia, Madrid, Zumarraga, and Legazpi.[4]

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]

See also

• List of Spanish films of 1981

References

1. Barrenetxea Marañón 2008, pp. 25–26.
2. "La fuga de Segovia · España 1981". Adaptaciones de la literatura española en el cine español. Referencias y bibliografía. Archived from the original on 16 August 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2024 – via Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes.
3. Barrenetxea Marañón, Igor (2008). "La Transición y ETA: La fuga de Segovia (1981)" (PDF). Quaderns de Cine (2). San Vicente del Raspeig: Universidad de Alicante: 25. ISSN 1888-4571.
4. Barrenetxea Marañón 2008, p. 25.
5. García, Rocío (30 September 2021). "Cuarenta años de una evasión de película: 'La fuga de Segovia'". El País. Archived from the original on 16 August 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
6. "'Historia de nuestro cine' repasa la filmografía de Imanol Uribe". rtve.es. 4 November 1981. Archived from the original on 16 August 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
7. Trenzado Romero, Manuel (1999). "Filmografía". Cultura de masas y cambio político: El cine español de la transición. Madrid: Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas. p. 336. ISBN 84-7476-286-3.
8. Maslin, Janet (6 June 1984). "Film: Basque 'Escape from Segovia'". The New York Times.