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Tupamaros (1997)

Tupamaros (1997)

Documentary
Release Date: 1997, February 20
Directors: Heidi Specogna, Rainer Hoffmann
Countries: Switzerland, Germany
Production: ARTE, Biograph Film Bern, Biograph Film Bern, Specogna Filmproduktion, Specogna Filmproduktion, TAG/TRAUM Filmproduktion, TAG/TRAUM Filmproduktion, ZDF, ZDF
Cast: Christian Brückner, Carlos Rivera, José Mujica, Eleuterio Fernández Huidobro, Lucía Topolansky, Graciela Jorge, Maria Elia Topolansky, Fernando Morena

Overview:

Pepe Mujica, now a member of the Uruguayan parliament, and others of the Tupamaros recount the history of this urban guerrilla group: their use of armed intervention and illegal acts--even kidnapping and murder, their imprisonment and escapes, and their transition to a legal political party.