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| Director: | Imanol Uribe | ||
| Producer: | Ángel Amigo | ||
| Cinematography: | Xabier Agirresarobe | ||
| Editing: | Julio Peña | ||
| Country: | Spain | ||
| Language: | Spanish |
Escape from Segovia (es|'''La fuga de Segovia'''|links=no) 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.
The plot explores the jailbreak of about 30 prisoners, the majority of them ETA members, from the Segovia prison in April 1976.
Uribe decided to make the film upon inspiration from the book Operación Poncho by .[1] Shooting locations included the old school of Los Escolapios in Tolosa, as well as various locations in Orendain, Urnieta, Segovia, Madrid, Zumarraga, and Legazpi.
The film premiered at the San Sebastián International Film Festival in September 1981.[2] It was released theatrically in Spain on 6 November 1981.[3] [4]
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".[5]