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Operación Ogro is a 1979 Spanish and Italian drama film written and directed by Gillo Pontecorvo. The film is based on true events in Spain during the early 1970s and is based on the eponymous book by Julen Agirre (pseudonym of Eva Forest). The film won the David di Donatello (an annual Italian motion picture award) for Best Film.
Sep 28, 1979 · Ogro is a 1979 film by Gillo Pontecorvo, based on the true story of the assassination of Spanish prime minister Luis Carrero Blanco by the Basque group ETA. The film shows the planning and execution of the operation, as well as the repression and resistance of the regime.
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- Drama, Thriller
- Gillo Pontecorvo
- 1979-09-28
Dec 29, 2018 · OGRO. As 1973 winds down, Franco is still governing Spain with an iron hand. Opposition parties are forbidden; labor movements are repressed; and Basque nationalists are mercilessly hunted down. The caudillo is aging, though, and the continuity of the régime is in question.
- 110 min
Ogro is a movie about the real assassination of Franco's successor by the Basque terrorist group ETA in 1973. Read IMDb users' opinions on the realistic, suspenseful and critical portrayal of the historical event.
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As 1973 winds down, Franco is still governing Spain with an iron hand. One man has the trust of Franco, enough authority and experience to assume the leadership: admiral Carrero Blanco. For the embattled clandestine Basque organization ETA, Carrero Blanco must be brought down.
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Apr 27, 2019 · Pontecorvo’s last feature, Ogro (1979), is perhaps the key film in his opus. Ogro was planned as a straight, chronological depiction of the Basque Euzkadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA) terrorist assassination of Franchist minister Carrero Blanco in 1973 Spain.
