Film
Operation Ogre
Italy · Spain- Age rating
- 16
- Director
- Gillo Pontecorvo
- Year
- 1979
Spain, 1973. Dictator Francisco Franco has ruled the country since 1939 with an iron fist; but he is now a very old and sick man. The future of the weakened regime is in danger. Admiral Carrero Blanco is his natural successor. The Basque terrorist gang ETA decides that he must die to prevent the dictatorship from continuing.
Top cast
Gian Maria Volonté
Izarra
José Sacristán
Iker
Ángela Molina
Amaiur
Eusebio Poncela
Txabi
Saverio Marconi
Luque
Georges Staquet
The Builder
Nicole Garcia
Karmele
Féodor Atkine
Joseba
Estanis González
Doorman
Agapito Romo
Carrero Blanco
José Manuel Cervino
Milkman
José Luis Pérez
Luis Politti
Teacher
Agustín Navarro
Fernando Chinarro
Surgeon
Raúl Lobo
Ana Torrent
Basque Girl
Francisco Franco
Self (archive footage)
Directed by
Gillo Pontecorvo
Written by
Giorgio Arlorio, Ugo Pirro, Gillo Pontecorvo
Produced by
José Sámano
