Film · Documentary, History

The Burgos Trial (1979)

Documentary about the court martial held following the assassination of Melitón Manzanas, commissioner of the Political-Social Brigade of Guipúzcoa, in an attack carried out by ETA on August 2, 1968. The film includes a series of interviews and testimonies from those imprisoned and prosecuted in that court martial. Following the attack, a state of emergency was declared in Guipúzcoa and hundreds of people were arrested.

Director

Imanol Uribe

Writers

Imanol Uribe

Country

Spain

Language

Spanish

Release date

August 31, 1979

Original title

El proceso de Burgos