The Wall

The Wall

1967•1h 31m•6.2/10

Drama

Ratings

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6.2/10(8)

Prisoners await execution by firing squad when they are captured during the Spanish Civil War in this drama taken from the novella by Jean-Paul Sarte. Pablo is a loyalist jailed after he searches for his brother. An Irish mercenary and a Belgian physician are his cellmates. Flashbacks recall their lives before the war as they spend their last moments on Earth waiting for their date with death.

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Production

Procinex, Les Films Niepce

Language

FR

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Michel del Castillo

Michel del Castillo

Pablo

Denis Mahaffey

Tom

Matthieu Klossowski

Juan

Anna Pacheco

Concha

René Darmon

Bernard Anglade

Jorge Lavelli

Jorge Lavelli

Claude Esteban

Edgardo Cantón

Peter Kassovitz

Peter Kassovitz

Miguel Cañadas

Mir Ferry

Mir Ferry

José Abad

Félix Esteguy

John Montague

Oscar Lozoya

Ricardo Gómez

Mario Casari

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