163 minutes
11/20/1972
In an unnamed Latin American country after a coup d'état, a military junta comes to power. The army deployed to the streets, the civilian population is exposed to hard terror. A wave of arrests follows, some former senators - liberals and communists - are sent to prison. Some patriots that have gone underground try to figure a plan for their release. They buy a small shop opposite the prison in the name of Francisco and Maria Vardes. From its basement they plan to build a 90-meter tunnel. Three years of enormous effort, deaths and nervous breakdowns are not spent in vain.
Regimantas Adomaitis
as Francisco "Pancho" Vardes
Irina Miroshnichenko
as Maria
Ion Ungureanu
as Alberto Ramirez, communist senator
Bronius Babkauskas
as Miguel Carrera, senator
Lorents Arushanyan
as Walter Conde, senator
Juozas Budraitis
as Felicio, blackmailer
Mihai Volontir
as Carlos Caro
Rodion Nahapetov
as Benedicto
Gemma Firsova
as Ellen Carrera
Bob Cimba
as Captain Rada
Kimma Mamadova
as seniora Rada