The Burgos Trial
- Release Date
- 1979-08-31
- Runtime
- 2h 14m
- Status
- Released
- Rating
- N/A
- Links
- IMDb
Overview
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.