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Prisoner without a Name, Cell without a Number

BBC One
on BBC One London

starring
Roy Scheider Liv Ullmann
Buenos Aires ,
Argentina: 1977. Jacobo Timerman , wealthy editor and owner of the influential daily paper La
Opinion, begins a campaign against the right-wing authorities. He believes that his prestige and power make him invulnerable to the Secret Police. Unfortunately he is wrong. Timerman is seized, brutally tortured and detained in prison.
This powerful film tells the true story of Timerman's ordeal and later house arrest.
Screenplay by JONATHAN PLATNICK , LINDA YELLEN . OLIVER P . DREXELL JR Produced and directed by LINDA YELLEN
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Contributors

Unknown:
Roy Scheider
Unknown:
Liv Ullmann
Unknown:
Buenos Aires
Unknown:
Jacobo Timerman
Unknown:
Jonathan Platnick
Unknown:
Linda Yellen
Unknown:
Oliver P
Unknown:
Drexell Jr
Directed By:
Linda Yellen
Jacobo:
Roy Scheider
Risha:
Liv Ullmann
Hector:
Zach Gallican
Javier:
Michael Pearlman
Daniel:
Sam Robards
Ernesto Keaton:
David Cryer
Mother:
Joanna Merlin
Edgardo Sajon:
Lee Wilkof
Enrique:
Castulo Guerra
Source: Radio Times

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