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The Wolf (Spanish: El Lobo) is a 2004 Spanish drama biographical film directed by Miguel Courtois. It stars Eduardo Noriega as the title character and José Coronado alongside Mélanie Doutey, Silvia Abascal, Santiago Ramos, and Jorge Sanz.
Nov 5, 2004 · El Lobo: Directed by Miguel Courtois. With Eduardo Noriega, Jose Coronado, Mélanie Doutey, Silvia Abascal. In the 1970s, Spanish dictatorship's secret service recruited a construction worker to infiltrate the Basque separatist underground and become a mole for the fascist state.
El Lobo is based on the true story of an ETA infiltrator who, in the early 1960s, brought down a quarter of this terrorist organisation, including its upper echelons. Lobo, the man, was used and betrayed by Francos secret services, rejected by his own family and declared a priority target by ETA.
In the 70s, during the last stages of Franco's dictatorship, Txema, a basque construction worker, is arrested because of his connection to some terrorists who have just committed a murder.
El Lobo. En la década de 1970, el servicio secreto de la dictadura española reclutó a un trabajador de la construcción para infiltrarse en la clandestinidad separatista vasca y convertirse en un topo para el estado fascista. IMDb 6.9 1 h 59 min 2004. 18+.
During the waning days of Gen. Franco's reign, apolitical Basque building contractor Txema (Eduardo Noriega) is induced by an agent of Spain's secret police (José Coronado) to infiltrate ETA, the...
- Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Nov 5, 2004 · Original Title El Lobo. Status Released Original Language Spanish; Castilian. Budget-Revenue-Keywords. 1970s; secret agent; eta terrorist group; infiltration; terrorism
Inspired from the life of Mikel Lejarza, aka El Lobo (The Wolf), the Spanish secret agent who infiltrated ETA between 1973 and 1975, contributing to the fall of one quarter of the terrorist activists of the organisation, representing 150 collaborators.
Original title: El Lobo. Synopsis: From 1973 until 1975, Mikel Lejarza, an agent of the Spanish secret police code name “El Lobo” (the wolf) was able to infiltrate the very top echelons of the militant Basque group ETA.
In the last days of Franco’s dictatorship, Spanish spy Txema infiltrates the Basque terrorist organization ETA and brings one-fourth of the group’s members to justice.
