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Mikis Theodorakis ‎– State of Siege (État De Siège) (Original Soundtrack Recording) LP Vinyl Record (1973)

Fair US import.

This 1972 French thriller (French title: État de Siège) was directed by Costa Gavras and starred Yves Montand and Renato Salvatori.

Condition
Vinyl – P. There are some scuffs, marks and scratches on both sides. Some rippling and dots on surface too. Played just pre-listing and runs through ok. Crackling and repetitive surface noise throughout; some clicks and pops. Possibly a collection filler only.
Outer sleeve (Cover) – G. Colours are rubbed and mottled on front. Thick stock card. Entirely intact. Some long creases from edges. Moderate edge and corner wear. Aperture has light wear. A few dents and vein-like creases on front. Rear is stained/soiled at aperture edge but otherwise clean. Folded and bent towards bottom and corners.
Inner Sleeve – EX. Original. White paper. Some discolouration and minor short tears on sides; otherwise intact.

Track listing
A1. Tupamaros (03:55)
A2. Pueblo en Lucha (02:16)
A3. Paola, 11099 (04:25)
A4. Libertadores (1) (02:45)
A5. America insurrecta (02:38)

B1. Libertadores (2) (07:05)
B2. L'Américain (01:20)
B3. Hugo (l'arrestation) (03:55)
B4. Tupamaros - Libertadores (03:32)

Mikis Theodorakis used the same melodies that he later used in Canto General.


About the film:
Yves Montand plays Philip Michael Santore, an official of the United States Agency for International Development (an organisation sometimes used as a front for training foreign police in counterinsurgency methods). Posted to Uruguay in the early 1970s, Santore is kidnapped by a group of urban guerrillas. The story is based on an actual incident in 1970 when U.S. Embassy official Dan Mitrione was kidnapped and killed.

Using Santore's interrogation by his captors as a backdrop, the film explores the often brutal consequences of the struggle between the repressive government of Montevideo and the leftist Tupamaro guerrillas. Using death squads, the government decimates the revolutionary group, whose surviving members vote to execute the smugly calculating Santore, who is accused of arranging training in torture and political manipulation. In the finale a replacement U.S. official arrives, watched from the crowd by a defiant and angry survivor of the radical group.


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