Days of '36

When a trade unionist is murdered in broad daylight, the suspects rounded up include Sofianos, who doggedly maintains his innocence. When a minister visits his cell, he tricks his warders and takes the man hostage, threatening to kill him.

Days of '36 is a 1976 drama history movie directed by Theodoros Angelopoulos, starring Thanos Grammenos, Vangelis Kazan, Giorgos Kyritsis. It holds an IMDb rating of 6.8/10 from 1,344 votes and runs 1h 45m.