The Private Right

1968 NR 1h 26m

A Cypriot-UK co-production about the military conflict on Cyprus which takes a sympathetic attitude toward the occupying British.

Following the end of the liberation struggle against British Colonial Rule in Cyprus, an EOKA rebel fighter travels to London to exact revenge on the collaborator who betrayed him and applied water torture. The film contains the first ever scenes of water-boarding showing the rebel being tortured supervised by a British intelligence officer. A dramatic search through the streets of London follows, culminating in a tense life or death confrontation. The film became a cause-célèbre in England, was critically acclaimed and discussed in the Houses of Parliament.

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Info about The Private Right

Studio(s): Onyx Films Production

Originally Released: May 31, 1968

Production Country: United Kingdom

Genres: Drama, War