

Liberty
1986-06-23 · 133 min · ★ 6.0
Drama about how the Statue of Liberty came to be erected in New York Harbor in the early 1880s and the people responsible for its creation.
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- Directors
- Richard C. Sarafian
- Production companies
- Robert Greenwald Productions
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Chris SarandonJacque Marchant
Frank LangellaFrederic Auguste Bartholdi
Carrie FisherEmma Lazarus
Dana DelanyMoya Trevor
George KennedySeamus Reilly
Claire BloomMadame Bartholdi
LeVar BurtonRobert Johnson
Jean-Pierre CasselEduard de Laboulaye
Remak RamsayJohn LaFarge
Philip BoscoBoss William Tweed
Alan NorthUlysses S. Grant
Max WrightAlexandre Gustave Eiffel
Jean De BaerAllyse
Dennis BoutsikarisJoseph Pulitzer
Walter GotellRabbi Goteyel
Angela BassettLinda ThorntonTitle information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.
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