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Overview
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Director:
Writers:
Franco Solinas (written by)
Costa-Gavras (original scenario) ...
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Release Date:
30 December 1972 (West Germany) more
Plot:
In Uruguay in the early 1970s, an official of the US Agency for International Development (a group used... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 2 wins & 1 nomination more
User Comments:
A Testimony of the History of Latin America in the 70's more (20 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Yves Montand | ... | Philip Michael Santore | |
| Renato Salvatori | ... | Captain Lopez | |
| O.E. Hasse | ... | Carlos Ducas | |
| Jacques Weber | ... | Hugo | |
| Jean-Luc Bideau | ... | Este | |
| Maurice Teynac | ... | Minister of Internal Security | |
| Yvette Etiévant | ... | Woman Senator | |
| Evangeline Peterson | ... | Mrs. Santore | |
| Harald Wolff | ... | Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| Nemesio Antúnez | ... | President of the Republic | |
| Mario Montilles | ... | Assistant Commissioner Fontant | |
| André Falcon | ... | Deputy Fabbri | |
| Jerry Brouer | ... | Anthony Lee | |
| Roberto Navarrete | ... | Commissioner Romero | |
| Douglas Harris | ... | A.I.D. Director |
Additional Details
Also Known As:
Der unsichtbare Aufstand (West Germany)
L'amerikano (Italy)
State of Siege
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Runtime:
Germany:115 min | USA:120 min
Country:
France | West Germany | Italy
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Color (Eastmancolor)
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1.66 : 1 more
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Certification:
West Germany:16 (f) | South Korea:18 (1993) | Argentina:16 | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15
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This was going to be the first movie shown in the new John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. It was cancelled because the plot of the movie was judged to be inappropriate. This caused a big controversy. A Washington D.C. television station took advantage of the controversy by acquiring the broadcast rights to the film and showing it uncut after running a big advertising campaign calling it the "film banned from the Kennedy Center." more
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Featured in The Dancer Upstairs (2002) more
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In the early 70's, in Uruguay, the revolutionary group Tupamaro kidnaps an American trainer of torture and the Brazilian consul, and through the interrogation of the abducted American, the big picture of Uruguay (and other Latin America countries) is reported.
"État de Siege" is a testimony of the history of Latin America in the 70's, during my childhood and adolescence. All the democratic governments elected by people were discharged through coup d'état by military dictatorships supported by the American government, the police and military forces trained in tortures by American advisors, student and union leaderships destroyed and revolutionary groups unsuccessfully fighting against the dictatorial regime. The fantastic director Costa Gravas exposes this serious wound in Latin America and this denunciation shall never be forgotten by the next generations. This movie remains amazingly real and important, sometimes recalling a documentary. Only this month this film was released on DVD in Brazil, and it is a worthwhile investment. My vote is ten.
Title (Brazil): 'Estado de Sítio" ("State of Siege")