La batalla de Chile: La lucha de un pueblo sin armas - Primera parte: La insurreción de la burguesía (1975)

Director:

Patricio Guzmán

Writers:

Pedro Chaskel (screenplay)
Julio García Espinosa (screenplay)
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Release Date:

18 March 1975 (Cuba)

Genre:

Documentary

Plot Keywords:

Coup | Military Coup | Salvador Allende | Class Warfare | Election

Awards:

2 wins

Directed by
Patricio Guzmán

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Jose Bartolome		screenplay
Pedro Chaskel		screenplay
Federico Elton		screenplay
Julio García Espinosa		screenplay
Patricio Guzmán		screenplay

Produced by
Chris Marker	....	producer

Cinematography by
Jorge Müller Silva

Film Editing by
Pedro Chaskel

Production Management
Federico Elton	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jose Bartolome	....	assistant director

Sound Department
Jacinto Falcón	....	sound transfer
Carlos Fernández	....	sound mixer
Bernardo Menz	....	sound

Special Effects by
Ricardo Lopez	....	special effects
Eusebio Ortiz	....	special effects
Jorge Pucheux	....	special effects
Delia Quesada	....	special effects
Alberto Valdés	....	special effects

Visual Effects by
Ricardo Lopez	....	visual effects
Eusebio Ortiz	....	visual effects
Jorge Pucheux	....	visual effects
Delia Quesada	....	visual effects
Alberto Valdés	....	visual effects

Other crew
Pablo de la Barra	....	production equipment

Distributors

• CeroFilm (2009) (Chile) (all media)
• Tricontinental Film Center (1978) (USA) (subtitled)
• VideoFilmes (2005) (Brazil) (DVD)

Also Known As:

"The Battle of Chile: The Insurrection of the Bourgeoisie" - Sweden (English title) (imdb display title)

Runtime:

USA:191 min

Country:

Venezuela | France | Cuba

Language:

Spanish

Color:

Color | Black and White

Sound Mix:

Mono

Trivia:

French filmmaker Chris Marker sent film stock to Guzman to complete this film after the U.S. pulled supplies due to ideological differences. He told Guzman that what he was trying to do was insane.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "The Story of Film: An Odyssey: Episode #1.10" (2011)

All US citizens should see this film.

The Battle of Chile is one of the greatest and most anguished of all documentaries. Given the US invasion of Iraq with the use of perfidious conservative lies, smoke, and mirrors, it is instructive that after thirty five years the US CIA, the conservative movement here, and military fellow travelers continue to con the people of our country into the most horrific of militaristic actions -- some spoken about, and some, as documented in The Battle of Chile -- buried with the same lies, smoke, and mirrors. Thus, this film is one all US citizens should see. So keep Netflicks busy because you'll never see it on the TV or a major film screen in this, the free-est of all possible nations.