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A leftist revolutionary or a reformist democrat? - Salvador Allende
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Title: Salvador Allende

Release Date: 8 Sep 2004

Runtime: 1h 40m

Genre: Documentary

Director: JBA Production, Les Films de la Passerelle, CV Films, Mediapro, Universidad de Guadalajara

Production Companies: JBA Production, Les Films de la Passerelle, CV Films, Mediapro, Universidad de Guadalajara

Overview: A leftist revolutionary or a reformist democrat? A committed Marxist or a constitutionalist politician? An ethical and moral man or, as Richard Nixon called him, a "son of a bitch"? In SALVADOR ALLENDE, acclaimed Chilean filmmaker Patricio Guzmán (The Battle of Chile and Chile, Obstinate Memory) returns to his native country thirty years after the 1973 military coup that overthrew Chile's Popular Unity government to examine the life of its leader, Salvador Allende, both as a politician and a man.

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Average Vote: 6.6 (13 votes)

Cast

  • Self - Narrator (voice): Patricio Guzmán
  • Self (archive footage): Salvador Allende
  • Self (archive footage): Fidel Castro
  • Self - Painter: José Balmes
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