Bloody Nitrate
– Chilean soldiers try to survive in the desert after they are attacked by Peruvian troops. The 17 sur..
Chilean soldiers try to survive in the desert after they are attacked by Peruvian troops. The 17 survivors are held together by the Captain (Hector Duvauchelle). The Lieutenant (Jaime Vadell) is a civilian attorney who clashes with the Captain as he pursues the valuable rights to nitrate deposits in the area. When the fighting was over, 25,000 soldiers from Chile, Peru and Bolivia had perished while trying to secure the coveted mineral rights for foreign companies.
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Release Date:
27 Oct 1969
Language:
Spanish
Director:
Helvio Soto
Writer:
Helvio Soto
Main Actors:
Hector Duvauchelle, Patricia Guzmán, Jorge Guerra, Jaime Vadell
Plot:
The plot takes place in 1879 through 1880 during the War of the Pacific. The film decries the cruelty and absurdity of war and the disunity among the peoples of Latin America.
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