The Battle of Chile: Part 1: The Bourgeois Insurrection
1975 · Documentary · 100 min. · Chile
The first film in a two-part documentary on the fate of Allende's Popular Unity government filmed throughout Chile from February to September 1973. Part one examines the escalation of rightist opposition following the left's victory in Congressional elections held in March, 1973. Finding that parliamentary democracy would not stop Allende's socialist policies, the right-wing shifted its tactics from the polls to the streets. The film follows months of activity as a variety of increasingly violent tactics are used by the right to weaken the government and provoke a crisis.
Direction Patricio Guzmán
Cast Salvador Allende · Abilio Fernández
Screenplay Patricio Guzmán · Jose Bartolome · Pedro Chaskel · Federico Elton · Julio García Espinosa
Cinematography Jorge Müller Silva
Original title La batalla de Chile (Parte I): La insurrección de la burguesía
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