The Uprising
This movie is about the liberation by the Sandinistas of the Anastasio Somoza regime in NIcaragua. The movie covers some of te key points in the fight for León, a city close to the capital Managua, and the first liberated territory. Many of the inhabitants of León who participated in the guerrilla and members of the sandinista army participated in the film.
- Year: 1980
- Country: Costa Rica, Germany, Nicaragua
- Genre: Drama, War
- Studio: ZDF, Independent Film, Provobis Film, Von Vietinghoff Filmproduktion (VVF), Istmo Film S.A., Instituto Nicaraguense de Cine (INCINE)
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- Director: Peter Lilienthal
- Cast: Augustin Pereira, Carlos Catania, Maria Lourdes Centano de Zeleya, Óscar Castillo, Guido Saenz, Vicky Montero