Salvador Allende

1h 40min

Documentary

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.

Production Companies

JBA Production

Les Films de la Passerelle

CV Films

Mediapro

Universidad de Guadalajara

Cast

Patricio Guzmán

Patricio Guzmán

Self - Narrator (voice)
Salvador Allende

Salvador Allende

Self (archive footage)
Fidel Castro

Fidel Castro

Self (archive footage)
José Balmes

José Balmes

Self - Painter

Release date

8th Sep 2004

Status

Released

Spoken languages

English, Español