The Man Who Was There

30min

Documentary

History

The Spanish journalist Manuel Chaves Nogales (1897-1944) was always there where the news broke out: in the fratricidal Spain of 1936, in Bolshevik Russia, in Fascist Italy, in Nazi Germany, in occupied Paris or in the bombed London of World War II; because his job was to walk, see and tell stories, and thus fight against tyrants, at a time when it was necessary to take sides in order not to be left alone; but he, a man of integrity to the bitter end, never did so.

Production Companies

Asma Films

La Claqueta

Cast

Luis Camacho

Luis Camacho

Laboratory Technician
Rafael Díaz

Rafael Díaz

Typographer
Eduardo Estrada

Eduardo Estrada

Radio Broadcaster (voice)
Ramón Soria Breña

Ramón Soria Breña

Manuel Chaves Nogales
Clara Irina Torrente

Clara Irina Torrente

Young Pilar Chaves Jones
Diego de la Serna

Diego de la Serna

Self - Narrator (voice)
Pilar Chaves Jones

Pilar Chaves Jones

Self - Daughter
María Isabel Cintas

María Isabel Cintas

Self - Biographer
Jorge Martínez Reverte

Jorge Martínez Reverte

Self - Journalist
Andrés Trapiello

Andrés Trapiello

Self - Writer
Niceto Alcalá-Zamora

Niceto Alcalá-Zamora

Self - Politician (archive footage)
Juan Belmonte

Juan Belmonte

Self - Bullfighter (archive footage)
Manuel Chaves Nogales

Manuel Chaves Nogales

Self - Journalist (archive footage)
Joseph Goebbels

Joseph Goebbels

Self - Politician (archive footage)
Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Release date

3rd May 2013

Status

Released

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