Bibliograph

Coup d'état in Santiago, the last days of Salvador Allende, Michel Noll presents ; a film by Michael Trabitzsch ; script, Michael Trabitzsch, Sven Olsson ; a coproduction [of] Prounen Film, Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg, FFA

Type

Label

Coup d'état in Santiago, the last days of Salvador Allende, Michel Noll presents ; a film by Michael Trabitzsch ; script, Michael Trabitzsch, Sven Olsson ; a coproduction [of] Prounen Film, Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg, FFA

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Main title

Coup d'état in Santiago

Medium

videorecording

Oclc number

646257443

Responsibility statement

Michel Noll presents ; a film by Michael Trabitzsch ; script, Michael Trabitzsch, Sven Olsson ; a coproduction [of] Prounen Film, Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg, FFA

Runtime

Series statement

Political assassination

Sub title

the last days of Salvador Allende

Summary

In the early hours of September 11, 1973 a military coup d'etat begins in Santiago de Chile. It is lead by General Pinochet and directed against Salvador Allende, democratically elected President three years prior to these events. Allende decides to barricade himself with a few loyal friends and his guards in La Moneda, the presidential Palace of Santiago. He refuses to negotiate with the military, and addresses the Chilean people one last time over the national radio. When the air force starts bombing the Palace, he tells his supporters to surrender, and refusing this choice for himself, commits suicide

Technique

live action

resource.variantTitle

Last days of Salvador AllendeSalvador Allende, coup d'état in Santiago

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