127 days of fear of death
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | 127 days of fear of death |
| Original title | Lima: Breaking the Silence |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1999 |
| length | 90 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Menahem Golan |
| script | Menahem Golan Vadim Sokolovsky |
| production | Menahem Golan |
| music | Robert O. Ragland |
| camera | Yuri Marukhin |
| cut | Omer valley |
| occupation | |
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127 Days of Fear of Death is an American drama directed by Menahem Golan from 1999. The film relates to the occupation and hostage-taking of the Japanese embassy in Lima on December 17, 1996 by rebels of the Peruvian underground movement MRTA and the storming by the Peruvian army on December 17, 1996 April 22, 1997 stormed
action
Bruce Nelson, a journalist for the New World Times , interviewed suspected MRTA Peruvian rebel Hector Carpa in New York in November 1996 . Nelson forwards the recorded conversation to Jeff Campbell, the press attaché at the US Embassy in Lima. He in turn hands it over to the Peruvian secret police in the person of General Monticito.
After traveling to Peru, Hector is arrested shortly after his arrival and sentenced to life imprisonment for high treason. His American girlfriend Helen and Nelson also travel to Lima. In consultation with Jeff, Nelson wants to go to the MRTA headquarters in the Andes for a report. Once there, he and Helen meet the leader Victor. He plans to free Hector and all other prisoners from a maximum security prison. Nelson also passes this information on to the press attaché. The secret police are thus prepared for the liberation operation. The rebels manage to free Hector, but instead Helen is caught and sentenced to life imprisonment.
In December 1996, the Japanese Embassy in Lima gave a grand reception, attended by Bruce Nelson. The MRTA storms the embassy and takes around 300 hostages, demanding that Peruvian President Fujimori release all MRTA prisoners. The action is called “Breaking the Silence”.
However, President Fujimori is unwilling to negotiate. The hostages are treated well by the rebels, and after a few weeks at least all women, the sick, most of the ambassadors and Bruce Nelson are released. To avoid rebels' careless actions, Helen is released from prison and taken to the Japanese embassy.
After 127 days, Hector wants to give up and asks the US embassy for political asylum in Cuba, which is also granted. When Victor points the gun at him during an argument with Hector, Victor is shot by Helen. When President Fujimori was informed that asylum had been granted, he nevertheless gave orders to storm the embassy. All the rebels are killed even though they had laid down their arms. Helen is arrested again with no chance of release. President Fujimori's reputation among the Peruvian population rose by leaps and bounds as a result of this action.
criticism
"Based on actual events, weird, unexciting pseudo-documentary with a thick political index finger."
“Peruvian freedom fighters want to fight the hated President Fujimori by being held hostage in the Japanese embassy. They fail because of a malicious general, a deceitful CIA agent and a journalist who unknowingly acts as a spy. A documentary film that mixes facts and fiction and whose staging looks like a big puppet theater. Since there is non-stop talking and shooting and the actors are forced into type corsets, interest and sympathy quickly evaporate. "
Web links
- 127 days Agony in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- 127 days of fear of death in the online film database
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.new-video.de/film-127-tage-todesangst/
- ↑ 127 days of fear of death. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .