Sandino (film)
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| German title | Sandino |
| Original title | Sandino |
| Country of production | Chile , Spain |
| original language | Spanish |
| Publishing year | 1990 |
| length | 155 (German v. 135) minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 18 |
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| Director | Miguel Littín |
| script |
Leonardo Benvenuti John Briley Giovanna cook Miguel Littin Tomás Pérez Turrent |
| production | Miguel Littin for TVE ( Radiotelevisión Española ), SA Umanzor, Beta |
| music | Joakin Bello |
| camera | Hans Burmann |
| cut | Pedro Del Rey |
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Sandino is a Chilean - Spanish film production by the Chilean director Miguel Littín , filmed in Mexico , Nicaragua and Spain in 1989 and about the life of the Nicaraguan guerrilla leader Augusto César Sandino . The German version was broadcast for the first time on November 21, 1995 on SAT 1 under the dubbing title Sandino - a life for Nicaragua .
The film was shown out of competition in 1990 at the Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano in Havana . German first broadcast under the title Sandino - a life for Nicaragua : SAT 1 , November 21, 1995.
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In the fade-in , the viewer receives information about the Nicaraguan civil war of 1927 through a text panel. General Augusto César Sandino, member of the liberal army , refuses to sign the armistice between the conservative and liberal civil war parties. In a flashback to 1895, Sandino's birth is shown. His mother is the farm worker Margarita Calderón who is employed by his father , Don Gregorio Sandino. Shortly afterwards his second legitimate son Socrates is born. Jump in time, approx. 1898. Sandino's mother is arrested. Jump in time, around 1902. Don Gregorio brings Sandino's mother, Margarita Calderón, to leave the village of Niquinohomo. Augusto now lives in the father's house.
Cinematic present, 1928. The American journalist Tom Holte lives in a hotel in Nicaragua's capital Managua and writes Sandino's life story to date. Flashback, around 1905. Augusto visits a blacksmith . He shows him the clay to be burned and the furnace . He explains to Augusto: Clay and fire are metaphors for Nicaragua.
Managua 1928. A ball is given at the American embassy . Holte gains entry with reference to his press status. In a conversation with the American military attaché , he discusses whether Sandino is a bandit , a fanatic or a rebel . For the American, he's a bandit. An earthquake breaks out; the festival is temporarily interrupted. A telegram arrives. United States Marine Corps Captain Hatfield reports that he killed Sandino in a battle . Holte then visits the editor of the newspaper “La Nueva Prensa”. He thinks Sandino is a patriot , but is not allowed to express his political views in public because of the censorship . Holte decides to find Sandino and see if he is actually dead.
Holte's friend Rossana takes him to a ferry in the car . He wants to cross Lake Nicaragua to meet Sandino on the east side of the lake. On the other side of the lake, Holte meets a scout. The American marines move into a village in their search for Sandino and burn it down. Your lieutenant calls a little boy a monkey . A short time later, Holte and the scout reach the destroyed village; Holte is shocked by the brutal behavior of the marines. Both travel on to Sandino's headquarters , El Chipote, where Holte and Sandino meet and immediately become friends.
Flashback, October 1912. in the small town of Masaya between Managua and Granada . The now 17-year-old Sandino sees the corpse of the liberal rebel Benjamin Zeledón , who fought against the American occupation forces, being dragged through the streets of the city on a horse by the conservatives. Sandino's father Gregorio, a member of the Liberal Party, does nothing about what the young Augusto protests. The blacksmith asks who will pick up the stone that Zeledón hurled to save Nicaragua.
In a hat shop, probably in 1926. Sandino looks at himself in the mirror with his new huge sombrero , which will later become his trademark . He rides into a village and goes to a pub . The landlady, Teresa, likes him. A brawl between conservatives and liberals relaxes . When guards arrive, there are explosions. They come from Francisco Estrada, a liberal who wants to enable his partisans and Sandino to escape. Teresa leaves her husband to go with Sandino. They get guns, but they are of poor quality. Sandino donates $ 3,000 from his savings to buy new weapons, which are delivered by a liberal partisan, Umanzor.
Present 1928. Sandino introduces his fellow campaigners to Holte. The American public should learn from Holte what is going on in Nicaragua. A messenger brings victory news from the small town of San Rafael del Norte , which a Sandino commander has attacked. At the victory celebration, Sandino meets the telegraph operator Blanca Arrauz. He falls in love with her, even though Teresa is his partner. They marry. Teresa is angry but remains loyal to Sandino.
A new load of weapons arrives. Blanca has to stay in San Rafael del Norte as a telegraph operator, although she wants to accompany Sandino. At a train station, presumably in Managua, the marines are bid farewell under their religious fanatical commander Hatfield. They are supposed to beat Sandino in the north of Nicaragua in Ocotal . The marines occupy Ocotal, Sandino is outlawed as an " outlaw ". Captain Hatfield wants the newly formed National Guard ( Guardia Nacional de Nicaragua ) to fight on the front lines. Hatfield sees the fight against Sandino as a personal matter, he wants his "black soul". Sandino attacks Ocotal in the night. The marines find themselves in a dire situation, Hatfield prays and implores air support . Hatfield refuses to negotiate, even if the city is burned down. American bombers intervene in the fighting. Sandino is wounded by a bomb splinter. His troops must withdraw to El Chipote.
Blanca is arrested for a replenishment delivery and into prison by Leon brought. Sandino continues to have a relationship with Teresa. A conservative women's group tries to persuade Blanca to betray Sandino at the price of her freedom, but she remains loyal to her husband. Sandino now decides to engage in guerrilla warfare . He receives a visit from the Salvadoran communist Farabundo Martí , who brings a gift from the Communist Party of Mexico; a saddle with the hammer and sickle emblem . Sandino is outraged by the luxurious gift. Instead of hammer and sickle, it would have been better to use two machetes as symbols.
The Marines are ambushed on a river . They are slaughtered, and the lieutenant who burned the village is also killed. The corpses are looted. Sandino sends his brother Socrates to Holte in New York City so that he can continue reporting on Nicaragua. The Marines find the bodies of their comrades hung up. Sandino is appalled by the barbarism of his subordinates. Hatfield is relieved and the coffins with the fallen are flown home.
National Guard commander Anastasio Somoza Debayle calls for Blanca to be released from prison. He speculates on a conflict between Sandino and Blanca and Teresa. Blanca is released and returns to Sandino, Teresa leaves. Bombers attack El Chipote. Sandino and his followers flee to the Atlantic coast. The marines only find dolls that Sandino used as dummies. Somoza convinces the Americans of their necessary withdrawal from Nicaragua, which would rob Sandino of legitimacy for his fight.
In Managua, a peace treaty is signed between the liberal President Sacasa and Sandino. Holte wants an interview with Somoza, but he evades him. Holte takes a canoe to Sandino on the Atlantic coast . The news of Blanca's birth arrives. Sandino goes to her. With his help she gives birth to a daughter, but Blanca dies. Sandino returns to the jungle and explains to Holte the plan of building a cooperative . However, he is skeptical and fears that his compatriots, and not the Americans, could kill him. Holte should therefore speak to President Sacasa. Meanwhile Somoza intrigues against Sandino in Managua.
Sandino returns to Managua for a reception with the president. The newspaper editor explains to Holte and Rossana that Sandino has no chance under the new political conditions. Holte tries again to reach Somoza, but the latter holds him out. President Sacasa receives Sandino and some of his officers, his father Gregorio and Sandino's brother Socrates. Sandino threatens a riot if no guarantees are given for the safety of his people. After the celebration, Sandino, his father and two companions are intercepted at a road block and arrested by the National Guard . Rossana and the president's daughter are watching the incident and warning Sacasa, but the National Guard has already cordoned off the government palace. Somoza invited Holte to an evening of recitation with well-known artists. Sandino and his two companions are separated from their father and taken away. Socrates Sandino's house is attacked by the National Guard; he dies in the hail of fire. Sandino and his two companions are executed . The corpses are buried, the grave remains anonymous . Holte cites a dream by Sandino in which Nicaragua is swallowed up by the sea.
Historical background and cinematic reality
The film spreads a romantic portrait of Sandino as a flawless hero , which corresponds to the Sandinista canon of history of the 1989 production time. Due to the complicated narrative structure, especially the numerous flashbacks in the period from 1895 to approx. 1926, the film remains practically incomprehensible to viewers who are not familiar with the basics of Nicaraguan history from approx. The American journalist Tom Holte is a fictional character whose dramaturgical function is to generate sympathy for the historical Sandino for a non-Nicaraguan audience. It is based on the American journalist Carleton Beals (1893-1979), who visited Sandino in Nicaragua in 1928 and conducted interviews with him.
Locations
Some of the exterior shots were taken in Niquinohomo, Sandino's birthplace, as well as in Corinto , Granada, Managua and some Mexican towns.
reception
In spite of the large production costs, it is not yet known in which countries the film was publicly shown or broadcast, apart from Spain, Chile, Italy and Germany , nor how it was received.
The lexicon of international films judged: "Lavishly produced war film with a large cast that clearly takes a stand for the resistance fighters."
Web links
- Announcement of the shooting in El Pais v. June 14, 1989 Spanish
- Poster for the film
- Sandino in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sandino. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .