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1. The Battle of Chile: Part I (1975)
Not Rated | 97 min | Documentary, History
The chronicle of the political tension in Chile in 1973 and of the violent counter revolution against the democratically elected government of Salvador Allende.
Director: Patricio Guzmán | Stars: Abilio Fernández, Salvador Allende
Votes: 1,619
2. Il pleut sur Santiago (1975)
112 min | Drama, Thriller
A depiction of the 1973 Chilean coup d'etat.
Director: Helvio Soto | Stars: John Abbey, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Bibi Andersson, Annie Girardot
Votes: 348
3. Der Übergang (1978)
97 min | Drama
Shortly after Chile's 1973 military coup, three men are fleeing across the Andes to Argentina. They witness the murder of a farmer by Chilean police and end up at the home of the farmer's heavily pregnant wife.
Director: Orlando Lübbert | Stars: Adelaida Arias, Óscar Castro, Hugo Medina, Aníbal Reyna
Votes: 15
4. The Battle of Chile: Part II (1976)
Not Rated | 88 min | Documentary, History
Filmmaker Patricio Guzmán tracks the deterioration of Salvador Allende's position following the attempted coup d'état of 29 June 1973, and analyzes the 10 weeks before Augusto Pinochet's CIA-backed seizure of power.
Director: Patricio Guzmán | Stars: Salvador Allende, Carlos Altamirano, Fernando Castillo, Luis Corvalán
Votes: 1,286
5. Ardiente paciencia (1983)
80 min | Drama, Romance
A poor postman in Isla Negra, Chile, befriends Pablo Neruda and asks his help in writing poems to the woman of his dreams.
Director: Antonio Skármeta | Stars: Óscar Castro, Roberto Parada, Marcela Osorio, Naldy Hernandez
Votes: 149
6. Letters from Marusia (1975)
110 min | Drama, History
It is 1925 and working conditions in Chile are abysmal. The miners of Marusia go on strike, but the mine owners and the Government use the Chilean Army crush them.
Director: Miguel Littin | Stars: Gian Maria Volontè, Diana Bracho, Claudio Obregón, Eduardo López Rojas
Votes: 365
7. The Promised Land (1973)
80 min | Drama, History
In 1930 Chile, amidst the economic crisis, syndicalist Jose spearheads the battle against landlords and the government.
Director: Miguel Littin | Stars: Nelson Villagra, Marcelo Gaete, Rafael Benavente, Shenda Román
Votes: 93
8. The Battle of Chile: Part III (1979)
80 min | Documentary, History
This film investigates the factory worker's response to the insurrection, as well as Chile's socialist aspirations for the future. The camera captures the optimism in the industrial working class before Pinochet's US-backed coup d'état.
Director: Patricio Guzmán | Stars: Salvador Allende, Abilio Fernández, Ernesto Malbran
Votes: 1,045
9. Diálogos de exiliados (1975)
100 min | Comedy, Drama
Chilean exiles in Paris discuss the problems facing them in the early years of the Pinochet regime. They kidnap and attempt to reeducate a touring singer from their homeland.
Director: Raúl Ruiz | Stars: Daniel Gélin, Françoise Arnoul, Huguette Faget, Sergio Hernández
Votes: 178
10. Acta General de Chile (1986)
240 min | Documentary
In 1985, exiled director Miguel Littin returned clandestinely to Pinochet's Chile to make this documentary about the socio-political reality of the country.
Director: Miguel Littin | Stars: Hortensia Allende, Salvador Allende, Fidel Castro, Joan Garcés
Votes: 46
11. La rosa de los vientos (1983)
84 min | Drama, Fantasy
Exiled Chilean director Patricio Guzmán filmed in Cuba and in Venezuela to create this controversial statement on the creation and survival of Latin American culture from the late-15th ... See full summary »
Director: Patricio Guzmán | Stars: Patxi Andión, José Antonio Rodríguez, Nelson Villagra, Asdrúbal Meléndez
Votes: 25
12. Journal inachevé (1982)
50 min | Documentary
A film diary by an exiled Chilean woman adapting to life in Canada with her mother and son.
Director: Marilú Mallet | Stars: Isabel Allende, Marilú Mallet, Nicolas Rubbo
Votes: 32
13. Noch nad Chili (1977)
97 min | Drama
A Soviet docudrama chronicling the events surrounding the military coup which toppled the leftist Chilean government of Salvador Allende in September 1973.
Directors: Sebastián Alarcón, Aleksandr Kosarev | Stars: Grigore Grigoriu, Bakhram Akramov, Nartay Begalin, Giuli Chokhonelidze
Votes: 89
14. Cantata de Chile (1976)
119 min | Drama, History
An epic, revolutionary retelling of the events leading up to an infamous massacre of striking miners in Chile in 1907.
Director: Humberto Solás | Stars: Nelson Villagra, Shenda Román, Eric Heresmann, Alfredo Tornquist
Votes: 38
15. De försvunna (1979)
87 min | Drama
Three days in one of Chilean military dictator Pinochet's torture centres.
Director: Sergio M. Castilla | Stars: Nelson Villagra, Leonardo Perucci, Ely Menz, Hugo Medina
Votes: 17
16. Die Kolonie (1987 TV Movie)
96 min | Drama
During Pinochet's military dictatorship in Chile, a father strives to free his daughter from the German religious sect, Colonia Dignidad.
Director: Orlando Lübbert | Stars: Michael Degen, Grischa Huber, Peter Gavajda, Jörg Gillner
Votes: 13
17. The Fall of the Condor (1982)
91 min | Drama
A Soviet film about a young Latin American man collaborating with the brutal military junta oppressing his people.
Director: Sebastián Alarcón | Stars: Sergey Yurskiy, Evgeniy Leonov-Gladyshev, Svetlana Toma, Grigoriy Lyampe
Votes: 27
18. Queridos compañeros (1979)
130 min | Drama
In 1967, a radical leftist group struggles to affect the Chilean political status quo.
Director: Pablo de la Barra | Stars: Nemesio Antúnez, Gloria Laso, Hugo Medina, Marcelo Romo
19. Il n'y a pas d'oubli (1975)
100 min | Drama
A three-part portrait of the lifestyle of a group of exiled Chileans living in Quebec.
Directors: Jorge Fajardo, Rodrigo Gonzáles, Marilú Mallet | Stars: Manuel Aranguiz, Enrique Sandoval
20. Récits d'une guerre quotidienne (1986)
59 min | Documentary
A record of everyday resistance and popular protest against Pinochet's military dictatorship in Chile in the mid-1980s.
Director: Gaston Ancelovici | Stars: Cynthia Brown, Manuel Aranguiz, Réjean Roy, Christiane Raymond
21. Jours de fer (1975)
34 min | Short
Director: Jorge Fajardo | Stars: Manuel Aranguiz, Miguel Fernandes
22. Fragmentos de un diario inacabado (1983)
57 min | Documentary
The film diary of the exiled director's semi-clandestine return to Pinochet's Chile.
Director: Angelina Vázquez | Stars: Valentín Osorno Badilla, Irma Muller, Gustavo Leigh, Isabel Aldunate
Votes: 6
23. Les transplantés (1975)
65 min | Drama
The trials and tribulations of a posh family who have fled to Paris to escape from democratically elected socialist President Salvador Allende's Chile.
Director: Percy Matas | Stars: Nemesio Antúnez, Carla Cristi, Sergio Hernández, Gloria Laso
Votes: 12
24. Memoirs of an Everyday War (1986)
30 min | Short, Documentary
The personal stories of four people whose lives reflect the confrontation between Pinochet's military dictatorship and many of Chile's citizens.
Director: Gaston Ancelovici | Stars: Cynthia Brown, Joanne Pottlitzer, Roger Babb, Bryan Clark
26. Santa Esperansa (1980)
90 min | Drama
The misadventures of political prisoners in one of Pinochet's concentration camps.
Director: Sebastián Alarcón | Stars: Borislav Brondukov, Pavel Kadochnikov, Evgeniy Leonov-Gladyshev, Vladimir Lomizov
Votes: 21
27. La primera página (1974)
19 min | Documentary, Short
A Moscow-based Chilean exile's personal reflections about the Chilean military coup of 1973.
Director: Sebastián Alarcón
28. Recado de Chile (1979)
20 min | Documentary, Short
A clandestinely filmed record of the testimonies and activities of the families of the disappeared in Pinochet's Chile.
Directors: Carlos Flores del Pino, José Román | Stars: Fedora Robles, Nelson Villagra
29. Chile, no invoco tu nombre en vano (1983)
60 min | Documentary
A record of five anti-Pinochet protests secretly filmed by a collective in 1983.
Director: Gaston Ancelovici
30. Los puños frente al cañón (1975)
80 min | Documentary
The history of the Chilean labour and trade union movement up to 1933.
Directors: Gaston Ancelovici, Orlando Lübbert
33. J'explique certaines choses (1975)
40 min | Short
Director: Rodrigo Gonzáles | Stars: Manuel Aranguiz, Guillermo Díaz, Monica Escobar, Jorge Fajardo
34.
Cinéma cinémas (1982–1991)
Episode:
Lettre d'un cinéaste ou Le retour d'un amateur de bibliothèques
(1983)
15 min | Documentary
In 1982, the director Raoul Ruiz returned to Chile for the first time since the 1973 military coup. This short was the result.
Director: Raúl Ruiz | Stars: Jean-Bernard Guillard, Waldo Rojas, Carlos Solanos, Jaime Vadell
Votes: 18
35.
Visions (1982–1985)
Episode:
Extravagant Images
(1985)
26 min | Documentary
Directors: Keith Griffiths, Raúl Ruiz | Stars: Michael Oliver, Carmen Rodriguez, Raúl Ruiz
36.
Exiles (1988)
Episode:
Raoul Ruiz: Chilean Film Director
(1988)
Documentary
Director: Jill Evans | Stars: Raúl Ruiz, Valeria Sarmiento, Mário Barroso, Alain Sachs