Bloody Nitrate (1969)
2h 8m
Running Time
October 27, 1969Release Date
Plot.
Chilean soldiers try to survive in the desert after they are attacked by Peruvian troops. The 17 survivors are held together by the Captain. The Lieutenant is a civilian attorney who clashes with the Captain as he pursues the valuable rights to nitrate deposits in the area. When the fighting was over, 25,000 soldiers from Chile, Peru and Bolivia had perished while trying to secure the coveted mineral rights for foreign companies.
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Cast & Crew.
Héctor Duvauchelle
The lieutenant
Patricia Guzmán
La cholita
Jorge Guerra
Actor
Jorge Guerra
Actor
Jaime Vadell
Actor
Helvio Soto
Director
Silvio Caiozzi
Cinematographer
Carlos Piaggio
Editor
Gonzalo Salvo
Sound
Sergio Trabucco
Assistant Director
Tito Lederman
Music
Alejandro Villaseca
Producer
Arturo Feliú
Production Consultant
Olivia de Ugarte
Art Direction
Mario Vernal
Teresa Vernal
Details.
Release DateOctober 27, 1969
Original NameCaliche sangriento
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 8m
Genres
Wiki.
Caliche sangriento (i.e. Bloody Nitrate) is a Chilean movie of 1969 and the first one directed by Helvio Soto. The plot takes place in 1879 through 1880 during the War of the Pacific, when Chile, Bolivia and Peru fought over control of the sodium nitrate deposits in the Atacama desert. The film decries the cruelty and absurdity of war and the disunity among the peoples of Latin America. The style of the movie has been compared to that of Western and Spaghetti Western movies.