The Witnesses (1971)
1h 17m
Running Time
June 21, 1971Release Date
Plot.
This stark Chilean melodrama concerns itself with the plight of slum dwellers living outside Santiago. For many years they have, with great difficulty, been faithfully paying small sums to a real estate man. This man has said that by doing so they can obtain title to the miniscule plots of land their houses stand on. In fact, he has been swindling them and does not even own the land he has been "selling." One of the aggrieved slum dwellers confronts him about this while he is visiting the slum, and the real estate agent shoots him before everyone's eyes. The question confronting these witnesses is whether testifying against this monster will make their lives even more precarious.
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Cast & Crew.
Nelson Villagra
Ramón
Jaime Vadell
Domingo
Mireya Kulczewsky
Emilia
Marcelo Gaete
Actor
Charles Elsesser
Director
Juan Lloret
Producer
Sergio Ortega
Composer
Héctor Ríos
Cinematographer
Rudolfo Wedeles
Editor
Luis Cornejo
Executive Producer
Gonzalo Salvo
Sound
Alfonso Quiñones
Negative Cutter
Samuel Carvajal
Assistant Camera
Fernando Bellet
Assistant Director
Guillermo Sáez
Screenplay / Novel / Dialogue
Jose Serrano
Set Designer
Rolando Lara
Makeup Artist / Costumer
Leuten Rojas
Executive Producer
Baldomero Oliva
Executive Producer
Eugenio Bastidas
Associate Producer
Fernando Gallardo
Guillermo Bruce
Juan Quezada
Maria Valle
Rodolfo Martinez
Gloria Canales
Mario Rebolledo
Mario Montilles
Marcelo Romo
Luis Alarcón
Susana Cendoya
Pancho Huerta
Details.
Wiki.
The witnesses were filmed in black and white. The main argument to Elsser's work can be found in the chronicle.