Der Traum des Sandino

Overview

19 months after the fall of the dictator Somoza, the Austrian film team travels across Nicaragua for seven weeks (from August 4th to September 20th, 1980) and gathers information, mostly from farmers, workers, market women and soldiers. We are shown life in the Fincas, the agricultural co-operatives, in a banana plantation of Standard Fruit, a private corporation, in the "Carlos Roberto Huembes Hospital" in La Esperanza which is run by Austrians. A report on Nicaragua of 1980 which discusses the dream of the murdered freedom fighter of Nicaragua, General C.A. Sandino and whether it has been realized and answers this question affirmativeley. In spite of the present and threatening difficulties, the film is optimistic.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

March 27, 1981

Original language

German

Spoken languages

German

Countries

Nicaragua, Austria

Production

Extrafilm

Cast

Linde Prelog,Johanna Tomek,Günter Peiritsch

Director

Rudi Palla,Margareta Heinrich

Writer

Manfred Kaufmann,Rudi Palla,Margareta Heinrich

Cinematography

Rudi Palla

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0083223