La Insurrección (1980)

Title: The Uprising

Original Title: La Insurrección

Release Date: 1980-10-23

Status: Released

Rating: 4/10 (from 2 votes)

Language: ES

Genres: Drama, War

Production Companies: ZDF, Independent Film, Provobis Film, Von Vietinghoff Filmproduktion (VVF), Istmo Film S.A., Instituto Nicaraguense de Cine (INCINE)

This movie is about the liberation by the Sandinistas of the Anastasio Somoza regime in NIcaragua. The movie covers some of te key points in the fight for León, a city close to the capital Managua, and the first liberated territory. Many of the inhabitants of León who participated in the guerrilla and members of the sandinista army participated in the film.