The Uprising

Drama · 1980

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.

Starring

Augustin Pereira, Michael Ballhaus, Michael Ballhaus, Joachim von Vietinghoff, Carlos Catania, Maria Lourdes Centano de Zeleya, Claus Bantzer, Peter Lilienthal, Óscar Castillo, Peter Lilienthal, Guido Saenz

Director

Peter Lilienthal