El Húsar de la Muerte

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El Húsar de la Muerte
Chile - Estreno del Húsar de la Muerte.jpg
A promotional ad in La Nación (1925)
Directed byPedro Sienna
Written byPedro Sienna
Hugo Silva
Produced byAlfredo Wolnitzki
StarringPedro Sienna
CinematographyGustavo Bussenius
Distributed by.
Release date
  • 24 November 1925 (1925-11-24)
Running time
65 minutes
CountryChile
LanguageSilent
Pedro Sienna as Manuel Rodríguez

El Húsar de la Muerte (English: The Hussar of Death) is a 1925 Chilean silent film. It was directed and starred by Pedro Sienna.

The movie narrates the adventures of the guerrilla leader Manuel Rodríguez during the Reconquista, until his death in 1818.[1]

The movie lasts 65 minutes, and was premiered in Santiago, Chile, on 24 November 1925.

Production & Film Restoration[]

Director Pedro Sienna selected the cast from people that he found on the street.[2] The film was considered lost until 1959, when it was found in deplorable condition and with some title cards incomplete, but thanks to Pedro Sienna's own supervision,[3] the film was restored in 1962 by , with music by Sergio Ortega[2] (with the Chilean government help).

Cast[]

Actor Character
Pedro Sienna Manuel Rodríguez
Clara Werther
Piet Van Ravenstein
Guillermo Barrientos El Huacho Pelao
María de Hanning
Dolores Anziani Charito
Hugo Silva Home making - Patriotical
Piet van Ravebstein
Luis Baeza
Octavio Soto
Federico Geimza
Guillermo Barrientos
Guillermo Barrientos
Emilia Sierra
Ángel Díaz
Víctor Véjar

References[]

  1. ^ Obsesionados con el húsar in BBC World (in Spanish)
  2. ^ a b IMDB Trivial of Hussar of the Dead
  3. ^ Kramer, Fitzi (10 September 2017). "The Hussar of Death (1925) A Silent Film Review". Movies Silently. Retrieved 10 September 2019.

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