Alsino and the Condor (1982)
Alsino y el cóndor (original title)Reference View | Change View
- R
- 1h 29min
- Drama, War
- 1982 (Nicaragua)
- Movie
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 1 win.
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Cast
| Dean Stockwell | ... |
Frank
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Alan Esquivel | ... |
Alsino
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Carmen Bunster | ... |
Mamabuela
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Alejandro Parodi | ... |
Garin
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| Delia Casanova | ... |
Rosario
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Marta Lorena Pérez | ... |
Lucia
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Reynaldo Miravalles | ... |
El Pajarero
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Marcelo Gaete | ... |
El Leonero
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Jan Kees de Rooy | ... |
Rohm
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Rogelio Blain | ... |
Manuel
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Raúl Eguren | ... |
El Maestro
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Carlos Aguirre Calero | ... |
El Cuyi
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Luz Amparo Gutiérrez | ... |
La Prostituta
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Gustavo Alberto Saballos | ... |
Sgt. Gonzalez
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Ivan Turcios | ... |
Etiope
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Jose Uriel Duarte | ... |
Amigo del Cuyi
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Directed by
| Miguel Littin | ||
Written by
| Isidora Aguirre | ... | (writer) |
| Miguel Littin | ... | (writer) |
| Pedro Prado | ... | (novel "Alsino") |
| Tomás Pérez Turrent | ... | (writer) |
Produced by
| Hernán Littin | ... | producer |
Music by
| Leo Brouwer | ||
Cinematography by
| Jorge Herrera | ||
| Pablo Martínez | ||
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Elías Nahmías | ... | second assistant director |
Sound Department
| Germinal Hernández | ... | sound |
Camera and Electrical Department
| José Luis Rodríguez-Venegas | ... | still photographer (as José Luis Rodríguez) |
Production Companies
- Instituto Nicaraguense de Cine (INCINE)
- Productora Cinematográfica Latinoamericana de México
- Cooperativa Cinematográfica Costarricense
- Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industrias Cinematográficos (ICAIC)
- CRFC
- Latin-American Film Releasing Corp.
- NFI
Distributors
- Libra Cinema 5 (1983) (United States) (theatrical) (subtitled)
- Médiathèque des Trois Mondes (1984) (France) (theatrical)
Special Effects
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Storyline
| Plot Summary |
Alsino, a boy of 10 or 12, lives with his grandmother in a remote area of Nicaragua. He's engulfed in the war between rebels and government troops when a US advisor orders the army to open a staging area by the boy's hamlet. Alsino tries to be a child, climbing trees with a girl, looking through his grandfather's trunk of mementos and trying to fly; he goes to town to sell a saddle, has his first drink and is taken to a brothel. But the war surrounds him. The US advisor takes Alsino on a chopper flight, but he's unimpressed. The soldiers' cruelties awake rebel sympathies in Alsino, and after an army assault backfires, the lad is fully baptized into the conflict.
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | This film was made and released about 63 years after its source novel 'Alsino' by Chilean writer Pedro Prado was first published in 1920. See more » |