With Burning Patience

A film of impassioned charm tracing the lives of little people caught up in large events. A haunting poetic drama which blends Chilean history at the time of the downfall of the Allende government in 1973, with a delicate village love story.

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Credits

co-producer

Von Vietinghoff Filmproduktion (VVF)

Prole Film

Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen

director

Antonio Skarmeta

Duration

01:19:00:00

Production places

Germany (West)

Production dates

1984

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

017510

Language

English

Subject categories

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Chile - Politics and government

Feature films

Feature films → Feature films - Germany

Literature → Neruda, Pablo

People → Neruda, Pablo

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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Germany (West), 1984

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