Pedro Chaskel

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Pedro Chaskel

Born August 2, 1932 · Germany (age 94)

Pedro Chaskel, is one of the main precursors of the so-called New Chilean Cinema, as a director, cameraman and editor of numerous short and feature length films. An early emigrant from Germany at the age of seven, Chaskel became a Chilean national in 1952, and studied architecture at the Universidad de Chile from 1951 to 1954. That year, he became a founding member and animator of the Cine Club …

Known For

The RevoltThe Revolt · 2023
The Revolt
2023
MovieDocumentary
La Revuelta accounts for the tension experienced by those who, as of October 2019, came out to express their social discontent. The work has as its main stage, renamed by the people, as "Plaza de la Dignidad". It is a choral story, woven with the reflections of the protesters under the protection of the contextualization of a story in off that is unraveling the causes and effects of the outbreak. Thus, more than three years after the social demonstration, La Revuelta, is presented as a critical and contestative reflection, around the popular protest maintained by a people that took 30 years to awaken.
The Battle of Chile: Part IIThe Battle of Chile: Part II · 1976
The Battle of Chile: Part II
★ 9.21976
MovieDocumentary
Chronicles the events immediately surrounding the CIA- supported coup itself.
AngelitoAngelito · 1965
Angelito
1965
MovieDrama
A maid loses all her jobs because her son cries at night, and that bothers her bosses. The play portrays the wandering and desperation of the protagonist to get a job, which ends in her failed attempts due to the "Angelito".
Che, Today and AlwaysChe, Today and Always · 1983
Che, Today and Always
★ 10.01983
MovieDocumentary
A sound system plays Commander Ernesto Guevara's speech, delivered on October 20, 1962, during the Second Anniversary of the Young Communist League, along with a series of archival images of the revolutionary leader visiting factories and meeting with workers.
It's Not Time to CryIt's Not Time to Cry · 1971
It's Not Time to Cry
★ 5.01971
MovieDocumentary
Through the testimony of the victims of the Brazilian dictatorship, and the re-creation of the practices to which they were subjected, the torture suffered by the Brazilian political detainees in their country is denounced. Restored version.
Jackal of NahueltoroJackal of Nahueltoro · 1970
Jackal of Nahueltoro
★ 6.81970
MovieDramaThriller
Based on an actual murder case that ignited a furious debate over the death penalty in Chile in 1960, this experimental social drama portrays the life and death of an illiterate peasant who, while drunk, murdered the woman with whom he had a relationship and her five children.
VenceremosVenceremos · 1970
Venceremos
★ 10.01970
MovieDocumentary
A collage of images showing the two faces of a society. That of poverty and that of wealth. Throughout the documentary, this antagonism is shown: populations in unhealthy conditions, and on the other hand, large showcases with mannequins.
The Battle of Chile: Part IThe Battle of Chile: Part I · 1975
The Battle of Chile: Part I
★ 7.61975
MovieDocumentaryHistory
The chronicle of the political tension in Chile in 1973 and of the violent counter revolution against the democratically elected government of Salvador Allende.

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