The Man Who Was There
The Spanish journalist Manuel Chaves Nogales (1897-1944) was always there where the news broke out: in the fratricidal Spain of 1936, in Bolshevik Russia, in Fascist Italy, in Nazi Germany, in occupied Paris or in the bombed London of World War II; because his job was to walk, see and tell stories, and thus fight against tyrants, at a time when it was necessary to take sides in order not to be left alone; but he, a man of integrity to the bitter end, never did so.
Directed by Luis Felipe Torrente · Written by Daniel Suberviola
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Cast
- Luis Camacho Laboratory Technician
- Rafael Díaz Typographer
- Eduardo Estrada Radio Broadcaster (voice)
- Ramón Soria Breña Manuel Chaves Nogales
- Clara Irina Torrente Young Pilar Chaves Jones
- Diego de la Serna Self - Narrator (voice)
- Pilar Chaves Jones Self - Daughter
- María Isabel Cintas Self - Biographer
- Jorge Martínez Reverte Self - Journalist
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Antonio Muñoz Molina Self - Writer - Andrés Trapiello Self - Writer
- Niceto Alcalá-Zamora Self - Politician (archive footage)
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The Man Who Was There
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A close match in mood and era.
