The Pinochet case / Les Films d'ici and Pathé Television in co-production with Renn Productions ... [and others] ; produced by Yves Jeanneau ; screenplay and directed by Patricio Guzmán.

Format:

• Video

Contributor:

• Guzmán, Patricio, 1941- director, screenwriter.
• Jeanneau, Yves, producer.
• Films d'ici (Firm), producer.
• Pathé Television, producer.
• Renn Productions, producer.
• First Run/Icarus Films, distributor.
• Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

• English
• Spanish

Subjects (All):

• Pinochet Ugarte, Augusto--Trials, litigation, etc.
• Pinochet Ugarte, Augusto.
• Trials (Political crimes and offenses)--Great Britain.
• Extradition--Spain.
• Extradition.
• Torture victims.
• Interviews.
• Disappeared persons.
• History.
• Torture.
• Trials (Political crimes and offenses).
• Spain.
• Torture--Chile--History--20th century.
• Disappeared persons--Chile--History--20th century.
• Torture victims--Chile--Interviews.
• Detention of persons--Great Britain.
• Detention of persons.
• Great Britain.
• Chile--Politics and government--1973-1988.
• Chile.
• Politics and government.
• Human rights--Chile--History--20th century.
• Human rights.

Genre:

• Feature films.
• Documentary films.
• Video recordings.

Physical Description:

• 1 videocassette (110 min) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
• 1/2 in.
• polychrome

Place of Publication:

Brooklyn, NY : First Run/Icarus Films, 2001.

Language Note:

In English and Spanish with English subtitles.

System Details:

• VHS - NTSC.
• analog
• magnetic
• VHS
• NTSC

Summary:

Investigates the legal case against Augusto Pinochet for crimes against humanity. Explores how a small group of people in Madrid laid the groundwork for the incredible feat of catching a dictator 25 years after his rise to power. Crucial to the legal case against Pinochet were the testimonies of victims of the crimes of the his regime. Hundreds of Chileans, relatives of the "disappeared," ex-prisoners who suffered torture and interrogation in secret prisons, traveled to Madrid to testify. The film movingly incorporates their stories and also follows the workings of the British legal system that ensued.

Credits:

Photographer, Jacques Bouquin ; editor, Claudio Martinez.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

OCLC:

49963368

Online:

The Rosengarten Family Fund Home Page