The heart of Corvalán
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Biography about the imprisoned leader of the Chilean Communist Party. The film tells the story of Luis Corvalán and his imprisonment after the Allende government's fall in the Chilean coup d'état. It discusses his early life and progress in the Communist Party, and his time as a Senator in Chile. The film contains a tribute to Corvalán made by his son Albert, shortly before Albert's tragic death as a result of previous torture by the junta; footage of Luis Corvalán winning the Lenin Peace Prize and people attempting to contact him about it; scenes of Luis Corvalán's funeral in Bulgaria; Soviet workers discussing the struggle in Latin America, and shots of marches.
Credits
Roman Karmen (author); Trofimova, O. V. (Olʹga Viktorovna) (director)
Complete catalog record
Alternate title: Serdt͡se Korvalana | Сердце Корвалана. English.
Original source: AMDigital Reference: N-507302 | Film format: 16mm Comb BW pos | Contributors: Karmen, Roman; Shumsky, Pyotr. | Production Company: Mosfilm. | Reproduction of: Сердце Корвалана USSR, 1975. 16mm Comb BW pos. | The British Film Institute
Original production: [Moscow] : Mosfilm, 1975.
Physical description: 1 online resource (1 video file (52 minutes, 57 seconds)) : sound, black and white.
Subjects: Corvalán, Luis, 1916-2010 -- Imprisonment | Death | Torture | Concentration camps | Prisoners | Counter-revolutions | Family | Chilean Coup (1973) | Agriculture and farming | Peasants | Poverty | Famine | Education | Demonstrations | Parades and marches | Chile | Dawson Island | Santiago | Bulgaria | Corvalán, Luis (1916-2010) | Corvalán, Lily Castillo Riquelme | Corvalán, Luis Alberto (1947-1975) | Pinochet, Augusto (1915-2006) | Allende, Salvador (1908-1973) | Documentary | Biography | 1954-1975 | Post-1975 | Chile -- History -- 20th century | Chile -- Social conditions -- 20th century
Language note: In English and Spanish.
Original source: AMDigital Reference: N-507302 | Film format: 16mm Comb BW pos | Contributors: Karmen, Roman; Shumsky, Pyotr. | Production Company: Mosfilm. | Reproduction of: Сердце Корвалана USSR, 1975. 16mm Comb BW pos. | The British Film Institute
Original production: [Moscow] : Mosfilm, 1975.
Physical description: 1 online resource (1 video file (52 minutes, 57 seconds)) : sound, black and white.
Subjects: Corvalán, Luis, 1916-2010 -- Imprisonment | Death | Torture | Concentration camps | Prisoners | Counter-revolutions | Family | Chilean Coup (1973) | Agriculture and farming | Peasants | Poverty | Famine | Education | Demonstrations | Parades and marches | Chile | Dawson Island | Santiago | Bulgaria | Corvalán, Luis (1916-2010) | Corvalán, Lily Castillo Riquelme | Corvalán, Luis Alberto (1947-1975) | Pinochet, Augusto (1915-2006) | Allende, Salvador (1908-1973) | Documentary | Biography | 1954-1975 | Post-1975 | Chile -- History -- 20th century | Chile -- Social conditions -- 20th century
Language note: In English and Spanish.
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Sources
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