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The Man Who Was There
6.0 / 10• 2013• 30m•NR• Spanish
DocumentaryHistory
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
LC
Luis Camacho
Laboratory Technician
LeadRD
Rafael Díaz
Typographer
EE
Eduardo Estrada
Radio Broadcaster (voice)
RS
Ramón Soria Breña
Manuel Chaves Nogales
CI
Clara Irina Torrente
Young Pilar Chaves Jones
Dd
Diego de la Serna
Self - Narrator (voice)
PC
Pilar Chaves Jones
Self - Daughter
MI
María Isabel Cintas
Self - Biographer
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Luis Felipe Torrente's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Man Who Was There is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
