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El Hsar de la Muerte
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Wikipedia article
'El Hsar de la Muerte' is a 1925 Chilean silent film. It was directed and starred by Pedro Sienna.
The movie narrates the adventures of the guerrilla leader Manuel Rodrguez during the Reconquista, until his death in 1818.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/spanish/misc/newsid_4370000/4370954.stm Obsesionados con el hsar] in BBC World (in Spanish)
The movie lasts 65 minutes, and was premiered in Santiago, Chile, on 24 November 1925.
Production & Film Restoration
Director Pedro Sienna selected the cast from people that he found on the street.[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0015935/trivia IMDB Trivial of Hussar of the Dead]
The film was considered lost until 1959, when it was found in deplorable condition and with some title cards incomplete, but thanks to Pedro Sienna's own supervision, the film was restored in 1962 by Cineteca de la Universidad de Chile, with music by Sergio Ortega (with the Chilean government help).
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