La Esmeralda, 1879 (2010)

Original title

La Esmeralda 1879

Directed by

Elías Llanos

Genre

historical film

Country

Chile

Runtime

1h 30m

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 10 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This film reenacts the naval Battle of Iquique in 1879 between Chilean and Peruvian forces. It follows the events as they unfold on two replica warships built for the production.

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What happens

La Esmeralda 1879 is a 2010 Chilean film about the naval Battle of Iquique, which took place on May 21, 1879 in the harbor of this coastal town in the Tarapacá Region. Directed by Elías Llanos, it stars Fernando Godoy and Jaime Omeñaca. The budget for the film was $12 million, funded by the Chilean Navy, the Luksic family and other enterprises, and took four years to film. It requires the creation of two sets of floating ships Huáscar monitor corvette Esmeralda and that took a year to build, plus sophisticated sets on land. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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