Alerta en la frontera
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Directed byKurt Herrmann
Produced byNacional Films del Peru
Peruvian Army
Narrated byRicardo Villarán
CinematographyManuel Trullen
Pedro Valdivieso
Music byManuel Cabanillas
Julio Barrionuevo
Distributed byNacional Films del Peru
Release date
  • 8 August 2014 (2014-08-08)
Running time
70 minutes
CountryPeru
LanguageSpanish

Alerta en la frontera is a 1941[a] Peruvian propaganda film directed by German director Kurt Herrmann.[2]

Plot

The film features pictures of daily life in Lima during the 1940s, including the post-war victory parade in the National Stadium of Peru with president Manuel Prado Ugarteche attending. It also features scenes from the conflict, including the Occupation of Puerto Bolívar.[3][4]

Release

Originally meant to be a newsreel, the amount of material shot developed into the need to make a feature film.[1] The film was originally scheduled to release in 1941,[a] but due to the Rio Protocol, the Peruvian government censored the film and kept all known copies.[3][1] The film was reportedly screened once, however, in the Peruvian city of Pisco by the city's mayor (and also one of the film's producers) in 1941. After its screening, the filmreels were taken by the Peruvian Army.[5]

It was not until 70 years later that the film was found in the archive warehouses of the Center for Military Historical Studies. After its discovery, it was screened in the district of Miraflores during the Sobre héroes y tumbas exhibition,[6] finally premiering at the 2014 Lima Film Festival.[7]

Notes

  1. ^ a b Its original release date was either September or December 17, 1941[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Alerta en la frontera". Filmaffinity.
  2. ^ Bedoya, Ricardo (2016). El cine sonoro en el Perú (in Spanish). Lima: Fondo Editorial Universidad de Lima. ISBN 978-9972-45-314-4.
  3. ^ a b "Video:´Alerta en la Frontera´ en el Festival de Cine de Lima". RPP Noticias. 2014-08-09.
  4. ^ Peruanidad, Números 1-7 (in Spanish). Lima. 1941. pp. 138–141.((cite book)): CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  5. ^ "¡Alerta en la frontera!". Oiga. 1981-07-14. A fines de 1941, pocos meses después de terminadas las acciones bélicas en nuestra frontera norte, desatadas por los ataques del ejército ecuatoriano a las localidades peruanas de Aguas Verdes, Las Palmas y Lechugal, el entonces diputado por Pisco, ingeniero Federico Uranga Elejalde, proyectó en un cine de esa ciudad el primer documental bélico producido en escenarios latinoamericanos. "¡Alerta en la frontera!" se titulaba el film, de más de una hora de duración y su proyección despertó el entusiasmo patriótico de los jóvenes pisqueños, que asediaron las oficinas de la Circunscripción Territorial de esa localidad reclamando su ingreso inmediato al Ejército para marchar al frente de batalla. En esos momentos, las acciones bélicas ya habían terminado y se entraba a la fase de negociaciones diplomáticas que culminaron con el Protocolo de Río de Janeiro.
  6. ^ Sifuentes, Marco (2014-04-25). "VIDEO INÉDITO: APARECE PELÍCULA DE 1941 SOBRE LA GUERRA CON ECUADOR". Utero.pe.
  7. ^ "Festival de Cine de Lima exhibirá película de 1941 sobre conflicto con Ecuador". Andina. 2014-08-07.

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