Miguel Littín

Miguel Littín

Miguel Ernesto Littín Cucumides is a Chilean film director, screenwriter, film producer and novelist. Miguel Littín directed the most popular Chilean film of all times, El Chacal de Nahueltoro (1969) becoming a figure of the New Latin American Cinema. In México he directed several films. Letters from Marusia, based on a miners strike in Chile. Letters from Marusia was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. El Recurso del Método (Long Live the President) based on the Alejo Carpentier's book El Recurso del método (Reasons of State) a co-production with Mexico,France and Cuba. The Widow of Montiel with Geraldine Chaplin based on a Gabriel García Márquez short story. Then he went to Nicaragua to do Alsino and the Condor, based the novel Alsino by Pedro Prado. In 1981 he was a member of the jury at the 12th Moscow International Film Festival. He moved to Spain in 1984, Littín decided to enter Chile clandestine to do a documentary that showed the condition of the country under the Pinochet's regime. It was made the subject of Nobel Laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez's book Clandestine in Chile: The Adventures of Miguel Littin. He eventually returned to Chile where he continued to make films, among them Tierra del Fuego based on the adventures of Julius Popper an explorer and Dawson, Isla 10, about a group of political prisoners sent to Dawson's island during Pinochet's regime. Littín was the mayor of his home town in the center valley, Palmilla in 1992-94 and re-elected for the period 1996-2000. His films Actas de Marusia and Alsino and the Condor were nominated by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for Best Film in a Foreign Language. Alsino and the Condor won the Golden Prize at the 13th Moscow International Film Festival. His 2005 film The Last Moon was entered into the 27th Moscow International Film Festival.

  • Title: Miguel Littín
  • Popularity: 1.873
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1942-08-09
  • Place of Birth: Palmilla, O'Higgins, Chile
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  • Also Known As: Miguel Ernesto Littín Cucumides, 米盖尔·里廷
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Miguel Littín Movies

  • 1965
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    El Analfabeto

    El Analfabeto

    1 1965 HD

    Two guerrillas (Miguel Littin and Jorge Guerra) wander lost in the desert until one of them dies. A jeep appears in the distance to rescue the...

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  • 2018
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    Santiago, Italia

    Santiago, Italia

    7.2 2018 HD

    After the coup d'État of the Democratic government of Allende, the embassy of Italy in Santiago played a major role in helping the opposers of...

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  • 1965
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    Ana

    Ana

    1 1965 HD

    Sequences that illustrate moments in a woman's life, in parallel to the political events happening in South America during the 60's.

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  • 1967
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    Érase un niño, un guerrillero, un caballo…

    Érase un niño, un guerrillero, un caballo…

    1 1967 HD

    Feature film that wraps, through Jorge Lillo's text, three short films by Helvio Soto

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  • 1964
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    Yo tenía un camarada

    Yo tenía un camarada

    6 1964 HD

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  • 1975
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    Letters from Marusia

    Letters from Marusia

    5.3 1975 HD

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  • 2009
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    Dawson Isla 10

    Dawson Isla 10

    5.6 2009 HD

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  • 1970
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    Jackal of Nahueltoro

    Jackal of Nahueltoro

    6.7 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Jackal of Nahueltoro

    Jackal of Nahueltoro

    6.7 1970 HD

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  • 1990
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    Sandino

    Sandino

    6 1990 HD

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  • 2005
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    La última luna

    La última luna

    4.3 2005 HD

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  • 1994
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    Los náufragos

    Los náufragos

    4.6 1994 HD

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  • 1973
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    The Promised Land

    The Promised Land

    4.5 1973 HD

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  • 1982
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    Alsino and the Condor

    Alsino and the Condor

    5.2 1982 HD

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  • 1982
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    Alsino and the Condor

    Alsino and the Condor

    5.2 1982 HD

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  • 1978
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    The Recourse to the Method

    The Recourse to the Method

    6.1 1978 HD

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  • 1975
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    Letters from Marusia

    Letters from Marusia

    5.3 1975 HD

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  • 1965
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    Por la tierra ajena

    Por la tierra ajena

    1 1965 HD

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  • 1979
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    La viuda de Montiel

    La viuda de Montiel

    5.7 1979 HD

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  • 1979
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    La viuda de Montiel

    La viuda de Montiel

    5.7 1979 HD

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  • 2000
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    Tierra del fuego

    Tierra del fuego

    5.2 2000 HD

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  • 1986
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    Chile: A Genral Record

    Chile: A Genral Record

    6 1986 HD

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  • 2014
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    Allende in His Maze

    Allende in His Maze

    6.7 2014 HD

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  • 2014
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    Allende in His Maze

    Allende in His Maze

    6.7 2014 HD

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  • 1990
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    Sandino

    Sandino

    6 1990 HD

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  • 1971
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    Compañero Presidente

    Compañero Presidente

    7.2 1971 HD

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  • 2005
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    La última luna

    La última luna

    4.3 2005 HD

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  • 2005
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    La última luna

    La última luna

    4.3 2005 HD

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  • 1973
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    You Speak of Chile: What Allende Said

    You Speak of Chile: What Allende Said

    5.8 1973 HD

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  • 1978
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    The Recourse to the Method

    The Recourse to the Method

    6.1 1978 HD

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  • 1973
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    The Promised Land

    The Promised Land

    4.5 1973 HD

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  • 1965
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    Por la tierra ajena

    Por la tierra ajena

    1 1965 HD

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  • 1999
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    Cinco marineros y un ataúd verde

    Cinco marineros y un ataúd verde

    1 1999 HD

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  • 1999
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    Cinco marineros y un ataúd verde

    Cinco marineros y un ataúd verde

    1 1999 HD

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  • 2009
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    Dawson Isla 10

    Dawson Isla 10

    5.6 2009 HD

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  • 2009
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    Dawson Isla 10

    Dawson Isla 10

    5.6 2009 HD

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  • 2004
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    El duelo

    El duelo

    1 2004 HD

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  • 2004
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    El duelo

    El duelo

    1 2004 HD

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  • 1994
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    Los náufragos

    Los náufragos

    4.6 1994 HD

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  • 2011
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    Mentiras verdaderas

    Mentiras verdaderas

    5.5 2011 HD

    Daily interviews discussing the guest's personal lives and national contingency.

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  • 2015
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    Algo personal

    Algo personal

    2 2015 HD

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  • 2020
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    Chilevisión 60

    Chilevisión 60

    1 2020 HD

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  • 1987
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    Lorca: Death of a Poet

    Lorca: Death of a Poet

    5.4 1987 HD

    Lorca, a great Spanish poet, playwright, and theatre director. García Lorca achieved international recognition as an emblematic member of the...

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  • 1970
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    Lorca: Death of a Poet

    Lorca: Death of a Poet

    3 1970 HD

    Different stories about people having more luck than usual...

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