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14.08.2020 / 19:55
Silent Cinema Jewel ‘El Husar de la Muerte’ Gets New Restoration from Chile’s Cineteca
Ed Meza @edmezavarChile’s Cineteca Nacional, established in 2006, is working on a new restoration of Pedro Sienna’s “El húsar de la muerte” (1925), considered the most important silent feature film in Chilean history, the portrait of Chilean freedom fighter Manuel Rodríguez (1785-1818), a key figure in Chile’s War of Independence against the Spanish crown.First restored by Sienna himself, when a copy turned up in a deplorable condition in 1959, the new restoration of the silent chime jewel will