''Alsino and the Condor'' ( es, Alsino y el cóndor) is a 1982 Nicaraguan film directed by Chilean filmmaker

Miguel Littín Miguel Ernesto Littin Cucumides (born 9 August 1942) is a Chilean film director, screenwriter, film producer and novelist. He was born to a Palestinian people, Palestinian father, Hernán Littin and a Greeks, Greek mother, Cristina Cucumides. C ...

. It was nominated for the

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. It won the Golden Prize at the

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. The film was a co-production between

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and

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. The film is loosely based on the novel ''Alsino'' by Chilean writer

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, and is set during the

Nicaraguan Revolution The Nicaraguan Revolution ( es, Revolución Nicaragüense or Revolución Popular Sandinista, link=no) encompassed the rising opposition to the Somoza dictatorship in the 1960s and 1970s, the campaign led by the Sandinista National Liberation F ...

. It starred

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Cast

as Frank * Alan Esquivel as Alsino *

Carmen Bunster Carmen Bunster (b. 6 January 1918 – d. 23 April 2012) was a Chilean film and theatre actress. In Chile From 1950 to 1973, Carmen Bunster participated actively in the theater company of the University of Chile, working alongside other perform ...

as Alsino's Grandmother * Alejandro Parodi as The Major * Delia Casanova as Rosaria * Marta Lorena Pérez as Lucia *

Reynaldo Miravalles Reynaldo Agustín Miravalles de la Luz (22 January 1923 – 31 October 2016), known as Reinaldo Miravalles,http://www.estherenalgunaparte.com/reinaldo-miravalles-trabajando-de-nuevo-en-la-habana/ was a Cuban actor residing in Miami. His birthplac ...

as Don Nazario, the Birdman * Marcelo Gaete as Lucia's Grandfather * Jan Kees De Roy as Dutch Adviser

Awards

Wins

Moscow International Film Festival The Moscow International Film Festival (russian: Моско́вский междунаро́дный кинофестива́ль, translit. ''Moskóvskiy myezhdunaródniy kinofyestivál''; abbreviated as MIFF) is the film festival first h ...

- Golden Prize, Miguel Littin, 1983.

Nominations

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- Best Foreign Language Film, 1983.

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