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Dec 12, 2016 · Spain winds up 2016 with '1898, Our Last Men in the Philippines,' a big-budget take on the tragic, traumatic last stand of the Empire, played out in the jungles of the Philippines. By Jonathan...
1898, Our Last Men in the Philippines (Spanish: 1898, Los últimos de Filipinas) is a 2016 Spanish war drama film directed by Salvador Calvo. [2] The film depicts the Siege of Baler from 1898 to 1899, where 54 Spanish soldiers defended themselves in the San Luis Obispo de Tolosa church against Philippine revolutionaries. [3]
Real military epic. Odiseia 28 March 2017. After the nearly annihilation of the military post in Baler (Philippines) by the local independist forces, the Spanish colonial power decides to send 50 men reinforcement to reclaim the village 200 kilometers from Manila.
What we have with “1898, Los últimos de Filipinas” is a gorgeous film that throws historical accuracy out the window in an effort to tow the politically correct line and make the Spanish soldiers look as horrible and nasty as all “evil, European imperialists” are supposed to look today.
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In 1898, in the Philippines, a Spanish military squad seeks refuge in a church. Once inside, the squad faces its newest enemy, malaria. Fandango at Home Prime Video. Rent 1898: Los últimos de ...
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With Luis Tosar, Javier Gutiérrez, Álvaro Cervantes, Karra Elejalde. In 1898, Spain sends a military squad to the town of Baler, the Philippines, to protect one of the last colonies of the Spanish Empire, to prevent rebellious natives from recovering their ancient territories.
Sep 24, 2021 · Spaniards arrived in the archipelago four centuries before the Americans threw them out by concocting an espionage scandal out of a boiler accident. 1898, Los últimos de Filipinas, released in the English-speaking world as 1898: Our Last Men in the Philippines, is about the end of that war.
