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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 1642

Los héroes del sitio de Zaragoza

Synopsis

Three staged episodes depict resistance during the siege of Zaragoza: a defended room, a contested barricade and a woman taking charge of a cannon. Each scene turns a national hero into a compact historical tableau.

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Video edition: Wikimedia Commons
Original language: No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified.
This copy runs: 3:26
Subtitles: No subtitle track in this language

No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. No subtitle track in this language.

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Wikimedia Commons · Segundo de Chomón · Public domain

DirectorsSegundo de Chomón

Inspirations

Segundo de Chomón dramatizes figures associated with the 1808 siege, including Agustina de Aragón. The production date has been debated; the film is commonly cataloged as 1903.

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