La Esmeralda 1879

May 20, 2010

1h 36m

★ 6.8

Overview

Revolves around the naval Battle of Iquique between the Peruvian ironclad monitor 'Huáscar' and the Chilean wooden corvette 'Esmeralda'.

Genres

War

History

Drama

Production Companies

Azul Producciones

La Esmeralda 1879 Trailers

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Cast

Arturo Prat Chacón

Jaime Omeñaca

Grumete Wenceslao Vargas

Fernando Godoy

Carmela Carvajal

Francisca Opazo

Grumete Cabrales

Ariel Mateluna

Lieutenant Luis Uribe

Víctor Montero

Lieutenant Ignacio Serrano

Marcelo Valdivieso

Lieutenant Hurtado

Marcelo Tarud

Midshipman Riquelme

Nicolás Poblete

Midshipman Wilson

Tauro Berastegui

Hyatt

Cristián Hidalgo

Sargent Aldea

Marcelo Maldonado

Cirujano Guzmán

Ignacio Achurra

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