Baler

Dec 25, 2008

1h 50m

★ 6.5

Love Is Worth Fighting For

Overview

In 1898, a band of Spanish soldiers heroically defended Baler against Filipino forces for 337 long and grueling days. The battle, now referred to as the Siege of Baler, is the setting of a forbidden love between a Mestizo soldier and a Filipina lass who lived at the end of the 19th century.

Genres

History

Drama

Romance

War

Production Companies

Viva Films

Bida Productions

Baler Trailers

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Cast

Feliza Reyes

Anne Curtis

Celso Resurreccion

Jericho Rosales

Daniel Reyes

Phillip Salvador

Lt. Jose Mota

Andrew Schimmer

Commandante Teodorico Luna Novicio

Joel Torre

Gabriel Reyes

Carlo Aquino

Pablo

DJ Durano

Azon Reyes

Rio Locsin

Luming

Nikki Bacolod

Lope

Mark Bautista

2nd Lt. Saturnino Martin Cerezo

Ryan Eigenmann

Capt. Enrique Fossi de las Morenas

Baron Geisler

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