The Man Who Was There (2013)

The Spanish journalist Manuel Chaves Nogales (1897-1944) was always there where the news broke out: in the fratricidal Spain of 1936, in Bolshevik Russia, in Fascist Italy, in Nazi Germany, in occupied Paris or in the bombed London of World War II; because his job was to walk, see and tell stories, and thus fight against tyrants, at a time when it was necessary to take sides in order not to be left alone; but he, a man of integrity to the bitter end, never did so.
- Released
- 2013-05-03
- Genres
- Documentary, History
- Runtime
- 30 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Daniel Suberviola, Luis Felipe Torrente
- TMDB rating
- 6.0/10 from 3 votes
Cast
- Luis Camacho as Laboratory Technician
- Rafael Díaz as Typographer
- Eduardo Estrada as Radio Broadcaster (voice)
- Ramón Soria Breña as Manuel Chaves Nogales
- Clara Irina Torrente as Young Pilar Chaves Jones
- Diego de la Serna as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Pilar Chaves Jones as Self - Daughter
- María Isabel Cintas as Self - Biographer
- Jorge Martínez Reverte as Self - Journalist
- Antonio Muñoz Molina as Self - Writer
- Andrés Trapiello as Self - Writer
- Niceto Alcalá-Zamora as Self - Politician (archive footage)
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