1919, Chronicle of Dawn (1919, crónica del alba) 40 years old

1919, Chronicle of Dawn

In 1939, José Garcés is in French prison camp after the defeat of Spain's Republicans. To entertain and inspire his fellow prisoners, he tells the story of becoming a man in 1919, the year he realized that learning to live is the same as learning to die. His stiff and demanding father loses a fortune in German war bonds, takes a job in Caspe, and leaves José on his own in Zaragoza to finish high school while apprenticing in a pharmacy. José courts his beloved Valentina via letters, becomes intimate with Isabel, a maid he meets in a cinema who shares his ideas of free love, and comes under the influence of El Checa, an anarchist and gentle teacher who leads a doomed revolt.

Credits

1919, Chronicle of Dawn Cast

Name Character
Cristina Marsillach She was 19, now 60 years old
Miguel Molina He was 5, now 35 years old
Walter Vidarte He was 52, 80 years old when he died

1919, Chronicle of Dawn Crew

Name Department
Antonio José Betancor as Director. He was 41 (64) years old when He died Directing
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1919, Chronicle of Dawn (40 years)

  • Release day: Monday, August 29, 1983
  • Runtime: 90 minutes