Overview

A Uruguayan rugby team crashes in the Andes Mountains and has to survive the extremely cold temperatures and rough climate. As some of the people die, the survivors are forced to make a terrible decision between starvation and cannibalism.

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Based on
Based on a true story
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Setting
Set in Uruguay
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Music
Music by Gerald Fried
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Details

Director: René Cardona
Writers: Charles Blair Jr.Writer
René Cardona Jr.Screenplay
Original title: Supervivientes de los Andes
Status: Released
Release date: January 15, 1976
Original language: Spanish
Countries: Mexico

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Production

Avant Films S.A.
Conacine
Productora Fílmica Real

Cast

Hugo StiglitzFrancisco Pedraza
Norma LazarenoSilvia Pedraza
Luz María AguilarMrs. Madero
Fernando LarrañagaMadero
Lorenzo de Rodas
Pablo FerrelRaúl
Leonardo DanielCarmelo
Sara GuaschSilvia's Mother
Gloria ChávezWoman Going to Wedding
Sebastián LigardeFelipe
Rojo GrauRogelio
Carlos Monden
José Elías MorenoRodrigo Fernández
Fernando Palavicini
Miguel Ángel Ferriz Jr.
Carlos CámaraMajor