Santa Esperansa: Difference between revisions
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'''Santa Esperansa''' is a 1980 Soviet drama film directed by Sebastian Alarcon (the Chilean film director who worked in USSR after 1973 coup d'etat). The film, set in Pinochet's Chile, depicts the story of a group of political prisoners in a concentration camp in the abandoned desert settlement of Santa Esperansa (this name would be correctly spelled in Spanish ''Santa Esperanza'', meaning "Saint Hope").
'''Santa Esperansa''' is a 1980 Soviet drama film directed by [[Sebastián Alarcón]]. The film, set in Pinochet's Chile, depicts the story of a group of political prisoners in a concentration camp in the abandoned desert settlement of Santa Esperansa (this name would be correctly spelled in Spanish ''Santa Esperanza'', meaning "Saint Hope").
Santa Esperansa is a 1980 Soviet drama film directed by Sebastián Alarcón. The film, set in Pinochet's Chile, depicts the story of a group of political prisoners in a concentration camp in the abandoned desert settlement of Santa Esperansa (this name would be correctly spelled in Spanish Santa Esperanza, meaning "Saint Hope").
The following weapons were used in the film Santa Esperansa:
M1911A1 pistols are service sidearms of the Chilean officers and NCOs. They are mostly carried in US Army M1916 holsters. Carlos (Vladimir Lomizov) disarms the Captain (Aleksandr Pashutin) in an attempt of the prison break and holds his pistol.
Chilean soldiers on guard of the Santa Esperansa are armed with Thompson M1928A1 submachine guns. Many of the Thompsons are fitted with magazines of MP40.
Chilean soldiers on guard of the Santa Esperansa are mostly armed with Sturmgewehr 44 assault rifles, visually modified to resemble AR-10 or early versions of AR-15. In the final scene the rioting prisoners, notably Felisindo (Laimonas Noreika) and Pablo Kanepi (Vladimir Tikhonov), use these rifles, captured from the guards. The real weapon of the Chilean military at that time was a SIG SG 510-4.
Several SVT-40 rifles can be seen in a pile of guns, surrendered by the guards during Carlos' riot. They may be used as a stand-in for M1 Garand or M14 rifles.
