Supervivientes de los Andes (1976)

Country of Origin: Mexico
Year of Production: 1976
Running Times: 85 mins
Format: Technicolor
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PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Corporación Nacional Cinematográfica (CONACINE) / Productora Fílmica G.M.
Producer: René Cardona

SCRIPT
Script: René Cardona Jr
Book: Charles Blair Jr

DIRECTION
Director: René Cardona

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Marshall M. Borden

MUSIC
Music: Gerald Fried

CAST
Luz María Aguilar (Mrs Madero)
Carlos Cámara
Gloria Chaves
Lorenzo de Rodas
Pablo Ferrel (Raul)
Sara Guasch
Fernando Larrañaga (Madero)
Norma Lazareno (Sylvia)
José Elías Moreno
Fernando Palavicini
Hugo Stiglitz (Francisco)

PLOT SUMMARY

During the Christmas holidays of 1972, a passenger aircraft carrying the Uruguayan Old Christians Rugby Team crashes high in the Andes Mountains. With no hope of rescue and with their food supplies depleted, the survivors have to resort to extreme measures to stay alive and resort to cannibalisim. Based on a true story.

USA
Theatrical Distributor: Paramount Pictures

Finland
Rating: K-16

USA
Rating: R

1997
March
11: Finland – theatrical release

The most shocking episode in the history of human survival.

CAUTION: The re-creation of the 1972 Andes plane crash and THE SURVIVAL SCENES may be too intense for young teenagers!

Elossa! – Finnish title
I sopravvissuti delle ande – Italian title
Survive! – UK / US title
Überleben – German title

SEE ALSO
Alive (1993)

air crash; book into film; cannibalism; true story