La respuesta

La respuesta

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Status

Released

Release Date

Apr 11, 1961

Runtime

1h 7m

Genres

Documentary

Original Title

La respuesta

Production Companies

Universidad de Chile

Director

Leopoldo Castedo

Description

On May 22, 1960, an earthquake with an intensity of 9.6 on the Richter Scale was recorded in the city of Valdivia, considered to date the largest and most violent earthquake ever recorded in the world. The cataclysm devastated the entire Chilean territory between Talca and Chiloé, which corresponds to more than 400,000 km. It resulted in the deaths of around three thousand people, while two million were left homeless. The film documents the efforts of a hundred workers in the face of the threat of the overflowing of Lake Riñihue.