When the Mountains Tremble (1983)
The Astonishing Story of Rigoberta Menchù, Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize
A documentary on the war between the Guatemalan military and the Mayan population, with first hand accounts by Nobel Peace Prize winner Rigoberta Menchú.
- Date of release
- 1983-09-30
- TMDB
- 9.0 / 10 (5)
- Runtime
- 1h 23m
- Genres
- Documentary, History, War
- Director
- Newton Thomas Sigel, Pamela Yates
- Collection
- The Resistance Saga
Casting
- Rigoberta Menchú — Self
- Eddie Jones — Ambassador John Peurifoy
- Shawn Elliott — President Jacobo Arbenz
- Linda Segura — Maria Arbenz
- Frank Alcarin — Servant
- Bette Craig — Betty Peurifoy
- Shelly Desai — Col. Castillo Armas
- Ron Ryan — Col. Al Haney
- John D. Swain — CIA personnel
- James Steel — CIA personnel
Interesting facts
When The Mountains Tremble is a 1983 documentary film produced by Skylight Pictures about the war between the Guatemalan Military and the Mayan Indigenous population of Guatemala.
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