Devils Don't Dream!

Devils Don't Dream! (1997)

Before his journey into exile Jacobo Arbenz, the overthrown President of Guatemala, is presented to photographers stripped down to his underwear: an image seen around the world. Arbenz had led the successful 1944 revolt against the military dictatorship, a regime that had oppressed Guatemala since colonialism. Arbenz, the son of Swiss immigrants, was celebrated as a national hero. Elected President in 1950, Arbenz was not a member of any party - he didn't issue any manifestos. But he began to fulfill his promises - farmers got their own land. 'The first act of justice since colonial times,' said Arbenz. In the early 1950s, with the Cold War intensifying, then Vice President Richard Nixon said, 'Arbenz is not a Guatemalan President.' Nixon called him 'a foreigner, manipulated by foreign powers.' The young President of Guatemala was soon overthrown, declared a traitor, and chased out of the country.

Erscheinungsdatum
1997-03-07
TMDB
8.0 / 10 (4)
Laufzeit
1 Std. 30 Min.
Genres
Dokumentarfilm
Regie
Andreas Hoessli

Besetzung

Wissenswertes

Devils Don’t Dream! Nachforschungen über Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán ist ein Schweizer Dokumentarfilm von Andreas Hoessli aus dem Jahre 1995 über den CIA-Putsch in Guatemala 1954 und den Sturz des Staatspräsidenten Jacobo Árbenz Guzmán, der Schweizer Abstammung war und auch in der Schweiz um Asyl nachsuchte. 1998 wurde der Film auf 3sat ausgestrahlt.

Produktionsnotizen

Die Recherchen begann Hoessli bereits 1988. Im Laufe der Dreharbeiten sprangen aus Angst vor Repressalien zahlreiche Interviewpartner ab, die bereits zugesagt hatten.

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