Ernesto Leistenschneider

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Ernesto Leistenschneider

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Production

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10 titles

Ernesto Leistenschneider (1925-2019) was a German-born filmmaker, journalist, businessman, and collector. He studied medicine and cinematography in Europe and later emigrated to Peru. He was the founder and manager of Lima Films, one of the most important film and television production companies in Peru. He oversaw the production of approximately 350 newsreels and 120 documentaries from 1955 to 1982. He was also the executive producer of renowned Peruvian films such as "Túpac Amaru." While exploring and documenting the country, he began discovering pre-Columbian tools and artifacts related to science and technology, leading him to amass a collection of over 17,000 pieces, considered one of t…

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Behind the camera

El Plebeyo poster
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Directed by Vlado Radovich. Produced by Inti Film. Starring Ana Hank, Vlado Radovich, and César Valer. Voice of Jesús Vásquez. Short film based on the waltz of the same name by Felipe Pinglo Alva.

El Plebeyo

1965

Maratón de Triciclos poster
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This "sports journalistic documentary" presents the Tricycle Marathon, an event conceptualized by artist Luis Arias Vera and organized by the workers of La Crónica newspaper as part of the workers' day celebrations in 1976.

Maratón de Triciclos

1976

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Organizations and citizens express their support for the Military Hospital after the amputation of one of his legs.

Mitin de Adhesión a Velasco

1974

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The North of the country, with Chiclayo and Trujillo as its center, organizes a ‘Megamarch’ in support of the Velasco Revolution.

Tradición y Revolución

1972

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The largest demonstration and national parade ever seen in Peru: 5 hours with delegations arriving from the Coast, Highlands and Jungle to express their unconditional support to Velasco and his Government.

Reencuentro con el pueblo

1973

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The ‘solido Norte’ in a 4-hour parade in the city of Trujillo gives its support to the Revolution of the Velasco Government.

El Norte con Velasco

1974

Tierra sin Patrones poster
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One of the most important experimental documentaries produced in Peru. It highlights the difference between the social classes before 1968, which was intended to justify the military coup of the Revolutionary Government under the slogan "Tierra sin Patrones" (Land without Bosses).

Tierra sin Patrones

1973

Tierra sin Patrones poster
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One of the most important experimental documentaries produced in Peru. It highlights the difference between the social classes before 1968, which was intended to justify the military coup of the Revolutionary Government under the slogan "Tierra sin Patrones" (Land without Bosses).

Tierra sin Patrones

1973

El Informativo Nacional poster
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News from Peru.

El Informativo Nacional

1970

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Support for the rescue of our cultural heritage with reports on our endangered huacas, foreign researchers, and transport in an army helicopter of an observation tower from Chincha to the Nazca Pampa in the presence of Maria Reiche.

Patrimonio Cultural – Informes Arqueológicos

1970