This movie is about the liberation by the Sandinistas of the Anastasio Somoza regime in NIcaragua. The movie covers some of te key points in the fight for León, a city close to the capital Managua, and the first liberated territory. Many of the inhabitants of León who participated in the guerrilla and members of the sandinista army participated in the film.
Unfortunately the movie The Uprising is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Directing | Peter Lilienthal | Director |
| Writing | Peter Lilienthal | Writer |
| Writing | Antonio Skármeta | Writer |
| Production | Heiner Angermeyer | Producer |
| Production | Bernhard Grote | Co-Producer |
| Production | Werner Murawski | Producer |
| Production | Joachim von Vietinghoff | Producer |
| Production | Carlos Álvarez | Producer |
| Sound | Claus Bantzer | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Siegrun Jäger | Editor |
| Art | Maria Victoria Cardona | Set Decoration |
| Art | Fernando Castro | Set Decoration |
| Art | Peter Lilienthal | Set Decoration |
| Art | Mercedes Galeyno Manzanares | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mercedes Galeyno Manzanares | Costume Design |
| Production | Óscar Castillo | Production Manager |
| Production | Roswitha Frankenhauser | Production Manager |
| Production | Egbert Ronnefeldt | Production Manager |
| Directing | Antonio Yglesias | Assistant Director |
| Art | Michael Gregor | Property Master |
| Sound | Luis Fuentes | Sound |
| Sound | Mario Jacob | Sound |
| Sound | Hans-Dieter Schwarz | Sound Mixer |
| Crew | Marcelino Pacheco | Special Effects |
| Camera | Alejandro Legaspi | Camera Supervisor |
| Lighting | José Domingo Gómez | Lighting Technician |
| Camera | Mario Cardona | Camera Technician |
| Camera | Michael Gregor | Camera Technician |
| Camera | Michael Gregor | Still Photographer |
| Editing | Anne Watfe | Assistant Editor |
| Directing | Ulla Ziemann | Continuity |
| Camera | Michael Ballhaus | Director of Photography |
