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 |
| Production | Heiner Angermeyer | Producer |
| Production | Egbert Ronnefeldt | Production Manager |
| Production | Carlos Álvarez | Producer |
| Art | Fernando Castro | Set Decoration |
| Writing | Antonio Skármeta | Writer |
| Production | Werner Murawski | Producer |
| Production | Bernhard Grote | Co-Producer |
| Sound | Mario Jacob | Sound |
| Writing | Peter Lilienthal | Writer |
| Production | Joachim von Vietinghoff | Producer |
| Editing | Siegrun Jäger | Editor |
| Sound | Claus Bantzer | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mercedes Galeyno Manzanares | Costume Design |
| Camera | Michael Gregor | Camera Technician |
| Editing | Anne Watfe | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Luis Fuentes | Sound |
| Art | Mercedes Galeyno Manzanares | Set Decoration |
| Production | Óscar Castillo | Production Manager |
| Camera | Alejandro Legaspi | Camera Supervisor |
| Production | Roswitha Frankenhauser | Production Manager |
| Sound | Hans-Dieter Schwarz | Sound Mixer |
| Crew | Marcelino Pacheco | Special Effects |
| Directing | Ulla Ziemann | Continuity |
| Camera | Michael Gregor | Still Photographer |
| Lighting | José Domingo Gómez | Lighting Technician |
| Art | Maria Victoria Cardona | Set Decoration |
| Directing | Antonio Yglesias | Assistant Director |
| Art | Michael Gregor | Property Master |
| Camera | Mario Cardona | Camera Technician |
| Art | Peter Lilienthal | Set Decoration |
| Camera | Michael Ballhaus | Director of Photography |
