Devils Don't Dream!

Devils Don't Dream! (1997)


  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release Date: 1997-03-07
  • User Rating: 7.3/10 from 3 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 30min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Icarus Films
  • Production Country: Switzerland
  • Director: Andreas Hoessli
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Summary

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.

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  • Jacobo Árbenz

    as Self (archive footage)
  • Winston Churchill

    as Self (archive footage)
  • Richard Nixon

    as Self (archive footage)
  • E. Howard Hunt

    as Self (the CIA agent)
Directing Andreas Hoessli Director
Camera Matthias Kälin Camera Operator
Production Isabella Huser Producer
Editing Fee Liechti Editor

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