"Based on a remarkable true story."

2023

2h 23m

8.0(3558 votes)

Drama

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Overview

On October 13, 1972, Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, chartered to take a rugby team to Chile, crashes into a glacier in the heart of the Andes.

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10 featured cast members

Starring

Enzo Vogrincic

Numa Turcatti

Agustín Pardella

Fernando "Nando" Parrado

Matías Recalt

Roberto Canessa

Esteban Bigliardi

Javier Methol

Diego Vegezzi

Marcelo Pérez del Castillo

Fernando Contigiani García

Arturo Nogueira

Esteban Kukuriczka

Adolfo "Fito" Strauch

Francisco Romero

Daniel Fernández Strauch

Rafael Federman

Eduardo Strauch

Valentino Alonso

Alfredo "Pancho" Delgado

Creative team

Directed by: J. A. Bayona
Written by: J. A. Bayona
Jaime Marques
Produced by: Sandra Hermida
Belén Atienza

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