The Man Who Was There

The Man Who Was There (2013)

Radar 40Slightly unusual0h 30mDocumentary · History

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A quieter title still finding its audience, though the rating rests on a thin sample, so treat it as provisional.

Synopsis

The Spanish journalist Manuel Chaves Nogales (1897-1944) was always there where the news broke out: in the fratricidal Spain of 1936, in Bolshevik Russia, in Fascist Italy, in Nazi Germany, in occupied Paris or in the bombed London of World War II; because his job was to walk, see and tell stories, and thus fight against tyrants, at a time when it was necessary to take sides in order not to be left alone; but he, a man of integrity to the bitter end, never did so.

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Radar score40/100
Quality signal64/100
Audience rating6.0
Votes counted3
Trust signalSlightly unusual

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