Los Héroes Del Sitio De Zaragoza
''Los héroes del sitio de Zaragoza'' is a 1903 in film, 1903 Spain, Spanish Short film, short black-and-white silent film, silent film directed by Segundo de Chomón. The film stages three of the national heroes of the 1808 First Siege of Zaragoza during the Spanish War of Independence.Review and link to watch the film in Spanish with English subtitles: Plot The film is composed of three scenes introduced by intertitles: Scene 1: Condesa de Bureta A sitting room. A man and a woman loading guns. A group of men wearing guns enter and shoot from the windows. Some of them are hit by shots from outside. Scene 2: El tío Jorge A courtyard with an arched gate. A group of armed men behind a makeshift barricade are discussing. Some women bring them food. Soldiers come running in from behind the camera and start shooting at other soldiers coming from the other side of the gate. The invading soldiers reach the barricade but they are pushed back and routed by the defenders encouraged ...
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Segundo De Chomón
Segundo Víctor Aurelio Chomón y Ruiz (also Chomont or Chaumont ; 17 October 1871 – 2 May 1929) was a pioneering Spanish film director, cinematographer and screenwriter. He produced many short films in France while working for Pathé, Pathé Frères and has been compared to Georges Méliès, due to his frequent camera tricks and optical illusions. He is regarded as the most significant Spanish silent film director in an international context. Biography Born in Aragon (Spain), Segundo de Chomón reportedly got into film through the efforts of his French actress wife, Julienne Mathieu, who appeared in early Pathé-Frères, Pathé Frères productions and worked in some special effects Parisian workshops like Élisabeth and Berthe Thuillier, Thuillier's studio. Around 1900 he became an agent for Pathé Frères in Spain, publicizing and distributing their films out of Barcelona. In 1901, Chomón began producing actuality films in Spain on an independent basis and distributing ...
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