''Last Stand in the Philippines'' () is a 1945 Spanish biographical war film directed by

Antonio Román Antonio Román (9 November 1911 – 16 June 1989) was a prolific Spanish film director, screenwriter, film producer. Antonio Román was born Ourense, Spain on 9 November 1911. Román began directing films in the later 1930s starting with doc ...

. It is based on a radio script by Enrique Llovet, ''Los Héroes de Baler,'' and novel, ''El Fuerte de Baler,'' by Enrique Alfonso Barcones and Rafael Sánchez Campoy. The movie theme song "", composed by Llovet (lyrics) and Jorge Halpern (music), became very popular. It was lip synced by actress Nani Fernández and sang by Maria Teresa Valcárcel.

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"The Last Ones of the Philippines" is the name given to the Spanish soldiers who fought in the Siege of Baler against

Filipino revolutionaries Filipino may refer to: * Something from or related to the Philippines ** Filipino language, standardized variety of 'Tagalog', the national language and one of the official languages of the Philippines. ** Filipinos, people who are citizens of th ...

and against the

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during the

Spanish–American War , partof = the Philippine Revolution, the decolonization of the Americas, and the Cuban War of Independence , image = Collage infobox for Spanish-American War.jpg , image_size = 300px , caption = (clock ...

(in Spain also called "The Disaster of 98"). The Siege of Baler lasted from 1 July 1898 to 2 June 1899. During these 11 months, the Spaniards were isolated in a church that became their fortified position. The Spanish troops were a small garrison of 50 soldiers from the "2º de Cazadores" under the charge of Lieutenant D. Juan Alonso Zayas. They faced approximately 800 rebel soldiers. The Spanish soldiers fortified the church and resisted the constant attacks of the rebels for 11 months without provisions and unknowing that the war had ended in December 1898.

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Armando Calvo Armando Calvo (25 December 1919 – 6 July 1996) was a Puerto Rican-born Spanish actor. His father was Juan Calvo Domenech, a Spanish actor and his mother was Minerva Lespier, a Puerto Rican. Calvo worked in Spain, Italy, and Mexico appearin ...

as Teniente Martín Cerezo * José Nieto as Capitán Enrique de las Morenas *Guillermo Marín as Doctor Rogelio Vigil *

Manolo Morán Manolo Morán (30 December 1905, in Madrid – 27 April 1967, in Alicante) was a Spanish film actor. Selected filmography * ''Carmen fra i rossi'' (1939) - Il capitano Salmeron * ''El huésped del sevillano'' (1940) * '' The Unloved Woman'' ( ...

as Pedro Vila *Juan Calvo as Cabo Olivares *

Fernando Rey Fernando Casado Arambillet (La Coruña (Spain), 20 September 1917 – Madrid (Spain), 9 March 1994), best known as Fernando Rey, was a Spanish film, theatre, and television actor, who worked in both Europe and the United States. A suave, i ...

as Juan Chamizo *Manuel Kayser as Fray Cándido *Carlos Muñoz as Santamaría *José Miguel Rupert as Moisés *Pablo Álvarez Rubio as Herrero, el desertor *

Nani Fernández Juana "Nani" Fernández Ruiz (22 February 1923 – 9 November 1960) was a Spanish film actress.Coira p.188 Selected filmography * '' Lola Leaves for the Ports'' (1947) * '' Ninety Minutes'' (1949) * '' Wings of Youth'' (1949) * ''A Tale of Two V ...

as Tala *Emilio Ruiz de Córdoba as El Correo *César Guzmán as Jesús García Quijano *Alfonso de Horna as Marquiado *Manuel Arbó as Gómez Ortiz *

Tony Leblanc Ignacio Fernández Sánchez (7 May 1922 – 24 November 2012) better known as Tony Leblanc was a Spanish actor, director, and comedian. Biography Tony Leblanc was born on the grounds of the Museo del Prado at Madrid, where his family lived ...

as military courier, in his first role with dialogue in a film

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Los últimos de Filipinas Website
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