Peter de Kock is a Dutch

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and

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. He studied at the Film academy in

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and worked as a

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on many films and documentaries. De Kock made his directorial debut with the film ''

The Hands of Che Guevara ''The Hands of Che Guevara'' (Dutch: ''De handen van Che Guevara''; Spanish: ''Las manos de Che Guevara'') is a 2006 documentary film made by Dutch film director Peter de Kock. The documentary is a search for the severed hands of the Latin America ...

'', a documentary about the severed hands of the Latin American guerrilla fighter

Ernesto Che Guevara Ernesto Che Guevara (; 14 June 1928The date of birth recorded on /upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/78/Ernesto_Guevara_Acta_de_Nacimiento.jpg his birth certificatewas 14 June 1928, although one tertiary source, (Julia Constenla, quoted ...

that were put in a jar of

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and disappeared from public view. The film was a success at many international film festivals.

Filmography

Cinematographer

*''Loenatik'' (1997) *''Stephan Lorant, A man in pictures'' (1997) *''

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, Proud to be an asshole from el Paso'' (2001) *''Planet Kamagurka'' (2004) *''John Callahan, Touch me someplace I can feel'' (1990)

Director

*''

'' (2006)

External links

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Official websiteThe Hands of Che Guevara film website
1967 births Living people Dutch cinematographers Dutch film directors Dutch film producers People from Maastricht {{Netherlands-bio-stub