''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
Peter de Kock is a Dutch cameraman, film producer and film director, director. He studied at the Film academy in Amsterdam and worked as a director of photography on many films and documentaries. De Kock made his directorial debut with the film ''T ...
. The documentary is a search for 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 ...
.
After Guevara's execution in
Bolivia in 1967, his hands were severed from his body for purposes of identification. After fingerprints were taken, the hands, and Guevara's body, disappeared. In 1997 the body was found buried under a landing strip in Vallegrande,
Bolivia. Guevara's hands were not found in the grave, and it is not clear what became of them after his death, although some accounts indicate they were sent to Cuba by Antonio Arguedas.
The film attempts to answer the question of their location.
There is also a book of the same title. It is called ''Las Manos de Guevara (The Hands of Che Guevara)'', written by Evgenii Dolmatovskii. It was published in 1974 by Planeta.
References
External links
''Las manos del Che Guevara (2006)''*
''The Hands of Che Guevara'' film website''De handen van Che Guevara'' film website''Las manos de Che Guevara'' Sitio web*
Dutch Film of the Month: ''The Hands of Che Guevara''
2006 films
Documentary films about Che Guevara
2000s Spanish-language films
Guevara
Dutch documentary films
2006 documentary films
2006 directorial debut films
Guevara, Che hands
2000s English-language films
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