1898, Our Last Men in the Philippines

1898, Our Last Men in the Philippines
Film poster
Spanish1898: Los últimos de Filipinas
Directed bySalvador Calvo
Written byAlejandro Hernández
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyAlex Catalán
Edited byJaime Colis
Music byRoque Baños
Production
companies
13 TV
CIPI Cinematografica S.A.
Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales
Televisión Española
Distributed byFilm Factory Entertainment
Sony Pictures España
Release date
  • 2 December 2016 (2016-12-02)
Running time
129 minutes
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish
Box office€1.8 million[1]

1898, Our Last Men in the Philippines (Spanish: 1898, Los últimos de Filipinas) is a 2016 Spanish war drama film directed by Salvador Calvo.[2] The film depicts the Siege of Baler from 1898 to 1899, where 54 Spanish soldiers defended themselves in the San Luis Obispo de Tolosa church against Philippine revolutionaries.[3] It was shortlisted as one of the three films to be selected as the potential Spanish submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards.[4] However, it was not selected, with Summer 1993 being selected as the Spanish entry.[5]

  1. ^ "1898: los últimos de Filipinas". Catálogo de Cinespañol. ICAA. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
  2. ^ Holland, Jonathan (12 December 2016). "'1898, Our Last Men in the Philippines' ('1898, Los Ultimos de Filipinas'): Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
  3. ^ Cabana, Ysh (1 May 2017). "Requiem for an Empire - Review of "1898: Los Ultimos de Filipinas" (2016)". HuffPost. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
  4. ^ "Películas españolas finalistas para luchar por el Óscar 2018: "Verano 1993", "Abracadabra" Y "1898. Los últimos de Filipinas"". El Blog de Cine Español (in Spanish). 17 August 2017. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
  5. ^ Keslassy, Elsa (7 September 2017). "Spain Sends Carla Simon's feature debut 'Summer 1993' to Foreign-Language Oscar Race". Variety. Penske Business Media, LLC. Retrieved 7 September 2017.