The Man Who Was There

The Spanish journalist Manuel Chaves Nogales (1897-1944) was always there where the news broke out: in the fratricidal Spain of 1936, in Bolshevik Russia, in Fascist Italy, in Nazi Germany, in occupied Paris or in the bombed London of World War II; because his job was to walk, see and tell stories, and thus fight against tyrants, at a time when it was necessary to take sides in order not to be left alone; but he, a man of integrity to the bitter end, never did so.

• Daniel SuberviolaDirector
• Daniel SuberviolaWriter
• Luis Felipe TorrenteDirector
• Luis Felipe TorrenteWriter
• José Manuel DuqueOriginal Music Composer

• Luis CamachoLaboratory Technician
• Rafael DíazTypographer
• Eduardo EstradaRadio Broadcaster (voice)
• Ramón Soria BreñaManuel Chaves Nogales
• Clara Irina TorrenteYoung Pilar Chaves Jones
• Diego de la SernaSelf - Narrator (voice)
• Pilar Chaves JonesSelf - Daughter
• María Isabel CintasSelf - Biographer
• Jorge Martínez ReverteSelf - Journalist
• Antonio Muñoz MolinaSelf - Writer
• Andrés TrapielloSelf - Writer
• Niceto Alcalá-ZamoraSelf - Politician (archive footage)