Last Stand in the Philippines

Last Stand in the Philippines (Spanish: Los últimos de Filipinas) is a 1945 Spanish biographical war film directed by Antonio Román.^[1] 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.^[2][3]

Last Stand in the Philippines
Directed by	Antonio Román
Written by	Pedro de Juan Antonio Román
Starring	Armando Calvo José Nieto Fernando Rey Guillermo Marín Manolo Morán Conrado San Martín Tony Leblanc Nani Fernández
Cinematography	Heinrich Gärtner
Edited by	Bienvenida Sanz
Music by	Manuel Parada
Release date	1945 (1945)
Running time	99 minutes
Country	Spain
Language	Spanish

The movie theme song "Yo te diré [es]", composed by Llovet (lyrics) and Jorge Halpern (music), became very popular. It was lip synced by actress Nani Fernández and sung by Maria Teresa Valcárcel.^[4]

Background

Main article: Siege of Baler

"The Last Ones of the Philippines" is the name given to the Spanish soldiers who fought in the Siege of Baler against Filipino revolutionaries and against the US Army during the Spanish–American War (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.

Cast

• Armando Calvo^[2] as Teniente Martín Cerezo
• José Nieto^[2] as Capitán Enrique de las Morenas
• Guillermo Marín^[2] as Doctor Rogelio Vigil
• Manolo Morán^[2] as Pedro Vila
• Juan Calvo^[5] as Cabo Olivares
• Fernando Rey^[2] as Juan Chamizo
• Manuel Kayser^[2] as Fray Cándido
• Carlos Muñoz^[2] as Santamaría
• José Miguel Rupert^[5] as Moisés
• Pablo Álvarez Rubio^[5] as Herrero, el desertor
• Nani Fernández^[2] as Tala
• Emilio Ruiz de Córdoba^[5] as El Correo
• César Guzmán^[5] as Jesús García Quijano
• Alfonso de Horna^[5] as Marquiado
• Manuel Arbó^[5] as Gómez Ortiz
• Tony Leblanc as military courier, in his first role with dialogue in a film^[6][5]

See also

• Baler - A 2008 Philippine film.
• 1898, Our Last Men in the Philippines - A 2016 Spanish film.