The Philippines, 1898, during the Spanish-American War. Fifty Spanish soldiers guarding the outpost established in the small village of Baler endure the cruel siege of the Filipino rebels for eleven months, although the war is almost lost…
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Armando Calvo
Lt. Martín Cerezo
José Nieto
Cpt. Enrique de las Morenas
Guillermo Marín
Doctor Rogelio Vigil
Fernando Rey
Juan Chamizo
Carlos Muñoz Arosa
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Tala
Manuel Kayser
Fray Cándido
Manuel Arbó
Gómez Ortiz
Manolo Morán
Corporal Pedro Vila
Adriano Domínguez
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