The Man Who Was There

The story

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.

Cast & crew

Luis Camacho

Luis CamachoLaboratory Technician

Rafael Díaz

Rafael DíazTypographer

Eduardo Estrada

Eduardo EstradaRadio Broadcaster (voice)

Ramón Soria Breña

Ramón Soria BreñaManuel Chaves Nogales

Clara Irina Torrente

Clara Irina TorrenteYoung Pilar Chaves Jones

Diego de la Serna

Diego de la SernaSelf - Narrator (voice)

Pilar Chaves Jones

Pilar Chaves JonesSelf - Daughter

María Isabel Cintas

María Isabel CintasSelf - Biographer

Jorge Martínez Reverte

Jorge Martínez ReverteSelf - Journalist

Antonio Muñoz MolinaSelf - Writer

Andrés Trapiello

Andrés TrapielloSelf - Writer

Niceto Alcalá-Zamora

Niceto Alcalá-ZamoraSelf - Politician (archive footage)