Cuchillos de fuego
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| Spanish | Cuchillos de fuego |
| English | Flaming Knives [1] |
| German | Todeslied der Apachen: Cuchillo, Ein roter Krieger nimmt Rache[2] |
| Directed by | Román Chalbaud |
| Written by | Chalbaud, David Suárez |
| Based on | Todo bicho de uña by Chalbaud |
| Produced by | Miguel Ángel Landa[2] |
| Starring | Miguel Ángel Landa Dora Mazzone Jonathan Montenegro |
| Cinematography | José María Hermo[3] |
| Edited by | Sergio Curiel[3] |
| Music by | Federico Ruiz[3] |
Production companies | TVE Televisión Española, Gente de Cine[1] |
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Running time | 96 minutes |
| Countries | Spain, Venezuela[1] |
| Language | Spanish |
| Box office | 11,752,817 bolívares[4] |
Cuchillos de fuego is a Venezuelan film released in 1990. It was directed by Román Chalbaud based on his theatre play Todo bicho de uña, where a young man, David, seeks revenge on his mother's rapist and murderer.[5] In the film, which is styled like a Western, a stop-motion animated children's drawing of the young David crying over his mother's body is used to tell parts of the story.[3] After searching through the Andes for ten years,[5] he kills several Apaches for his revenge.[2]
In its theatrical release it was viewed by 367,652 people.[4]
The film stars Miguel Ángel Landa, who also produced it, as well as Marisela Berti, Javier Zapata, Charles Barri, Natalia Martínez, Gabriel Fernández,[1] Dora Mazzone, Jonathan Montenegro, Gabriel Martínez,[3] and Raúl Medina.[6]
Despite being a Spanish co-production, it was not released in Spain.[6]