I Am Alive: Surviving the Andes Plane Crash

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Directed byBrad Osborne
Production companyAMS Pictures
I Am Alive: Surviving the Andes Plane Crash
Directed byBrad Osborne
StarringNando Parrado
Roberto Canessa
Production
Production companyAMS Pictures
Original release
NetworkHistory Channel
ReleaseOctober 20, 2010 (2010-10-20)

I Am Alive: Surviving the Andes Plane Crash is a 2010 television documentary recounting the tragedy of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 in the Andes mountains from the perspective of survivor Nando Parrado. It is a 2-hour special with reenactments of the October 13, 1972 crash, a deadly avalanche and the 72-day struggle for survival that followed, including details of the 60-kilometre (37 mi) trek out of the mountains by Parrado and fellow survivor Roberto Canessa. I Am Alive was produced by AMS Pictures and premiered on the History Channel on October 20, 2010. It was released for DVD on February 22, 2011.[1]

Cast

  • James Lentzsch as Nando Parrado
  • Benjamin Josse as Roberto Canessa
  • Kelly Haitz as Susy Parrado
  • Cindy Latch as Zenia Parrado
  • Vince Roberts as Carlitos Paez
  • Dorian Roberts as Eduardo Strauch
  • Everette Scott Ortiz as Gustavo Zerbino
  • Ben Keyworth as Marcelo Perez
  • Heather Child as Liliana Methol
  • Mark T. Lee as Javier Methol
  • Alfred Ramirez as Panchito Abal
  • Taylor Witt as Antonio Vizintin
  • Larry Rodriguez as Col. Julio Fernandez
  • Tim Wylie as Lt. Col. Dante Lagurara
  • Grayson Howe as Numa Turcatti
  • Daniel Cruz as Bobby Francois
  • Lico Reyes as Sergio Catalan

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