Cerro Cora (film)

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Cerro Cora
Directed by Guillermo Vera
Written byLadislao González
Guillermo Vera
StarringRoberto De Felice
Rosa Ros
Pedro Ignacio Aceval
CinematographyOsvaldo Paradiso
Edited byEduardo Cascales
Víctor Villarreal
Music byÓscar Cardozo Ocampo
Felipe Sosa
Release date
  • 1978 (1978)
CountryParaguay
Languages Spanish
Guarani

Cerro Cora is a 1978 Paraguayan epic war film set during the last days of the Paraguayan War.

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