1973, Santiago de Chile. General Augusto Pinochet takes power overthrowing president Salvador Allende. People are woken up in the middle of the night, dissidents are killed or taken to prison camps. Invisible Heroes tells the true story of Tapin Brotherus, the young Finnish chargé d’affaires who rescued more than 2,000 Chileans from imprisonment, torture, and execution.
Fiction
Series
Chile & Finland
Adults
Invisble Heroes
Fiction | Drama, Political & Social | 6x45`
BROADCASTER
YLE
DIRECTOR
Mika Kurvinen & Alicia Scherson
PRODUCTION COMPANY
Kaiho Republic & PAROX
leogonzalezparox@gmail.com, sergiosergiogandara@parox.cl
ORIGINAL IDEA
Jarmo Lampela
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
Leonora González & Sergio Gándara
COPRODUCER
Jarmo Lampela, Liisa Penttilä-Asikainen & Pete Eklund (Finland)
CAST
Pelle Heikkilä, Sophia Heikkilä, Ilkka Villi & Néstor Cantillana
PRODUCER
Leonora González & Sergio Gándara
SCREENPLAY
Tarja Kylma, Manuela Infante