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Evita Peron

Year:

1981

Duration:

USA:200 min

Genres:

Drama | History

IMDB rate:

6.4

Director:

Marvin J. Chomsky

Awards:

Won Primetime Emmy. Another 3 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1981-02-23

Cast

Actor

Character

Michael Constantine

Faye Dunaway

Evita Peron

James Farentino

Juan Peron

Pedro Armendáriz Jr.

Cypriano Reyes (as Pedro Armendariz Jr.)

Signe Hasso

Fedora

Katy Jurado

Doña Juana

Jeremy Kemp

German Official

John Van Dreelen

Capt. von Weber

Robert Viharo

Juan Duarte

Kai Wulff

Lt. Frick

Rita Moreno

Renata Riguel

José Ferrer

Agustin Magaldi

Peter Bromilow

Capt. Gayado

Jon Cypher

Col. Imbert

Severn Darden

Alfredo Suero

Ferdy Mayne

Saffici

Carmen Armendáriz

Girl in Junin (as Carmen Armendariz)

Bill Baldwin

Radio Announcer

Barbara Allyne Bennet

Woman 'A'

DeVeren Bookwalter

Peron's Aide

Tony Brande

Tomasso

Henry Brandon

General Ramirez

Argentina Brunetti

Old Woman

Joan Crosby

Second Actress

Molly Dodd

Woman at Opera

Roberto Dumond

Colonel Velazco

Carlos East

Priest in Junin

Eugene Elman

Groiseman

Jacqueline Evans

Senora Duarte

Paul Gale

Peron's Aide #3

George Gaynes

Evita's Doctor

Virginia Gregg

Radio Actress

Peter Hellman

Second Fugitive

Barbara De Hubp

Isabel Ernst

Mallie Jackson

Pirana

Curt Lowens

First Fugitive

Charles Lucia

Robert Alderton

Derrick Lynn-Thomas

Husband at Opera

Marvin Miller

Radio Actor

Barbara Pilavin

First Actress

Star Herrmann

Anita (as Starr Roman)

Johnny Silver

Stage Manager

Allison Smith

Evita as a Girl

Mark Thomas

Man

Cicely Walper

Dona Alvarez

Stew Wilensky

Colonel Mercante

Jon Garrison Clark

Diplomat (uncredited)

Kevin Kersey

Paper Boy (uncredited)

Mario Licu

German Mail Clerk (uncredited)

Steve Roth

(uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

While released in the United States by CBS as a four hour television miniseries, Paramount later had the film re-edited into a two hour feature for theatrical release internationally.

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Rita Moreno's character of Renata Riguel is based on the famous Argentine actress/singer Libertad Lamarque, who was rumored to have been at war with the real Eva Perón back when the latter pursued an acting career in the early to mid 1940s. Lamarque later went into self-imposed exile in Mexico after Eva became the First Lady of Argentina in 1945.

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Goofs

The cities of Junin and Chivilcoy are located in the Pampas, a sprawling flatland located in the center of Argentina, so they wouldn't be surrounded by large mountains and hills as portrayed in the prologue of the film.

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Juan Peron's regime did not endorse any anti-Semitic riots, nor was Peron himself anti-Semitic. In fact, Eva's foundation sent a substantial amount of money to aid the formation of Israel in 1948, and it was under Peron's regime Argentine Jews were allowed to run for political office and some of his highest ranking cabinet members were Jewish.

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Eva Peron never did anything similar to dismantling the Sociedad de Beneficencia and jailing its members. She simply started her own foundation that proved to be more productive than the former organization, which lead to its eventual closure.

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