Last Stand in the Philippines

{{short description|1945 Spanish war film directed by Antonio Román}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Last Stand in the Philippines

| image =

| caption =

| director = Antonio Román

| producer =

| writer = Pedro de Juan
Antonio Román

| narrator =

| starring = Armando Calvo
José Nieto
Fernando Rey
Guillermo Marín
Manolo Morán
Conrado San Martín
Tony Leblanc
Nani Fernández

| music = Manuel Parada

| cinematography = Heinrich Gärtner

| editing = Bienvenida Sanz

| distributor =

| released = {{Film date|1945}}

| runtime = 99 minutes

| country = Spain

| language = Spanish

| budget =

}}

Last Stand in the Philippines ({{Langx|es|Los últimos de Filipinas}}) is a 1945 Spanish biographical war film directed by Antonio Román.{{Cite web |last=Rosenbaum |first=Jonathan |date=1985-10-26 |title=The Last Stand in the Philippines |url=http://chicagoreader.com/film/the-last-stand-in-the-philippines/ |access-date=2023-01-03 |website=Chicago Reader |language=en-US}} It is based on a radio script by Enrique Llovet, Los Héroes de Baler, and novel, El Fuerte de Baler, by Enrique Alfonso Barcones and Rafael Sánchez Campoy.{{Cite web |title=Los últimos de Filipinas |url=https://sede.mcu.gob.es/CatalogoICAA/en-us/Peliculas/Detalle?Pelicula=272550 |access-date=2023-01-03 |website=IACC - Catálogo de Cine Español}}{{Cite web |last=Colmeiro |first=José F. |title=Nostalgia colonial y la construcción del nuevo orden en los últimos de filipinas. Actas XIII congreso AIH |trans-title=Colonial nostalgia and the construction of the new order in the last days of the Philippines. XIII AIH congress acts |url=https://cvc.cervantes.es/literatura/aih/pdf/13/aih_13_4_034.pdf |access-date=2023-01-03 |website=Centro Virtual Cervantes |language=es}}

The movie theme song "{{Ill|Yo te diré|es}}", composed by Llovet (lyrics) and Jorge Halpern (music), became very popular. It was lip synced by actress Nani Fernández and sung by Maria Teresa Valcárcel.{{Cite book |last=Coira |first=Pepe |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1qmb1AKTsYoC&pg=PA105 |title=Antonio Román: un cineasta de la posguerra |date=2004 |publisher=Editorial Complutense |isbn=978-84-7491-775-8 |pages=105 |language=es}}

Background

"The Last Ones of the Philippines" is the name given to the Spanish soldiers who fought in the Siege of Baler against Filipino revolutionaries and against the US Army during the Spanish–American War (in Spain also called "The Disaster of 98").

The siege of Baler lasted from 1 July 1898 to 2 June 1899. During these 11 months, the Spaniards were isolated in a church that became their fortified position. The Spanish troops were a small garrison of 50 soldiers from the "2º de Cazadores" under the charge of Lieutenant D. Juan Alonso Zayas. They faced approximately 800 rebel soldiers. The Spanish soldiers fortified the church and resisted the constant attacks of the rebels for 11 months without provisions and unknowing that the war had ended in December 1898.

Cast

Armando Calvo as Teniente Martín Cerezo
José Nieto as Capitán Enrique de las Morenas
Guillermo Marín as Doctor Rogelio Vigil
Manolo Morán as Pedro Vila
Juan Calvo as Cabo Olivares
Fernando Rey as Juan Chamizo
Manuel Kayser as Fray Cándido
Carlos Muñoz as Santamaría
José Miguel Rupert{{Cite web |title=Los últimos de filipinas |url=https://www.malagafilmoffice.com/en/rodaje/los-ultimos-de-filipinas/ |access-date=2023-01-04 |website=Málaga Film Office |language=en-GB}} as Moisés
Pablo Álvarez Rubio as Herrero, el desertor
Nani Fernández as Tala
Emilio Ruiz de Córdoba as El Correo
César Guzmán as Jesús García Quijano
Alfonso de Horna as Marquiado
Manuel Arbó as Gómez Ortiz
Tony Leblanc as military courier, in his first role with dialogue in a film{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2022-05-11 |title=Documentos RNE. Tony Leblanc, una vida en órbita |url=https://www.rtve.es/television/20220511/tony-leblanc-vida-orbita/2347781.shtml |access-date=2023-01-04 |website=RTVE.es |language=es}}