La Esmeralda 1879 (2010)
Revolves around the naval Battle of Iquique between the Peruvian ironclad monitor 'Huáscar' and the Chilean wooden corvette 'Esmeralda'.
Top billed cast
Jaime OmeñacaArturo Prat Chacón
Fernando GodoyGrumete Wenceslao Vargas
Francisca OpazoCarmela Carvajal
Ariel MatelunaGrumete Cabrales
Víctor MonteroLieutenant Luis Uribe
Marcelo ValdiviesoLieutenant Ignacio Serrano
Marcelo TarudLieutenant Hurtado
Nicolás PobleteMidshipman Riquelme- Tauro BerasteguiMidshipman Wilson
- Cristián HidalgoHyatt
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