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Allende en su laberinto

2014 film by Miguel Littín

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 7, 2026
Entity authorityQ19516138 ↗
Source-derived summary

Allende en su laberinto (lit. 'Allende in his labyrinth') is a 2014 Chilean film directed by Miguel Littín. The film is a fictional account of the events in the Palacio de la Moneda in Santiago de Chile and the last hours of life of President Salvador Allende during the 1973 Chilean coup d'état.

The film has been screened in Chile and in Venezuela. The film also won the historical miniseries category of the Television National Fund in Chile, gaining approval to be aired as a television series.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Allende en su laberinto” is 2014 film by Miguel Littín. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Allende, laberinto and film, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA productive route into publication, performance and collection histories when the underlying object or edition remains clearly identified. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2014, 1973—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2014. For this dossier, Allende, laberinto and film is the immediate research focus.
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Why this record matters

The phrase “2014 film by Miguel Littín” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

Evidence profile

Attribution, date and provenance are strongest when supported by the original work, a catalogue record and documented transmission. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 7, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q19516138. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2014 and 1973.

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This entry incorporates text from “Allende en su laberinto” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.