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All the book-based movies and TV shows adapted by Peter Lilienthal

Peter Lilienthal is known for adapting The Insurrection, the book by Antonio Skármeta published in 2014, for cinema.
We invite you to watch, read, and vote for either the adaptation or the original, and join the debate on whether the book or the movie is better.
The Uprising. Poster of the 1980 movie and cover of the book novelization
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The Insurrection
Antonio Skármeta, 1980
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The Uprising
Peter Lilienthal, 1980

The liberation of the Anastasio Somoza regime in Nicaragua is the subject of this film. The battle for León, a city near to the capital Managua and the first liberated region, is briefly touched upon in the film.