Film

Olaya Herrera y Eduardo Santos o de la cuna al sepulcro

1937 · Documentary

First full-length sound film made by the Acevedo Brothers, it shows the birth and childhood of Enrique Olaya Herrera, born and baptized in Guateque. It also presents the gestation and launching of the presidential candidacy of Eduardo Santos for the years 1938 to 1942. Finally there are all the ceremonies and tributes carried out since the corpse of Enrique Olaya Herrera touches Colombian soil in Buenaventura until his burial in the cemetery of Bogota. (Newspaper "El Tiempo" - Bogotá, May 29, 1937)

Enrique Olaya Herrera

Self (archival footage)

Eduardo Santos Montejo

Self (archival footage)

• Carlos SchroederDirector
• Gonzalo Acevedo BernalDirector

Release date

May 13, 1937

Status

Released

Original language

Spanish

Genres

Documentary