The Hour of the Furnaces (1968)

Original title	La hora de los hornos: Notas y testimonios sobre el neocolonialismo, la violencia y la liberación
Swedish release title	Smältugnarnas timme
International title	The Hour of the Furnaces
Alternative title	La hora de los hornos
Partial title	1. Neocolonialismo y violencia (Del 1) 2. Acta para la liberación (Del 2) 3. Violencia y liberación (Del 3) Crónica del peronismo (1945-1955) (första avsnittet i Del 2) Crónica de la resistencia (1955-1966) (andra avsnittet i Del 2) 1. Nykolonisation och våld (Del 1, svensk deltitel) 2. Handlingar för frigörelse (Del 2, svensk deltitel) 3. Våld och befrielse (Del 3, svensk deltitel)

Director	Fernando Solanas (as Fernando E. Solanas) Octavio Getino
Screenplay	Fernando Solanas (as Fernando E. Solanas) Octavio Getino Gerardo Vallejo
Producer	Fernando Solanas (as Fernando E. Solanas) Edgardo Pallero
Director of Photography	Juan Carlos Desanzo Fernando Solanas (as Fernando E. Solanas)
Music	Roberto Lar Fernando Solanas (as Fernando E. Solanas)
Film Editor	Fernando Solanas (as Fernando E. Solanas) Juan Carlos Macías Antonio Ripoll Norma Torrado
Production Mixer	Octavio Getino Fernando Solanas (as Fernando E. Solanas) Abelardo Kuschnir Aníbal Libenson
Commentary	Fernando Solanas Octavio Getino Gerardo Vallejo
Camera Operator	Fernando Solanas (as Fernando E. Solanas)
Still Photographer	Fernando Solanas (as Fernando E. Solanas)

Fernando Solanas	berättare
María de la Paz	berättare
Edgardo Suárez	berättare
Fidel Castro			(arkiv)
Ernesto "Che" Guevara			(arkiv)
Mao Zedong			(arkiv)
Juan Perón			(arkiv)
Eva Perón			(arkiv)

Production Company	Grupo Cine Liberación
	Solanas Productions
	Ager Cinematografica

Censorship number	107724
Date	1969-01-31
Classification	Allowed from age 15
Original length	2465 meters

Aspect ratio	1.37:1
Sound type	Sound
Sound system	Optical mono
Colour type	Black and white
Carrier type	35 mm
Frames per second	24
Length in minutes	260 min

				1965	1967
	Buenos Aires	Argentina

Festival showing	1968-06		Pesaro	Italy
Cinematheque screening	1968-11-01			Sweden
	1968-11-06			Sweden
	1968-12-03			Sweden
	1968-12-08			Sweden		LA HORA DE LOS HORNOS (II &III)
Release in Sweden	1969-02-06	Puck	Stockholm	Sweden	90 min	Del 1. Nykolonisation och våld
TV showing	1970-04-28	TV1		Sweden		Del 1. Nykolonisation och våld
Release in Sweden	1970-10-29	TV1		Sweden		Del 3. Våld och befrielse
Cinematheque screening	1971-11-13			Sweden		LA HORA DE LOS HORNOS (II &III)
TV showing	1973-09-12	TV1		Sweden		Del 1. Nykolonisation och våld
Release in Sweden	1973-09-19	TV1		Sweden		Del 2. Handlingar för frigörelse
TV showing	1973-09-26	TV1		Sweden		Del 3. Våld och befrielse
Cinematheque screening	1977-11-01			Sweden		LA HORA DE LOS HORNOS (II &III)
	1985-10-25			Sweden
	1985-10-29			Sweden
	1987-02-24			Sweden
	1987-02-27			Sweden
	1995-03-24		Gothenburg	Sweden
Censurbeslut	1995-06-24	Det Danske Filmmuseum	Copenhagen	Denmark
Cinematheque screening	1998-02-04	Bio Victor	Stockholm	Sweden
	1998-02-06	Sture	Stockholm	Sweden
	2002-03-14	Sture	Stockholm	Sweden	90 min
	2002-03-18	Sture	Stockholm	Sweden	90 min
Censurbeslut	2002-06-10	Suomen elokuva-arkisto vuosina (SEA)	Helsinki	Finland
Cinematheque screening	2004-03-23	Draken	Gothenburg	Sweden	90 min
	2004-03-27	Spegeln	Malmö	Sweden	90 min
	2007-02-07	Sture	Stockholm	Sweden
	2007-02-09	Sture	Stockholm	Sweden
	2007-03-24	Bio Capitol	Gothenburg	Sweden
Filmvetenskapliga institutionen	2007-04-16
	2007-11-09
	2008-04-15
Cinematheque screening	2008-11-20	Bio Victor	Stockholm	Sweden	260 min
Censurbeslut	2010-01-09
	2010-01-16
	2010-10-19
	2010-10-22
	2015-11-15
Filmvetenskapliga institutionen	2016-12-06
Censurbeslut	2018-10-19
	2018-10-28
Filmvetenskapliga institutionen	2019-05-10
	2019-12-11
Inställd visning	2020-12-09			Sweden		Filmvetenskapliga institutionen
Filmvetenskapliga institutionen	2021-12-08			Sweden
	2022-05-06		Stockholm	Sweden
	2022-12-14		Stockholm	Sweden
	2023-05-11		Stockholm	Sweden
	2023-12-20		Stockholm	Sweden

Tire dié (1960)	Cited in	The Hour of the Furnaces (1968)
Le ciel - la terre (1965)	Cited in	The Hour of the Furnaces (1968)
Maioria absoluta (1964)	Cited in	The Hour of the Furnaces (1968)

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Element type	Print
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	16 mm
Length	973

Element type	Print
Carrier type	16 mm

Element type	Print
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2438

Element type	Duplicate negative
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Duplicate positive
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Sound negative
Carrier type	16 mm

Size	About 60 x 80 cm
Quantity	1

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Language	Spanish

Script type	Dialoglista
Language	German

Script type	Dialoglista
Language	Swedish

Black and white print	set
Colour prints	No
Behind the scenes prints	No
Slides	No
Digital images	No
Negatives	No
Contact sheets	No
Album	No