Product Details

• Actors: Juan Guzmán
• Directors: Elizabeth Farnsworth, Patricio Lanfranco
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC, Widescreen
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: PBS
• DVD Release Date: November 11, 2008
• Run Time: 90 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B001F0IPKQ
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #162,433 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• Learn more about "POV: The Judge and the General" on IMDb

Editorial Reviews

When in 1998 Chilean judge Juan Guzmán was assigned the first criminal cases against the country's ex-dictator, General Augusto Pinochet, no one expected much. Guzmán had supported Pinochet's 1973 coup that left the democratically elected president, Salvador Allende, and thousands of others dead.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding documentary November 24, 2012

By Burr Heneman

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The Judge and the General is one of the best documentaries I've ever seen, and one of the very few I've bought.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Exceptional and informative May 15, 2012

By William Kendall

Format:Amazon Instant Video

Outstanding documentary. I was fascinated by the journey Guzman takes from being a conservative who had welcomed in Pinochet back in the day, to pursuing the case against the dictator. The documentary will disturb you, but it's essential viewing. More chilling, I think, then the footage of bodies unearthed, is the blind devotion of those who still regard Pinochet as a great man. The man himself was by all accounts a despicable sociopath, and he's more then earned his place in hell. It's interesting to see Guzman, a decent man, as he comes to terms with this dark period in his country's history and pursues justice.

7 of 12 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Good Documentary March 19, 2010

By H. Chacon

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As a native from Chile, I was too young to know what ever happend back in the 70's and then again near the 90's.
This DVD was very informative and entertaining.