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Invisible Heroes

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Invisible Heroes

2019

1 Seasons

6 Episodes

7.4(7 votes)

Ended

Drama

War & Politics

Overview

Invisible Heroes tells the heroic tale of young Finnish diplomats in Chile during 1973’s infamous military coup. Finnish diplomats Tapani Brotherus and Ilkka Jaamala along with Tapani’s wife Lysa Brotherus helped over 2000 left-wing Chileans escape the military junta’s persecution. The Finns acted without official authorization while Swedish ambassador Harald Edelstam was the most visible defendant of human rights with the backing of Sweden’s Prime Minister, Olof Palme.

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Production Companies

Kaiho Republic

Chilevisión

Episodes

No episodes found for this season.

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Pelle Heikkilä

Pelle Heikkilä

Tapani Brotherus

Sophia Heikkilä

Sophia Heikkilä

Lysa Brotherus

Mikael Persbrandt

Mikael Persbrandt

Harald Edelstam

Ilkka Villi

Ilkka Villi

Ilkka Jaamala

Gastón Salgado

Gastón Salgado

Oscár

Néstor Cantillana

Néstor Cantillana

Franco Panez

Cristián Carvajal

Cristián Carvajal

Ismael Huerta

Paola Lattus

Paola Lattus

Eliana Aguilera

Aksa Korttila

Aksa Korttila

Seija Sandoval

Juan Cano

Juan Cano

Rodrigo Sandoval

Creative team

Created by: Mika Kurvinen
Alicia Scherson
Showrunner: Jarmo Lampela
Produced by: Pekka Ruohoranta
Liisa Penttilä-Asikainen

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