The kingdom of Hatun Colla is invaded by an army of Spanish conquistadors who destroy the villages and kill Chief Calicuma and his wife Nitaya. Amid the chaos, the priest Huillac Huma saves Princess Wara Wara and hides her in a cave in the mountains, while he prepares an army to fight the conquistadors. Captain Tristán de la Vega and a small troop of Spaniards kidnap the princess; the captain manages to defend her, but is wounded in battle. To compensate, Wara Wara takes care of him. They fall in love and plan a life together, but the priest Huillac Huma prefers a dead princess to a traitor.
José María Velasco Maidana
Composer, filmmaker, actor, painter, and dancer, born in Sucre (Bolivia) in 1896 and died in Houston (United States) in 1989. He studied Composition and Conducting at the Fontonva Conservatory in Buenos Aires (Argentina) and created several musicals and ballets before beginning his film career. In 1925, he directed the short film ‘La profecía del lago’, the same year that the first fiction film made in Bolivia was released (Pedro Sambarino's ‘Corazón Aymara’). In 1928, he founded the production company Urania Films, and his subsequent filmography includes titles like ‘Wara Wara’ (1930), the only silent feature film of Bolivarian cinema that is currently preserved, thanks to an arduous restoration process led by the L'Immagine Ritrovata laboratory at the Cineteca di Bologna, which was completed in 2010.
DIRECTOR
José María Velasco Maidana
SCREENPLAY
José María Velasco Maidana, Antonio Díaz Villamil
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Mario Camacho, José Jiménez Uria
EDITOR
Fernando Vargas Villazón
SOUND
Gustavo Navarre
MUSIC
José María Velasco Maidana, Cergio Prudencio, Alberto Villalpando, Atiliano Azuza
PRODUCTION
Pedro Susz Kohl, Verónica Córdova, Eduardo López Zavala
PRODUCTION COMPANY
Urania Films
CAST
Juanita Tallansier, Martha de Velasco, Emmo Reyes, José Velasco, Ventura Pampa, Dámaso E. Delgado, Raúl Montalvo, Eduardo Camacho
