The film is based on the novel (of the same name) by the Chilean writer Francisco Coloane, and on the chronicles of the Romanian engineer Julius Popper, a nationalized Argentine and one of the principle actors in the genocide of the Selk'nam, one of the indigenous peoples who inhabited the Tierra del Fuego Archipelago.

Cast:Ornella Muti, Tamara Acosta, Nelson Villagra, Álvaro Rudolphy, Nancho Novo, Luis Alarcón,

Genre:Drama,

country:Chile, Spain, Italy,

Production:Castelao Productions,