Oscar Arias: Without a Shot Fired

Synopsis

This is the story of a tiny country that made a decision to do something that no other country had ever done -- it decided to abolish its army and declare peace to the world. And this is the story of a young boy who grew up in that country, and how he ended up challenging -- and sometimes even convincing -- the greatest powers in the world to follow Costa Rica's example. "Oscar Arias: Without a Shot Fired" is a Don Quixote-like saga with great historical touchstones -- Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev, Cold War politics and Communism, Central American War and Peace. It follows a slight, academic, and most unlikely hero over the course of more than fifty years, as he travels the world in a quest to stop the spread of the weapons of war. In the end, it is a story about the triumph of reason, of the sparrow triumphing over the eagle, and how the impossible dream can sometimes come true.

Main Cast

Oscar Arias

Himself

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Maria Pretiz

Narrator

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Tom Brokaw

Himself

Age : 84 | Popularity : 7%

Mikhail Gorbachev

Himself

Age : 93 | Popularity : 10%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Sound	Sound Designer	Giacomo Buonafina
	Musician	Maria Pretiz
Directing	Director	Dawn Gifford Engle
Writing	Writer	Dawn Gifford Engle
Camera	Director of Photography	Ivan Suvanjieff
Production	Executive Producer	Ivan Suvanjieff
	Producer	Jacque Gellein Rip Gellein
Editing	Editor	Zabe Holloway
Department	Role	Name

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