[2][3] The movie theme song "Yo te diré [es]", composed by Llovet (lyrics) and Jorge Halpern (music), became very popular.
It was lip synced by actress Nani Fernández and sung by Maria Teresa Valcárcel.
[4] "The Last Ones of the Philippines" is the name given to the Spanish soldiers who fought in the Siege of Baler against Filipino revolutionaries and against the US Army during the Spanish–American War (in Spain also called "The Disaster of 98").
The Spanish troops were a small garrison of 50 soldiers from the "2º de Cazadores" under the charge of Lieutenant D. Juan Alonso Zayas.
The Spanish soldiers fortified the church and resisted the constant attacks of the rebels for 11 months without provisions and unknowing that the war had ended in December 1898.