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The Spanish Earth is a 1937 anti-fascist film made during the Spanish Civil War in support of the democratically elected Republicans, whose forces included a wide range from the political left like communists, socialists, anarchists, to moderates like centrists, and liberalist elements.
The Spanish Earth: Directed by Joris Ivens. With Enrique Lister, Carlos Romero Giménez, José Díaz, Gustav Regler. A documentary showing the struggle of the Spanish Republican government against a rebellion by ultra-right-wing forces led by Gen. Francisco Franco and backed by Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy.
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- Documentary, War
- Joris Ivens
- 1937-08-20
May 5, 2020 · ENGLISH • Propaganda film made during the Spanish Civil War in support of the democratically elected Republicans, whose forces included a wide range from the political left like communists, socialists, anarchists, to moderates like centrists, and liberalist elements.
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The scene is from the 1937 film The Spanish Earth, an important visual document of the Spanish Civil War and a rare record of the famous writer’s voice. Hemingway went to Spain in the spring of 1937 to report on the war for the North American Newspaper Alliance (NANA), but spent a good deal of time working on the film.
This documentary film uses footage of war and glimpses of rural Spanish life in its portrayal of the struggle of the Spanish Republican government against a rebellion by right-wing forces...
- 54 min
- 15.2K
- Nuclear Vault
The Spanish Earth. Rent The Spanish Earth on Prime Video, or buy it on Prime Video. A chronicle of the longtime Loyalist struggle against the scourge of fascism.
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- Documentary
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The resulting film, The Spanish Earth (1937), is a double documentary, depicting up close and personal the war's death and destruction, and the Spanish people's efforts to turn seized lands into communities, but also epitomizing the openly engaged convictions of the American left with the immediacy and urgency of a front-line dispatch from a ...
