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The Spanish Earth

66 %|Jul 10, 1937|Documentary

A propaganda film made during the Spanish Civil War in support of the Republican government against the rebellion by Gen. Francisco Franco's forces who were backed by Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy. The film would have been seen by those making it as a documentary.

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Prudencio de Pereda
Writer
John Dos Passos
Writer
Archibald Macleish
Writer
Ernest Hemingway
Writer
Joris Ivens
Director
Joris Ivens
Writer
Lillian Hellman
Writer
Helen van Dongen
Editor

Cast

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Manuel Azaña
Himself (President of Spain)
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José Díaz
Himself (Parliamentarian)
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Enrique Lister
Himself (Republican Army)
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Commander Martinez de Aragón
Himself (Republican Army)
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Gustav Regler
Himself (German writer)
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Orson Welles
Narrator (voice)
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Ernest Hemingway
Narrator (voice)
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Jean Renoir
Narrator (voice)