The Spanish Earth (1937)
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. Director:Joris IvensWriters:Ernest Hemingway (English narration) (part two), John Dos Passos (English narration) (part one), and 4 more credits » |
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Manuel Azaña | ... |
Himself (President of Spain)
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José Díaz | ... |
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Dolores Ibárruri | ... |
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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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Narrator (English version) (later replaced by Ernest Hemingway)
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This documentary tells of the struggles during the Spanish Civil War. It deals with the war at different levels: from the political level, at the ground military level focusing on battles in Madrid and the road from Madrid to Valencia, and at the support level. With the latter, a key project was building an irrigation system for an agricultural field near Fuentedueña so that food could be grown to feed the soldiers. Written by Huggo
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It has been reported that twenty-year-old Orson Welles recorded the commentary written by Ernest Hemingway and receives on-screen credit, but that Hemingway decided to use his own voice instead. It is not clear which version of the film uses Hemingway's voice; the most common print does use the more cultured voice of Welles, which seemed jarring to members of the Contemporary Historians (Herman Shumlin, Lillian Hellman and Dorothy Parker), who produced the movie. See more »
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