The Good Fight: The Abraham Lincoln Brigade in the Spanish Civil War (1984)

User Rating:

8.8/10   

Directors:

Noel Buckner
Mary Dore

Writers:

Noel Buckner (writer)
Mary Dore (writer)

Genre:

Documentary

Tagline:

The Abraham Lincoln Brigade in the Spanish Civil War

Plot:

This documentary presents the experiences of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, using interviews with survivors more than 50 years later...

Plot Keywords:

Spanish Civil War

Cast

Ruth Davidow
Colleen Dewhurst	...	La Pasionaria (voice)
John Houseman
Studs Terkel	...	Narrator (voice)

Also Known As:

The Good Fight (USA) (short title)

Runtime:

98 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White | Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

Abraham Lincoln Brigade Film Project

A fascinating and important film of the Spanish Civil War

This is the story of The Abraham Lincoln Brigade, the American volunteer force that fought alongside the other international brigades against the fascists in 1936 Spain. The film tells the story of the young men and women who fought there using archival footage as well as interviews with surviving brigade volunteers. The story is true and the cause is greater than anything in recent history. Those that fought, fought for a fantastic cause and a beautiful dream, and their ultimate betrayal by the rest of the world is that much more tragic. This film is the best and most moving documentation of the "poets war" ever made and unfortunately, since the survivors aren't getting any younger, this is also probably the last great film to document their cause. the film informs and amazes. This was a clear conflict of good versus evil and evil prevailed. As a US veteran I only wish I could have been there with them, even though righteousness was destined to lose. That is how noble the cause was and how profound of an impact this film had on me.