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Noel Buckner (writer)
Mary Dore (writer)
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Ruth Davidow
Colleen Dewhurst ... La Pasionaria (voice)
John Houseman
Studs Terkel ... Narrator (voice)
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The Good Fight (USA) (short title)
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8 out of 11 people found the following review useful.
A fascinating and important film of the Spanish Civil War, 8 November 1999
Author: Brendan3 from New York City

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.

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