The Old Memory (1979)
"La vieja memoria" (original title)

Director:

Jaime Camino

Writers:

Jaime Camino, Román Gubern

Stars:

Diego Abad de Santillán, Francesc Benages, Eduardo de Guzmán

1 win.

Cast

Credited cast:
Diego Abad de Santillán	...	Himself
Francesc Benages	...	Himself
Eduardo de Guzmán	...	Himself
José Luis de Vilallonga	...	Himself
Federico Escofet	...	Himself
Raimundo Fernández Cuesta	...	Himself
Ramón Fernández Jurado	...	Himself
Fernando García Teresa	...	Himself
Julián Gorkin	...	Himself
Dolores Ibárruri	...	Herself
David Jato	...	Himself
Enrique Lister	...	Himself
Jaume Miravitlles	...	Himself
Federica Montseny	...	Herself
Maria Rovira	...	Herself

Storyline

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Genres:

Documentary

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Details

Country:

Spain

Language:

Spanish

Release Date:

13 March 1979 (Spain)

Also Known As:

The Old Memory

Company Credits

Production Co:

Profilmes

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

User Reviews

A classical documentary about Spanish Civil War

This is an excellent interviewees-film about the opinions and memories of the different participants (winners and losers) of the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). According to the classical documentary format -which in a way I imagine this film help to fix-, it collect the facts that took place above all in Barcelona at the very beginnings of the war, and the montage is made in a way that you can see a fictitious dialogue between politicians of different parties and wings. The historical truth is, of course, impossible to seize and eventually you keep the impression that reality itself escapes from you. No fiction picture can do the same as well as the good documentary ones, including "Roger and me" (Michel Moore,1989), "Hotel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie" (Marcel Ophuls, 1989) or the films by Fred Wiseman. I must say that the length of the film (around 4 hours) is similar to some of them. And every part of it it's as exciting and informative as the best, I can assure you!