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El tren de la memoria (2005)

Josefina's personal journey back to Nuremberg, Germany, where she arrived as an immigrant from Spain being only 18, along with other 2 million Spaniards who left to Europe in order to find a future.
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Josefina Cembrero Josefina Cembrero ... Self
Leonor Mediavilla Leonor Mediavilla ... Self
Victoria Toro Victoria Toro ... Self
Josefina Pérez Josefina Pérez ... Self
Pedro Serrano Pedro Serrano ... Self
Virginia Serrano Virginia Serrano ... Self
José Luis Leal José Luis Leal ... Self
Juan Chacón Juan Chacón ... Self
Heinz Saidel Heinz Saidel ... Self
Hans Peter Steber Hans Peter Steber ... Self
Hedi Stoinski Hedi Stoinski ... Self
Álvaro Rengifo Álvaro Rengifo ... Self
Victor Gano Victor Gano ... Self
Fernando Reinlein Fernando Reinlein
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Spain, 1960's. Two million Spaniards leave the country forced by need. Destination: France, Germany, Switzerland and The Neederlands. Half of them are illegal immigrants who travel without a contract of employment. 80% of them are illiterate. They have to face the wall of different language and habits. Spain, at present: other people in need knock on the doors of a prosperous nation. Almost nobody remembers the story. Josefina does. She keeps memory alive by her travel in the memory train. Destination: Nuremberg, Germany. Written by Producciones La Iguana s.l. (es)

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The testimony of the fogotten
27 October 2012 | by sara-martin-1See all my reviews

Even though Spain has received hundreds of thousands of migrants, if not millions, from Africa and South America in the last two decades, there's very little exploration of the time when Spaniards themselves migrated massively to European nations like France, Great Britain, Switzerland and Germany. Now when the best educated youth are packing to migrate due to the long crisis is the right time to recall the experiences of the uneducated ones that left in the 1960s and 1970s in trains, packed like cattle. This documentary narrates the story of one of them, a woman who left Castille for Nuremberg. The film is a heart-breaking testimonial not only of her sad adventure but also of that of thousands of Spaniards ruthlessly exploited to support the German miracle. Absolutely worth watching particularly if you live in Spain and are one of those packing right now. Or one of those who pretend that under Franco all was well.


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German | Spanish

Release Date:

27 April 2005 (Spain) See more »

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O Trem da Memória See more »

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Madrid, Spain See more »

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EUR480,800 (estimated)
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1.66 : 1
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