The Spanish Earth

6.7 1937 53 min
Documentary

Joris Ivens’s advocacy documentary for the Republican cause intercuts a besieged Madrid with a nearby village digging an irrigation canal, linking the war to bread, land, and survival. Produced by the writers’ collectiv…

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Director
Joris Ivens
Writers
Prudencio de Pereda, John Dos Passos, Lillian Hellman, Archibald Macleish, Ernest Hemingway, Joris Ivens

Cast

The cast behind this title

Manuel Azaña Himself (President of Spain)
José Díaz Himself (Parliamentarian)
Dolores Ibárruri Herself
Enrique Lister Himself (Republican Army)
Commander Martinez de Aragón Himself (Republican Army)
Gustav Regler Himself (German writer)
Orson Welles Narrator (voice)
Ernest Hemingway Narrator (voice)
Jean Renoir Narrator (voice)

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