The Spanish EarthMovie
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’ collective Contemporary Historians, edited by Helen van Dongen, scored by Marc Blitzstein, and narrated in its U.S. version by Ernest Hemingway (after an initial Orson Welles track), it blends frontline reportage with persuasion against Franco’s forces and their German–Italian backers.
About The Spanish Earth
The Spanish Earth is a 1937 documentary movie directed by Joris Ivens.
The production information lists a runtime of 53m, production credits from United States of America, an original language code of EN.
The credited cast includes Manuel Azaña, José Díaz, Dolores Ibárruri, Enrique Lister. The synopsis above summarizes the central premise without adding details beyond the available title information.
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