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The Spanish Earth

Joris Ivens

1937 • 53m

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...

The Spanish Earth

Cast

Manuel AzañaHimself (President of Spain)

José DíazHimself (Parliamentarian)

Dolores Ibárruri

Dolores IbárruriHerself

Enrique ListerHimself (Republican Army)

Commander Martinez de AragónHimself (Republican Army)

Gustav ReglerHimself (German writer)

Orson Welles

Orson WellesNarrator (voice)

Ernest Hemingway

Ernest HemingwayNarrator (voice)

Jean Renoir

Jean RenoirNarrator (voice)

Crew

Joris Ivens

Joris IvensWriter

Lillian Hellman

Lillian HellmanWriter

Ernest Hemingway

Ernest HemingwayWriter

John Fernhout

John FernhoutDirector of Photography

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