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The film Franco tried to destroy — his own Spanish Civil War epic!

4.8(15 votes)
1942
1h 42m
DramaHistoryWar
based on novel or bookpropagandafamily historyspanish civil war (1936-39)family relationshipsspanish–american war (1898)francoist propaganda

Overview

The troubled story of the Churruca family, a noble lineage of brave seamen, descendants of Cosme Damián Churruca, the Spanish hero of the Battle of Trafalgar; from the Spanish-American War (1898) to the end of the Spanish Civil War (1936-39). (In 1950, a new cut of the film was released with less ideological depth and ten minutes shorter.)