The Spanish Earth

The Spanish Earth (1937)

6.7 53 min Movie
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’ 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.

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Cast

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

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