Tag: franco regime (francoism)

  • Redondela

    4,000 tons of oil have been stolen from a Galician deposit. The alleged thieves are defended by the lawyer Ramos, but the witnesses die and suspicions point to Franco’s brother.

  • The Things of Love

    In 1940’s Madrid. Juan plays piano for Pepita and her on-stage partner Mario. Although Mario really wants to steal Juan for himself, Juan is not interested and Mario resorts to a string of lovers as consolation. When he loves (and leaves) a young nobleman, the young man wants revenge.

  • Land and Freedom

    David Carr is a British Communist who is unemployed. In 1936, when the Spanish Civil War begins, he decides to fight for the Republican side, a coalition of liberals, communists and anarchists, so he joins the POUM militia and witnesses firsthand the betrayal of the Spanish revolution by Stalin’s followers and Moscow’s orders.

  • Pan’s Labyrinth

    Living with her tyrannical stepfather in a new home with her pregnant mother, 10-year-old Ofelia feels alone until she explores a decaying labyrinth guarded by a mysterious faun who claims to know her destiny. If she wishes to return to her real father, Ofelia must complete three terrifying tasks.

  • Painless

    While searching for a solution to his serious health condition, David, a renowned neurosurgeon, discovers a sinister secret hidden in the past.

  • In Battle Against the Enemy of the World: German Volunteers in Spain

    Nazi propaganda film about the Condor Legion, a unit of German “volunteers” who fought in the Spanish Civil War on the side of eventual dictator Francisco Franco against the elected government of Spain.