The Spanish Earth
Directed by
Joris Ivensâs 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 writersâ 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 Francoâs forces and their GermanâItalian backers.
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Cast
Manuel Azaña
Himself (President of Spain)
JosĂ© DĂaz
Himself (Parliamentarian)
Dolores IbĂĄrruri
Herself
Enrique Lister
Himself (Republican Army)
Commander Martinez de AragĂłn
Himself (Republican Army)
Gustav Regler
Himself (German writer)
Orson Welles
Narrator (voice)
Ernest Hemingway
Narrator (voice)
Jean Renoir
Narrator (voice)
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