The Spanish Earth

1937
Directed by Joris Ivens
Commentary by Ernest Hemingway
Photography by John Ferno
Music by Marc Blitzstein and Virgil Thomson
Narrator Orson Welles
Sound Director Irving Reis
Film Editor Helen Van Dongen

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[rwethi1]

"Communist propanda"? You don't know what you are talking about. Please finally learn from history - especially the Spanish Civil War and its backgrounds - and stop using the typical U.S.-American attitude of "knowing everything better than the rest of the world" (the way your present president does!)

[martynhanson]

You can't understand this film without knowing about the Spanish civil war and all the implications that came from it - for the rest of the world , I mean. Our 'communist propaganda' friend needs to buck up on his history. These were the days when people believed in something and not just 'how much credit can I get' to buy things I don't really need but want very, very badly.

[imkichigai]

Thank you for putting this online. I enjoyed it.

[Bronzewhaler82]

The naff music is irritating but it is interesting to hear Hemingway's voice. It's the first time i've heard it

[thingthing94]

I think of this film as a genuine piece of art, its brilliant, they should put it in colour.

[madrileno89]

cual es la cancion al principio? es muy emotiva...

[stevevandien]

@martynhanson Early in the war, Ernest Hemingway wrote to his friend Harry Sylvester that "The Spanish war is a bad war . . . and nobody is right." Hemingway of course supported the Loyalist cause early on. Ultimately, however, he criticized the Communist domination of the Loyalists as much as the Fascist Nationalists. He concluded (quite correctly, in my view) that neither side had the Spanish people's best interests at heart --

[stevevandien]

For anyone familiar with their voices, it's obvious that the narrator is Hemingway, not Welles. 

[justicenow999]

Franco may have not been a member of the Fascist Party, but he was about as close to a Fascist as one can get.

Spanish leader Franco did not enter the war on the side of Nazi Germany, however, he permitted volunteers to join the German Army

[mariopicci]

actually you forgot that was franchist against republicans... not against comunist... read better.... and ancutally fraco was surely a fascist cause if he wasn't so why hitler and mussolini would help him against republicans???.... listen to me... read better.

[jocoya]

Not all history books agree on this issue. They conflict either FFranco was or was not a fascist. Thats why some ppl believe he was a fascist while others do not. N addition, b/c some1 doesn't join a party, does not mean their conscious &/or ideology is not fascist.

[PatapaloVideo]

Yes, this is communist propaganda.... Read about this movie in the book The Breaking Point: Hemingway, dos Passos, and the Murder of Jose Robles.