73SSIFF - 19/27 September 2025
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The Spanish Earth

Joris Ivens
USA      52 m.
Synopsis

Funded with 2,000 dollars and made by Joris Ivens, the documentary portrays the Spanish Civil War conflict from the point of view of the militia and the peasants’ movement. It enjoyed the participation of Lillian Hellman (not credited), Ernest Hemingway, John Dos Passos, Orson Welles and Jean Renoir.

Director
Joris Ivens (USA)
Production
Contemporary Historians Inc.
Featuring
Enrique Lister, Carlos Romero Giménez, José Díaz, Gustav Regler, Dolores Ibárruri, Manuel Azaña
Country
USA
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