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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)
Screenplay
Lillian Hellman, Archibald Macleish, John Dos Passos, Ernest Hemingway, Prudencio de Pereda, Joris Ivens, Jean Renoir
Production
Contemporary Historians Inc.
Photography
John Fernhout, Joris Ivens
Edition
Helen van Dongen
Music
Marc Blitzstein, Virgil Thomson
Sound
Irving Reis
Featuring
Enrique Lister, Carlos Romero Giménez, José Díaz, Gustav Regler, Dolores Ibárruri, Manuel Azaña
Running Time
53 m.
Country
USA
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