Overview
Bela Frankl, a young Hungarian, is taken prisoner by Russia during the First World War, defects to the side of the revolution and some time later, under the pseudonym Mate Zalka, becomes a famous Soviet writer. In 1936, having arrived as a volunteer in Spain, he becomes General Lukacs, forms the 12th International Brigade of non-professional fighters and takes the first heavy battles with Franco's cadre formations...
Director and cast
More films
Five Cartridges (1960)
Drama · War · N/A
During the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939), five International Brigade soldiers of different nationalities are given a crucial assignment as their commander lies dying: they are to smuggle top-secret information across enemy lines.
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Director
- Frank Beyer
- Cast
- Erwin Geschonneck, Ulrich Thein, Edwin Marian
Head in the Clouds (2004)
Drama · Romance · War · R
Gilda Bessé shares her Paris apartment with an Irish schoolteacher, Guy Malyon, and Mia, a refugee from Spain. As the world drifts toward war, Gilda defiantly pursues her hedonistic lifestyle and her burgeoning career as a photographer. But Guy and Mia feel impelled to join the fight against fascism, and the three friends are separated.
- Runtime
- 2h 1m
- Director
- John Duigan
- Cast
- Charlize Theron, Penélope Cruz, Stuart Townsend
For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943)
Adventure · Drama · History · Romance · War · UNRATED
Spain in the 1930s is the place to be for a man of action like Robert Jordan. There is a civil war going on and Jordan—who has joined up on the side that appeals most to idealists of that era—has been given a high-risk assignment up in the mountains. He awaits the right time to blow up a crucial bridge in order to halt the enemy's prog...
- Runtime
- 2h 50m
- Director
- Sam Wood
- Cast
- Gary Cooper, Ingrid Bergman, Akim Tamiroff
Soldiers of Salamina (2003)
Drama · History · War · N/A
Professor Lola Sánchez investigates the truth behind the events experienced by Rafael Sánchez Mazas, one of the founders of the Falange Española party, during the Spanish Civil War.
- Runtime
- 2h
- Director
- David Trueba
- Cast
- Ariadna Gil, Ramon Fontserè, Diego Luna
Land and Freedom (1995)
Drama · History · War · Not Rated
Summer 1936: young unemployed communist David Carr leaves Liverpool to join the fight against fascism in Spain. He joins an international group of Militia-men and women, the POUM (Partido Obrero de Unificación Marxista). After being wounded, he goes to Barcelona, where he joins another group of fighters.
- Runtime
- 1h 49m
- Director
- Ken Loach
- Cast
- Ian Hart, Rosana Pastor, Frédéric Pierrot
Comments
Talk about the film with other members