This is a list of films produced in the Spanish Revolution. In the Spanish Revolution, the film industry was collectivized by the CNT and FAI. Between July 1936 and June 1937, 84 films were produced by SIE Films, FRIEP and Spartacus Films.[1] Only about 40 films have been preserved and not all them are complete.
Feature films
editTitle | Duration | Year | Director | Producer | Summary |
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Aurora de esperanza | 60' | 1937 | Antonio Sau | SIE Films | Drama about the economic situation of the working-class and the start of the social revolution. |
Barrios bajos | 94' | 1937 | Pedro Puche | SIE Films | Drama regarding prostitution of low class women. |
Liberación | ? | 1937 | Joseph Amich i Bert | SIE Films | Lost film. |
¡No quiero... no quiero! | 110' | 1938 | Francisco Elías | SIE Films | Lost film. |
Nuestro culpable | 84' | 1938 | Fernando Mignoni | Centro Films/FRIEP | Musical comedy about a thief which is arrested for a theft he didn't commit. |
Short films
editTitle | Duration | Year | Director | Producer | Summary |
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Como fieras | 1937 | Lost film. | |||
Francisca, mujer fatal | 1936 | Valentín R. González | SIE Films | Lost film. | |
La última | 15' | 1936 | Pedro Puche | SIE Films | About the issues related to alcoholism. |
Nosotros somos así | 31' | 1936 | Valentín R. González | SIE Films | Musical where some poor children help to save the life of a rich boy's father. |
Paquete, el fotógrafo público número uno | 35' | 1937 | Ignacio Ferrés Iquino | SIE Films | Only one minute is preserved. |
Prostitución | 1936 | Feliciano Catalán | SIE Films | Lost film. |
Documentaries
editTitle | Duration | Date | Producer | Summary |
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Aguiluchos de la FAI por tierras de Aragón (I) | 20' | 1936 | SUEP | First documentary on the Durruti column in the Aragon front during July–August 1936. (Available in Spanish Film Archive) |
Aguiluchos de la FAI por tierras de Aragón (II) | 7' | 1936 | SUEP | Second documentary of the series. |
Aguiluchos de la FAI por tierras de Aragón (III) | 25' | 1936 | SUEP | Third documentary of the series. |
Alas negras | 12' | 1937 | SIE Films | Bombing of Lérida by the fascists. |
Amanecer sobre España | 44' | 1938 | SIA | |
Ayuda a Madrid | 7' | 1936 | SIE Films | |
Bajo el signo libertario | 15' | 1936 | SUEP | |
Barcelona trabaja para el frente | 23' | 1936 | Comité Central de Abastos de Barcelona | |
La Batalla de Farlete (IV) | 16' | 1936 | SUEP | |
El cerco de Huesca | 10' | 1937 | SIE Films | |
La Columna de Hierro (Hacia Teruel) | 18' | 1937 | SIE Films | |
La conquista de Carrascal de Chimillas (Frente de Huesca) | 13' | 1936 | Carlos Martínez Baena y Ramón Oliveras | |
División Heroica (En el Frente de Huesca) | 18' | 1937 | SIE Films | |
El Ejército de la Victoria. Un episodio: Casa Ambrosio | 10' | 1937 | SIE Films | |
En la brecha | 17' | 1937 | SIE Films | |
El entierro de Durruti | 10' | 1936 | SUEP | |
El frente y la retaguardia | 22' | 1937 | SIE Films | |
Fury over Spain | 52' | 1937 | SIE Films | |
El General Pozas visita el Frente de Aragón | 4' | 1937 | SIE Films | |
Madrid tumba del fascio (V) | 4' | 1936 | SIE Films | |
Madrid tumba del fascio (VIII) | 9' | 1937 | SIE Films | |
Madrid tumba del fascio (IX) | 10' | 1937 | SIE Films | |
Reportaje del movimiento revolucionario en Barcelona | 22' | 1936 | Oficina de Información y Propaganda de la CNT-FAI | |
La silla vacía | 17' | 1937 | SIE Films | |
Solidaridad del pueblo hacia las víctimas del fascismo | 10' | 1936 | SIE Films | |
Teruel ha caido | 10' | 1937 | SIE Films | |
La toma de Teruel | 7' | 1937 | SIE Films | |
Tres fechas gloriosas | 20' | 1937 | SIE Films | |
20 de noviembre | 10' | 1937 | SIE Films |
Works about this period
editThere are some works that explore this period of Spanish cinema:
- Un cinéma sous influence by Richard Prost
- La cinematografía anarquista en Barcelona durante la Guerra Civil (1936–1939) by Pau Martínez Muñoz
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Artero, Antonio. "El anarquismo en el cine, una experiencia única" (in Spanish). Sindicato de Artes Gráficas, Comunicación y Espectáculos de Madrid – CNT/AIT. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-12-25.