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Cast
Manuel Azaña
as Himself (President of Spain)
José Díaz
as Himself (Parliamentarian)
Dolores Ibárruri
as Herself
Enrique Lister
as Himself (Republican Army)
Commander Martinez de Aragón
as Himself (Republican Army)
Gustav Regler
as Himself (German writer)
Orson Welles
as Narrator (voice)
Ernest Hemingway
as Narrator (voice)
Jean Renoir
as Narrator (voice)
Movie Info & Details
Release Year1937
Runtime0h 53m
LanguageEnglish
CertificationNR
GenresDocumentary
Votes22
DirectorJoris Ivens
WritersPrudencio de Pereda, John Dos Passos, Joris Ivens
TypeFeature Film
Rating6.7 out of 10
Cast9 credited
Also Known AsThe Spanish Earth
About The Spanish Earth
Joris Ivens’s advocacy documentary for the Republican cause intercuts a besieged Madrid with a nearby village digging an irrigation canal, linking the war to bread, land, and survival. Produced by the writers’ collective Contemporary Historians, edited by Helen van Dongen, scored by Marc Blitzstein, and narrated in its U.S. version by Ernest Hemingway (after an initial Orson Welles track), it blends frontline reportage with persuasion against Franco’s forces and their German–Italian backers.
Directed by Joris Ivens, The Spanish Earth leans on a strong ensemble — Manuel Azaña, José Díaz, Dolores Ibárruri — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about documentary titles of 1937.
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