L'espoir
1937, during the spanish civil war, at Teruel. The fight of the Republicans (with very poor means but high commitment) against fascist army of General Franco. Can be seen as romanticized witness of director and writer Andre Malrau...
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"This film is based on one chapter of André Malraux's novel L'ESPOIR (HOPE) published in 1937. The Spanish title was SIERRA DE TERUEL and the two English titles used from 1945 on were MAN'S HOPE and DAYS OF HOPE. But the French title is ESPOIR ('HOPE'). The film was directed by Malraux himself, aided by the Russian Boris Peskine. Malraux also co-wrote the screenplay. The film concerns real events which took place at Teruel in north-eastern Spain in 1937, and was shot on location in 1938, with a Spanish cast and more than one thousand local peasants. The film is so reali..."
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Re-titled 'Man's Hope', this film's earliest documented telecast took place in Cincinnati Sunday 2 October 1949 on WKRC (Channel 11).
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1937, during the spanish civil war, at Teruel. The fight of the Republicans (with very poor means but high commitment) against fascist army of General Franco. Can be seen as romanticized witness of director and writer Andre Malrau...