Spanish Film: Rare Restored Screening of Sierra De Teruel

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When Andre Malraux shot Sierra de Teruel (Days of Hope) in Protected content , he was not operating as a conventional filmmaker. He was someone who was deeply involved in the Spanish Civil War and a former pilot leading the España Squadron. Filming began in Spain in Protected content . The crew filmed in Barcelona, Tarragona, and Montserrat, but the war caused difficulties. The Montjuïc studios in Barcelona were regularly bombed, and filming was hampered by power outages, etc.

The film was banned by Franco in Spain, censored in France before the war, and then largely destroyed by the Germans during the Occupation, yet Sierra de Teruel (Days of Hope) survived thanks to a copy hidden under a fake title (Drôle de drame (Bizarre, Bizarre)) and a second negative that was sent to the United States. After the Liberation in Protected content , the film was finally re-released under the title Espoir (Man’s Hope), but it was not exactly the same. The editing had been altered and an opening speech by Maurice Schumann was added to ensure the film’s importance in the history of the Resistance.

In Spanish with English subtitles. Followed by Q&A.