The Spanish Earth

The Spanish Earth is a 1937 propaganda film made during the Spanish Civil War in support of the democratically elected Republicans, whose forces included a wide range of the political left, communists, socialists, anarchists, centrists, and liberalist elements. The film was directed by Joris Ivens, written by John Dos Passos and Ernest Hemingway, narrated by Orson Welles and rerecorded by Hemingway with Jean Renoir doing the narration in the French release, with music composed by Marc Blitzstein and arranged by Virgil Thomson.

The city is the village inverted while the earth of Fuenteduea is simply upturned, the streets of Madrid look as if they have been maniacally plowed. The blood that stains the streets contrasts painfully with the water that courses through the soil. Ivens planned the documentary as a dialectic, alternating between village and city until the synthesis is reached. Thus rhythm changes with location anonymous peasants are juxtaposed with historical figures like La Pasionaria and Manuel Azaa, president of the Republic.At the end of the film, the loyalists have driven off the rebel attack on the bridge over the Jarama, keeping the road open, and the water is shown flowing to the fields the irrigation has succeeded. ........

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