Sierra de Teruel
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | hope |
| Original title | Sierra de Teruel |
| Country of production | Spain / France |
| original language | Spanish |
| Publishing year | 1945 (completed 1939) |
| length | 108 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director |
André Malraux Boris Peskine |
| script | André Malraux |
| production |
Edouard Corniglion-Molinier Roland Tual |
| music | Darius Milhaud |
| camera | Louis Page |
| cut |
Georges Grace André Malraux |
| occupation | |
| |
Sierra de Teruel (French title: Espoir, Sierra de Teruel; German title: Hope) is a Spanish-French film about the Spanish Civil War from 1938/39. In addition to the filmmaker Boris Peskine, the French writer and politician André Malraux directed (it remained his only directorial work), attested by Denis Marion and Max Aub, among others . The film's script is based on Malraux's novel L'Espoir .
Produced on behalf of the Ministry of Propaganda of the Spanish Republic , the film is a valuable historical document about the Spanish Civil War, describing the war from a republican point of view. In spite of the propaganda means used by the film, emphasis is placed on a realistic representation of the war conditions under which the Republicans had to fight; For example, their inadequate armament and equipment is shown, such as Republican aircraft in the hangar without engines.
During the time of Franquism , the screening of the film was banned in Spain, the film could not be shown there until the late 1970s.
action
The film, shot in black and white (set by Vicente Petit) tells an episode from the Spanish Civil War. It shows the effort and determination of a Republican command trying to stop the advance of the nationalist troops. For this purpose, a bridge on the road from Teruel to Saragossa is to be bombed with an airplane and brought to the collapse. In a fight side by side with the local population, the bridge was finally destroyed.
background
The distribution of the film, which was only completed in July 1939 (the Spanish Civil War had been lost to the Republicans in March 1939), was banned by the French government in France. After the German occupation of France in May 1940, the film was confiscated by the German occupation forces and the film's negatives destroyed. However, employees of the Pathé studios managed to keep a copy from being accessed by the occupying power. In 1945 this copy was rediscovered and used to make new copies of the film. In addition, with the help of his agent Varian Fry , Malraux managed to send another copy of the film to the American consulate in Vichy-France . This arrived in the USA on June 2, 1942 and was archived in a library for Spanish films. It was not rediscovered until 1984. It turned out that it is apparently the most faithful film version.
A 76-minute version of the film, shown for the first time on ARD in 1961, was entitled Hope .
Web links
- Sierra de Teruel in theInternet Movie Database(English), accessed on August 25, 2013.
- youtube: Sierra de Terue (1938) , original with German subtitles, accessed on August 25, 2013.
- Ferrán Alberich: Ferran Alberich, Sierra de Teruel: una coproducción circunstancial (Spanish) , accessed May 27, 2012.
Individual evidence
- ↑ John J. Michalczyk, The Rediscovered Original Version of "Sierra de Teruel" , Twentieth Century Literature, Vol. 24, no. 3, Andre Malraux Issue (1978), pp. 344-350, published by Hofstra University.
- ↑ See Spanish language website: www.rebeldemule.org , accessed on August 25, 2013.
- ↑ www.filmaffinity.com, Sierra de Teruel , accessed August 25, 2013.
- ^ Sierra de Teruel. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .