The Spanish Earth
1937
⭐6.6(21 votes)
53m
Documentary
Overview
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.
About The Spanish Earth
The Spanish Earth (1937) is a Documentary film that follows 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. Currently, you can watch The Spanish Earth on Amazon Video. Streaming availability may vary by country and platform over time. It has a user rating of 6.6 out of 10 from 21 votes. Fans of documentary movies may also want to explore similar titles below.
