Espoir: Sierra de Teruel

Espoir: Sierra de Teruel
Directed by	André Malraux Boris Peskine
Written by	Max Aub André Malraux (novel: L'Espoir Antonio del Amo
Produced by	Roland Tual Edouard Corniglion-Molinier
Starring	Andrés Mejuto Nicolás Rodríguez
Cinematography	Louis Page
Edited by	Georges Grace André Malraux
Music by	Darius Milhaud
Distributed by	Lopert Pictures Corporation
Release dates	14 June 1945 - France 20 January 1947 - USA 26 June 1978 - Spain
Running time	87 minutes
Countries	Spain France
Language	Spanish
Budget	ESP 9,144,820 (US $77,380)

Espoir: Sierra de Teruel (English title: Days of Hope or Man's Hope) is a 1938-39 Spanish-French black and white war film, directed by Boris Peskine and André Malraux. It was not commercially released until 1945. Malraux wrote the novel L'Espoir, or Man's Hope, published in 1937, which was basis for the film. The director won the 1945 Prix Louis Delluc award.

The crash of Spanish Republican Air Force serial 'Potez 540' plane near Valdelinares inspired André Malraux to write the novel.

The film is cited as having been completed in various years. The novel was published in French in 1937 and in English in 1938. The film uses war footage from 1938 and was edited, and other scenes shot, during 1938-1939. It was finished in July 1939 and shown twice in Paris, but the Francoist regime applied pressure to censor it. All known copies were destroyed during World War II, since both Spain and France were ruled by Fascist regimes sympathetic to the forces that shot down the plane. A copy was found and the film was released again in 1945. In Spain, it was banned and was not screened until 1977, after the death of dictator Franco.

Plot

The Spanish Republican soldiers fight against the better-equipped Francoist armies in the desolate Sistema Ibérico mountains of the Province of Teruel in 1937.

Cast

• Andrés Mejuto ... Captain Munoz
• Nicolás Rodríguez ... Pilot Marquez
• José Sempere ... Commander Pena
• Julio Peña ... Anttignies
• Pedro Codina ... Schreiner
• José María Lado ... Peasant

See also

• List of Spanish Civil War films

External links

Espoir: Sierra de Teruel at IMDb