Raza (1942)
January 30, 1942
Drama, History, War
1h 42m
The film Franco tried to destroy — his own Spanish Civil War epic!
The troubled story of the Churruca family, a noble lineage of brave seamen, descendants of Cosme Damián Churruca, the Spanish hero of the Battle of Trafalgar; from the Spanish-American War (1898) to the end of the Spanish Civil War (1936-39). (In 1950, a new cut of the film was released with less ideological depth and ten minutes shorter.)
Cast & Crew
- Director
- José Luis Sáenz de Heredia
- José Churruca Alfredo Mayo
- Marisol Mendoza Ana Mariscal
- Pedro Churruca José Nieto
- Isabel Churruca Blanca de Silos
- Spy Pilar Soler
- Jaime Churruca Luis Arroyo
- Luis Echevarría Raúl Cancio
- Mr. Echevarría Manuel Arbó
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Keywords
- based on novel or book
- propaganda
- family history
- spanish civil war (1936-39)
- family relationships
- spanish–american war (1898)
- francoist propaganda