The Spanish Earth
The Spanish Earth1937
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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.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| MManuel AzañaHimself (President of Spain) | Himself (President of Spain) |
| JJosé DíazHimself (Parliamentarian) | Himself (Parliamentarian) |
 Dolores IbárruriHerself | Herself |
| EEnrique ListerHimself (Republican Army) | Himself (Republican Army) |
| CCommander Martinez de AragónHimself (Republican Army) | Himself (Republican Army) |
| GGustav ReglerHimself (German writer) | Himself (German writer) |
 Orson WellesNarrator (voice) | Narrator (voice) |
 Ernest HemingwayNarrator (voice) | Narrator (voice) |
 Jean RenoirNarrator (voice) | Narrator (voice) |