Trailer

Hollywood contra Franco (2009)

Documentary History

The Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) caused a great impression on the lives of most of the American artists of that era, so many movies were made in Hollywood about it. The final defeat of the Spanish Republic left an open wound in the hearts of those who sympathized with its cause. The eventful life of screenwriter Alvah Bessie (1904-1985), one of the Hollywood Ten, serves to analyze this sadness, the tragedy of Spain and its consequences.

Updated May 23 2020

Releases:

US -

2008-10-27

MoreLess Releases

Keywords:

movie business spanish civil war mccarthy-Ära franco regime war propaganda 1940s 1950s 1960s 1930s male screenwriter old hollywood hollywood history spanish second republic

FACTS

Runtime: 92 mins Rating: 8.0 Tag Line: A war behind the screen

Cast

Susan Sarandon

Herself - Actress

Walter Bernstein

Himself - Screenwriter

Adolf Hitler

Himself (archive footage)

Dalton Trumbo

Himself (archive footage)

Arthur Laurents

Himself - Screenwriter

Ernest Hemingway

Himself - Writer (archive footage)

Edward Dmytryk

Himself - Director (archive footage)

John Garfield

John 'Kit' McKittrick / Himself (archive footage)