Days of Hope

Days of Hope (1940)

Espoir - Sierra de Teruel

Spanish Civil War, 1937. A platoon of Republican soldiers plans to stop the advance of the rebel troops by bombing a bridge on the road to Zaragoza, near the city of Linás. With the close collaboration of the peasants of the area, the soldiers try to overcome the continuous bombardments and endure the harsh and tireless opposition of the powerful enemy…

Date of release
1940-02-12
TMDB
6.3 / 10 (15)
Runtime
1h 11m
Genres
Drama, War
Director
André Malraux

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Barcelona
  • Awards: 1 · Nominations: 0. Including: Louis Delluc Prize

Espoir: Sierra de Teruel is a 1938–45 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.

Read on Wikipedia · Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Data from Wikidata.

Recommended