francoist propaganda

Exorcismo: The Transgressive Legacy of Clasificada “S”

Thu, 03 Oct 2024

Spain, 1975. Franco's death opens the door to the possibility of uncensored cinema. After two years of relaxed censorship, it is abolished in 1977, and the “S” rating is created to protect viewers from films that may “offend their sensibilities.”

Heroic Spain

Tue, 02 Aug 1938

Documentary produced by Falange and edited in Berlin, in response to the international success of the Republican production "Spain 1936" (Le Chanois, 1937).

¿Por qué morir en Madrid?

Mon, 02 May 1966

Ya viene el cortejo…

Fri, 07 Jul 1939

Women from the different Spanish regions dress in their traditional costumes to attend the triumphal parade celebrating the victory of Francisco Franco and the rebel side over the Second Republic in 1939; the deeds of past heroes are remembered; and a patriotic poem by Nicaraguan poet Rubén Darío is recited.

Raza

Fri, 30 Jan 1942

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.)

In Battle Against the Enemy of the World: German Volunteers in Spain

Fri, 07 Jul 1939

Nazi propaganda film about the Condor Legion, a unit of German "volunteers" who fought in the Spanish Civil War on the side of eventual dictator Francisco Franco against the elected government of Spain.

Defenders Of The Faith (The Spanish Civil War In Colour)

Sat, 01 Jan 1938

La città nemica

Sun, 01 Jan 1939

Cineguf-sponsored Fascist propaganda film about the Spanish Civil War.