A six-month film shot

Collection title

Tarasca

ID

TV300025

Source

TV3 (ES)

First broadcast date

12/11/2004

Production year

2004

Abstract

During the last months of the Spanish Civil War, French writer André Malraux came to Catalonia to shoot his film “L’Espoir-Tierra de Teruel” as a way to raise funds for the Spanish Republic. This documentary reconstructs the story of this film and its making, thanks to the information and insights provided by Elvira Farreras, Malraux’s secretary during the film shoot.

Type

video

Production companies

• TV3 - Own production

Broadcaster

TV3 - 33

Audiovisual form

Documentary

Primary theme

Contemporary historical challenges 19th-20th c.

Secondary themes

• Art, Culture and Knowledge / Cinemas

Credits / Cast

• Mabilon Lluis - Producer
• Solé Felip - Director
• Solé Felip - Journalist

Period of events

• From 1925 to 1950

Map locations

• Spain - North - Catalonia

Original language

Catalan

Media running time

26m25