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'Espoir: Sierra de Teruel' (English title: 'Days of Hope' or 'Man's Hope') is a 193839 Spanish-French black and white war film, directed by Boris Peskine and Andr 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.

The crash of a Spanish Republican Air Force Potez 540 plane near Valdelinares inspired Andr Malraux to write the novel.'Forging Man's Fate in Spain', The Nation, March 20, 1937

Different years are given for the film's completion. The novel was published in French in 1937 and in English in 1938. The film uses war footage from 1938 and was edited, and other scenes shot, during 19381939. It was finished in July 1939 and shown twice in Paris, but Francoist Spain applied pressure to censor it. All known copies were destroyed during World War II. A copy was found and the film was released again in 1945. In Spain, it was banned and was not screened until 1977, after the death of Franco.

Plot



Spanish Republican forces fight against the better-equipped Nationalist armies in the desolate Sistema Ibrico mountains of the Province of Teruel in 1937.[http://www.cineario.com/pelicula/espoir_1945 Espoir (1945)]

Cast



* Andrs Mejuto ... Captain Muoz

* Nicols Rodrguez ... Garca

* Jos Santpere/ Josep Santpere ... Commander Pea

* Julio Pea ... Attignies

* Pedro Codina ... Captain Schneider

* Jos Mara Lado ... Peasant

* Jos Mara Ovies ... Partisan

* Jos Telmo ... Gonzlez

* Casimiro Hurtado ... Pilot

* Manolo Gonzlez ... Mayor

* Juan de Dios Muiz ... Po

* Jos Ramn Giner ... Partisan who brings the arms

* Serafn Ferro ... Socialist pilot

*Jos Calle ... Mayor

See also



*List of Spanish Civil War films

*List of war films

*List of Spanish films

References




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