Movie: Songs for After a War

Top 3 Billed Cast

Francisco Franco
Francisco Franco

Self (archive footage)

Philippe Pétain
Philippe Pétain

Self (archive footage)

Imperio Argentina
Imperio Argentina

Self (archive footage)

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    A particular reading of the forties and fifties in Spain, the hard years of famine and repression after the massacre of the Civil War, through popular culture: songs, newspapers and magazines, movies and newsreels.

  • Release Date

    1976-02-09

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    6.5

  • Rating:

    3.3 starts
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    Español
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