Topic: Spanish War of Independence

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Doctor Who: The War Games (TV)

1969 · Movie · 240 min. · United Kingdom

Direction David Maloney

Cast Patrick Troughton · Frazer Hines · Wendy Padbury · Jane Sherwin

Synopsis This ambitious ten-part adventure is the last Second Doctor story, with the introduction of the Time Lords. The Doctor, Jamie and Zoe believe the TARDIS has brought them back to Earth, in the midst of World War One. But they...

7.1

46 votes

7.1

46 votes

Curro Jiménez (TV Series)

1976 · Series · 50 min. · Spain

Direction Joaquín Luis Romero Marchent · Mario Camus · Pilar Miró · Fernando Merino

Cast Sancho Gracia · José Sancho · Álvaro de Luna · Francisco Algora

Synopsis TV Series (1976-1979). 3 Seasons. 40 Episodes. Set in the South of Spain in the 19th Century, this successful TV series featured the endless adventures of Curro Jiménez (prototype of the Andalusian "bandolero"), a kind of Spanish Robin Hood, and...

5.8

6K votes

5.8

6K votes

5.4

126 votes

The Pride and the Passion

1957 · Movie · 132 min. · United States

Direction Stanley Kramer

Cast Cary Grant · Frank Sinatra · Sophia Loren · Theodore Bikel

Synopsis During the Napoleonic Wars, when the French have occupied Spain, some Spanish guerrilla soldiers are going to move a big cannon across Spain in order to help the British defeat the French. A British officer is there to accompany the...

5.3

993 votes

5.3

993 votes

Bruc

2010 · Movie · 95 min. · Spain

Direction Daniel Benmayor

Cast Juan José Ballesta · Vincent Pérez · Astrid Bergès-Frisbey · Nicolas Giraud

Synopsis Spain. 1808. The 6th of June, 1808, the Napoleonic Army suffers its first defeat at the hands of a single man: a drummer boy who used the Montserrat mountains to echo his drums and send the French troops into a...

5.2

3K votes

5.2

3K votes

Agustina of Aragón

1950 · Movie · 126 min. · Spain

Direction Juan de Orduña

Cast Aurora Bautista · Fernando Rey · Virgilio Teixeira · Eduardo Fajardo

Synopsis This soul-stirring patriotic drama is set in the Aragon region of Spain in the late-19th century. Aurora Bautista stars as Agustina, a latter-day Joan of Arc who bitterly opposes the French invasion of her homeland. Though a humble peasant, Agustina...

5.1

448 votes

5.1

448 votes

Lola, the Coalgirl

1951 · Movie · 89 min. · Spain

Direction Luis Lucia

Cast Juanita Reina · Virgilio Teixeira · Manuel Luna · Fernando Nogueras

Synopsis Lola (Juanita Reina) is a girl singer from Cádiz who loves a French officer of the "Grande Armée".

4.6

136 votes

4.6

136 votes

Direction María Cereceda · Gonzalo Baz

Cast William Miller · Mateo González · Íñigo Navares · Ramón Esquinas

Synopsis TV Series (2008). 2 Seasons. 22 Episodes. Reconstruction of life in Madrid during the War of Independence (1808-1814) through the adventures of fictional characters who revolt against the French invaders. Real episodes are also shown, such as the death of...

4.6

285 votes

4.6

285 votes

Direction José Antonio Páramo · Benito Rabal · Joaquín Luis Romero Marchent · Julio Sánchez Valdés

Cast Sancho Gracia · Jorge Sanz · Ginés García Millán · Álvaro de Luna

Synopsis Series continuing the adventures of Andalusian bandit, joined by Jorge Sanz, who played the role of the bandit's son.

4.5

166 votes

4.5

166 votes

Los desastres de la guerra (S)

1953 · Documentary · 10 min. · Spain

Direction Manuel Hernández Sanjuán · José López Clemente

Synopsis Short documentary about the engravings 'Los desastres de la guerra', by Francisco de Goya y Lucientes.

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