The read
It runs a compact 30m.
Synopsis
The Spanish journalist Manuel Chaves Nogales (1897-1944) was always there where the news broke out: in the fratricidal Spain of 1936, in Bolshevik Russia, in Fascist Italy, in Nazi Germany, in occupied Paris or in the bombed London of World War II; because his job was to walk, see and tell stories, and thus fight against tyrants, at a time when it was necessary to take sides in order not to be left alone; but he, a man of integrity to the bitter end, never did so.
Ratings
TMDB6/10
3 audience votes
Key crew
- Luis Felipe TorrenteDirector
- Luis Felipe TorrenteWriter
- Daniel SuberviolaDirector
- Daniel SuberviolaWriter
- José Manuel DuqueOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Luis CamachoLaboratory Technician
- Rafael DíazTypographer
- Eduardo EstradaRadio Broadcaster (voice)
- Ramón Soria BreñaManuel Chaves Nogales
- Clara Irina TorrenteYoung Pilar Chaves Jones
- Diego de la SernaSelf - Narrator (voice)
- Pilar Chaves JonesSelf - Daughter
- María Isabel CintasSelf - Biographer
- Jorge Martínez ReverteSelf - Journalist
- Antonio Muñoz MolinaSelf - Writer
- Andrés TrapielloSelf - Writer
- Niceto Alcalá-ZamoraSelf - Politician (archive footage)
Stills
Themes
world war iispanish civil war (1936-39)biography1940sspanish second republic (1931-39)1930swar journalismportrait of an artistexiled spanish republicanshort film