I almost felt sorry for the actors who took part in this piece of *beep*. Especially Alfredo Mayo, whom I like regardless of his political sympathies.
I tried not to see it just as a plain piece of Franco's propaganda but a sort of Spanish decaffeinated version of Beau Geste, an adventure movie to kill an hour and a half. But it was impossible.
We can excuse the low technical quality -Spain's film industry was struggling to survive after the Civil War and film stocks were heavily rationed-, but the acting is so bad and clichéd that it looks like they were playing just for the laughs.
But the most pathetic thing of all is to read someone's review - and he isn't even a Spaniard and probably knows nothing about Spanish history- to praise this pile of trash as "a classic gem"...
You should be minding your own country's business instead, you Nazi gringo!
I tried not to see it just as a plain piece of Franco's propaganda but a sort of Spanish decaffeinated version of Beau Geste, an adventure movie to kill an hour and a half. But it was impossible.
We can excuse the low technical quality -Spain's film industry was struggling to survive after the Civil War and film stocks were heavily rationed-, but the acting is so bad and clichéd that it looks like they were playing just for the laughs.
But the most pathetic thing of all is to read someone's review - and he isn't even a Spaniard and probably knows nothing about Spanish history- to praise this pile of trash as "a classic gem"...
You should be minding your own country's business instead, you Nazi gringo!