Raza (1942)

The film Franco tried to destroy — his own Spanish Civil War epic!

• Drama
• History
• War

The troubled story of the Churruca family, a noble lineage of brave seamen, descendants of Cosme Damián Churruca, the Spanish hero of the Battle of Trafalgar; from the Spanish-American War (1898) to the end of the Spanish Civil War (1936-39). (In 1950, a new cut of the film was released with less ideological depth and ten minutes shorter.)

Rating

5 / 10 (17 votes)

Release date

January 30, 1942

Runtime

1h 42m

Language

Spanish

Director

José Luis Sáenz de Heredia

Status

Released