Adapted from a novel by Francisco Franco (writing under a pseudonym) and produced with the support of the state apparatus without acknowledging Franco's authorship, this film illustrates the experiences of a Galician family whose divided loyalties are finally aligned with the Nationalists as Franco rises to power. Adapted after 1945 for a new release with Fascist elements replaced by anti-communist ones, this original version was long thought lost, but can now be appreciated as the ultimate ideological appeal by the new government to Nationalist sentiment.
35mm, b/w, in Spanish with English subtitles, 113 min. DIR: José Luis Sáenz de Heredia. SCR: J.L. Sáenz de Heredia, Antonio Román. CAST: Alfredo Mayo, Ana Mariscal, José Nieto.
