Slingshot (1937)
Documentary | Special Interest | War
USA | English | Black & White | 00:52
A propaganda film made during the Spanish Civil War in support of the Republican government against the rebellion by Gen. Francisco Franco's forces who were backed by Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy. The film would have been seen by those making it as a documentary.
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Enrique Lister | Self - Commander 1st Division Republican Army |
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Carlos Romero Giménez | Self - Commander 5th Division Republican Army |
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José Díaz | Self - Member of Parliament |
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Gustav Regler | Self - German Writer |
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Dolores Ibárruri | Self - Republican Leader |
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Manuel Azaña | Self - President of the Republic |
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Martinez de Aragón | Self - Commander 2nd Division Republican Army |
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Commander Martinez de Aragón | Self (Republican Army) |
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Orson Welles | Narrator (English version) (later replaced by Ernest Hemingway) |
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Ernest Hemingway | Narrator (English version) |
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Jean Renoir | Narrator (French version) |
| Director | Joris Ivens |
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| Writer | John Dos Passos, Lillian Hellman, Ernest Hemingway, Joris Ivens, Archibald Macleish, Jean Renoir, Prudencio de Pereda | |
| Producer | Herman Shumlin | |
| Photography | John Fernhout, Joris Ivens | |
| Edition | NTSC |
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| Packaging | Keep Case |
| Nr Discs | 1 |
| Screen Ratios | Fullscreen (4:3) |
| Audio Tracks | Mono [English] |
| Edition Release Date | Oct 31, 2000 |
| Regions | Region 1 |