Movie

Raza (1942)

• January 30, 1942
• 1h 42m

• Drama
• History
• War

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

Overview

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.)

Director

José Luis Sáenz de Heredia

Writers

José Luis Sáenz de Heredia, Antonio Román, Francisco Franco

Starring

Alfredo Mayo, Ana Mariscal, José Nieto