06 Dec 2005
Memoirs of a Geisha
In the years before World War II, a penniless Japanese child is torn from her family to work as a maid in a geisha house.
Words for an End of the World
Spain, April 14, 1931. The Second Republic is born. From the beginning, the writer Miguel de Unamuno is considered one of the ethical pillars of the new regime. Five years later, on December 31, 1936, a few months after the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War (1936-39), Unamuno dies at his home in Salamanca, capital of the rebel side, led by General Francisco Franco, and main center of dissemination of its propaganda apparatus.
Top Billed Cast
José Sacristán Miguel de Unamuno (voice)
Marian Álvarez Researcher (voice)
Víctor Clavijo General Millán-Astray (voice)
Andrés Gertrúdix Bartolomé Aragón (voice)
Antonio de la Torre General Mola (voice)
Miguel Cubero José María Pemán (voice)
Ramón Mayrata Father Tusquets / Gen. Gonzalo de Aguilera (voice)
Vicente León Manuel Azaña / Francisco Maldonado (voice)
Margarita Arnaz Susana Unamuno (voice)
Helvia Álvarez Researcher
Miguel de Unamuno Adarraga Self - Grandson
King Alfonso XIII of Spain Self (archive footage)
Indalecio Prieto Self - Politician (archive footage)
Francisco Largo Caballero Self - Politician (archive footage)
Pedro Rico López Self - Politician (archive footage)
Niceto Alcalá-Zamora Self - Politician (archive footage)
Manuel Azaña Self - Politician (archive footage)
José María Gil-Robles Self - Politician (archive footage)
Adolf Hitler Self - Politician (archive footage)
Benito Mussolini Self - Politician (archive footage)
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