Embajadores en el infierno

original title:
Embajadores en el infierno
other titles:
Gefangene der Hölle
country / year of production:
Spain / 1956
original length:
103 min. , black/white
premiere:
17 September 1956, Madrid
genre:
melodrama
based on:
Torcuato Luca de Tena. Embajadores en el infierno. Memorias del capitaìn Palacios. Once anÞos de cautiverio en Rusia. Madrid: Clarín Publicidad, 1955.
director:
Jesús-María Forqué
film script:
Torcuato Luca de Tena , Teodoro Palacios Cueto
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plot synopsis:
Spanish right-wingers equally devoted to Catholic religion and Franco dictatorship, go soldiering as volunteers with the Germans when these started hostilities against Russia (1943), then under the Soviet regime. They lose, mostly are imprisoned, and will suffer eleven years in captivity - keeping their faith and their dignity.
keywords:
behind enemy lines , prisoners of war , prisoner camps , volunteers
war:
Second World War (1939-1945)
literature:
Emilio Esteban Infantes Martín.Blaue Division. Spaniens Freiwillige an der Ostfront. Leoni am Starnberger See: Druffel, 1977.
remarks:
Won a price at the "Cinema Writers Circle Awards" in 1957.
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