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Los Canadienses

1976 57 min
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This feature documentary profiles the brave Canadians who fought in the Spanish Civil War between 1936 and 1939. To save Spain's constitutionally elected government from the threat of a fascist dictatorship (which eventually prevailed), over 40,000 volunteers from around the world fought in Spain, and 1200 of those were the Canadians of the Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion. More than half of them never returned. This respectful, emotional and historically rich film is committed to the memory of those who truly believed in the cause of the Spanish Republic.

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This feature documentary profiles the brave Canadians who fought in the Spanish Civil War between 1936 and 1939. To save Spain's constitutionally elected government from the threat of a fascist dictatorship (which eventually prevailed), over 40,000 volunteers from around the world fought in Spain, and 1200 of those were the Canadians of the Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion. More than half of them never returned. This respectful, emotional and historically rich film is committed to the memory of those who truly believed in the cause of the Spanish Republic.

  • director
    Albert Kish
  • editing
    Albert Kish
  • producer
    Colin Low
    Tom Daly
  • commentary
    Albert Kish
    Laszlo Géfin
  • photography
    Barry Perles
  • sound
    André Hourlier
  • sound editing
    Bill Graziadei
  • re-recording
    Michel Descombes
  • narrator
    Donald Brittain
  • music
    Ben Low
  • music recording
    Roger Lamoureux

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