Spain 1936: Despite the victory of the Popular Front, nothing has changed for the peasants; the grandees continue to oppress them. The poor peasant son Pablo fights back and encourages the others to demand their rights. The grandees flee. Students from Madrid arrive and help the rural population to democratize. Pablo falls in love with Magdalena and learns to read and write from her. When Franco begins his bloody attack on the young republic, they defend the village together. When Magdalena dies in a bombing raid by German planes, Pablo begins to hate the Germans. However, fighting together with the International Brigades, he realizes that there are other Germans too, and that they share a common enemy.
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Edwin Marian
Pablo
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Joan Lui
Das Licht der schwarzen Kerze
Isabell Carenato
Magdalena
Walter Gorrish
Karl Paryla
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Joachim Dittrich
Harry Hindemith
Taga
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Snow White
Gewissen in Aufruhr
Otto Merz
Uwe-Jens Pape
Carlos
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Farmers, Politics and Bombs
Zwischenfall in Benderath
Hildegard Tegener
Maria Wendt
Pilar
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The Tinder Box
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Hans Kieselbach
Curt Paulus
Jacinto
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Karl Paryla Director · Walter Gorrish Writer Eberhard Schmidt Composer
First release July 19, 1956 · Produced in XG · Production DEFA
Production
DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
Production
DEFA
Production
XG
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Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · July 19, 1956
Theatrical · East Germany
No release date listed for United States.
Germany
September 21, 1956 · TV · West Germany
Russia
September 8, 1957 · Theatrical
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