Memorias del general Escobar

Memorias del general Escobar

101 mins | History | Sept. 21, 1984

After the end of the Spanish Civil War, General Antonio Escobar Huerta stoically awaits his execution, accused of military treason and sentenced to death for having sworn allegiance to the Republic. Despite being a man of deep religious convictions, Antonio Escobar decided to make an oath honoring the legally constituted government of the Second Spanish Republic against the military uprising led by Francisco Franco and supported by the Catholic Church. While waiting for his execution in prison, he recalls the beginning of the Civil War, the years of battles during which he ascended to the rank of General, and his own decisions, of which he has no regrets. With a clear conscience, Escobar waits his own execution with the calm of those who know they have done their duty. "If my life and that of all who have fallen serves to avoid this from happening again, our blood will not have been in vain" - Antonio Escobar Huerta.

Memorias del general Escobar

101 mins | History | Sept. 21, 1984

Memorias del general Escobar
After the end of the Spanish Civil War, General Antonio Escobar Huerta stoically awaits his execution, accused of military treason and sentenced to death for having sworn allegiance to the Republic. Despite being a man of deep religious convictions, Antonio Escobar decided to make an oath honoring the legally constituted government of the Second Spanish Republic against the military uprising led by Francisco Franco and supported by the Catholic Church. While waiting for his execution in prison, he recalls the beginning of the Civil War, the years of battles during which he ascended to the rank of General, and his own decisions, of which he has no regrets. With a clear conscience, Escobar waits his own execution with the calm of those who know they have done their duty. "If my life and that of all who have fallen serves to avoid this from happening again, our blood will not have been in vain" - Antonio Escobar Huerta.
Producers Plata Films S.A., Profilmar P.C.
Original title Memorias del general Escobar
Directors Federico Canudas, José Luis Madrid
Writers Antonio Escobar Huerta, Pedro Masip Urios, José Luis Madrid

Cast

Antonio Ferrandis

as Coronel / Antonio Escobar Huerta

Elisa Ramírez

as Rosario del Niño Jesús / Carmen

Luis Prendes

as General Aranguren

José Antonio Ceinos

as Antonio Escobar

África Pratt

as Angelita

Francisco Piquer

as Coronel Ruiz

Pedro Valentín

as Martínez

Jesús Puente

as General Rojo

Fernando Guillén

as General Goded

Alfonso del Real

as Guarda Retiro

Antonio Iranzo

as Buenaventura Durruti

José María Caffarel

as Manuel Azaña

Juan Ollé

as Lluís Companys

Jordi Serrat

as Escofet

Teófilo Calle

as Juan Negrín

Carlos Martí

as Josep Tarradellas

Francisco Grijalvo

as Capitán Pedro

Tino Díaz

as Capitán Bermúdez de Casto

Fernando Guillén Cuervo

as José Escobar

Mauricio Lapeña

as Teniente

Maruja Recio

as María

Ramón Reparaz

as Francisco Largo Caballer

Paco Racionero

as Ruiz

Joaquín Castelló

as Teniente Alfaro

Jordi Batalla

as Miliciano

Manuel Bronchud

as Miliciano

Víctor Melero

as Miliciano

Alejandro Solórzano

as Antoñito

Moisés Vicente

as Niño

Ton Gras

as Miliciano

Julio Vélez

as Ayudante General Escobar

Anastasio Campoy

as Capitán (uncredited)

Alfonso Castizo

as Julio Alvarez del Vayo (uncredited)

Daniel Medrán

as Miliciano (uncredited)

Fredy Ripers

as Ascaso (uncredited)