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Spain 1936. During the civil war, the struggle for democracy is supported internationaly and volunteers from all over the world are forming the International Brigades, hoping the fascism won’t win.
The Hungarian writer Mate Zalka (General Lukac), leader of the 12th Brigade s fighting against Franco’s fascism in Madrid. In the middle of what could be the “last romantic revolutionary exaltation”, just before World War II, we follow the last days of this writer-general’s life…

  • Direction: MANOS ZAKHARIAS
  • Production: MOSFILM, MAFILM