Guernica (Spanish/Basque: Gernika) is a 2016 Spanish-British-American war romance drama film directed by Koldo Serra, starring James D'Arcy, María Valverde and Jack Davenport. It is the first feature film made about the 1937 bombing of Guernica.[1]
The film centres on an American journalist (D'Arcy) covering the Spanish Civil War and the bombing of Guernica, who falls in love with a censor (Valverde) for the Spanish Republican government. The journalist's character is loosely based on George Steer, a British reporter who covered the war and bombing for the UK media, as well as Ernest Hemingway and Robert Capa.[1][2]
Cast
- James D'Arcy as Henry Howell
- María Valverde as Teresa
- Jack Davenport as Vasyl, her Soviet supervisor
- Ingrid García Jonsson as Marta, French photographer
- Álex García as Marco, Portuguese journalist
- Bárbara Goenaga as Carmen
- Joachim Paul Assböck as Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen
- Burn Gorman as Soviet consul
- Markus Oberhauser as German captain
Production
Filming took place in the summer of 2015 in and around Bilbao.[2]
Release
The film premiered at the Málaga Film Festival on 26 April 2016, the 79th anniversary of the bombing of Guernica.[3]
See also
References
- ^ a b c Fotheringham, Alasdair (30 May 2015). "Gernika: New film pays homage to civilian suffering over town that was brutally bombed during Spanish Civil War". The Independent. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
- ^ a b Thorpe, Vanessa (8 November 2015). "Reporter who told world of Guernica atrocity and inspired Picasso is hero of new film". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
- ^ Jones, Jessica (26 April 2016). "Guernica film premieres on 79th anniversary of bombings". The Local. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
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