Propaganda w kinie hiszpańskim w latach dyktatury generała Francisco Franco
Propaganda in Spanish Cinema During the Francoist Dictatorship

Summary/Abstract: This article aims at analysing the role of Spanish cinema during the dictatorship of General Francisco Franco (1936–1975). Cinema at that time became the main source of political persuasion due to the growing global popularity, simple message, as well as the possibility to influence lower social classes. The subject of the performed analysis is to examine Spanish films for propaganda activities, to determine the prevailing theme of the films, to highlight the most important images and to answer the question about the characteristic features of Spanish film propaganda, as well as reasons for its weakening, which ultimately resulted in its end. The cinematography of the initial period of dictatorship, which falls on the 1940s and 1950s, creates the reality that matches the official ideology, strongly withstanding the oppositional content. In the 1960s and 1970s, restrictions become more and more loose and propaganda content appears to be tedious to recipients. Ultimately, the death date of General Franco ends the period of disseminating the Franco’s propaganda in the Spanish cinema.

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