Visions of Spanish Civil War in the cinematography at the turn of the 20th and 21st century Cover Image

Wizje hiszpańskiej wojny domowej w kinie przełomu XX i XXI w.
Visions of Spanish Civil War in the cinematography at the turn of the 20th and 21st century

Author(s): Jakub Szymański
Subject(s): Studies of Literature
Published by: Wyższa Szkoła Gospodarki w Bydgoszczy (WSG)
Keywords: film studies; Spanish Civil War; Spanish history; transnational cinema; contemporary cinema

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this article is to provide the comparison between the visions of SpanishCivil War, which took place between 1936 and 1939, in the cinematography at the turn of the20th and 21st century. In the first instance, it shows a brief historical introduction to the topicof this military conflict. Then, it critically reflects upon the attitude of the directors of the eightchosen titles (which were created between 1990 and 2019) towards the phenomenon of thecivil war in Spain as well as analyses some aspects and circumstances of these pictures highlightedby their creators. Furthermore, the paper also reflects upon the transnational characterof these productions as well as the transnational features of the conflict itself. Towards the endof the article, there is a summary of the directors’ visions of Spanish Civil War in the cinematographyof the chosen period.

  • Issue Year: 2020
  • Issue No: 10
  • Page Range: 162-175
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: English, Polish, Spanish