Into the Fire: American Women in the Spanish Civil War (2002)
Synopsis
In 1936, a right-wing military coup tried to overthrow the new, legally elected, democratic government of Spain. Hitler and Mussolini quickly joined the fight on the side of the fascist military. In response, and against the wishes of the U.S. government, about 80 American women joined over 2700 of their countrymen to volunteer for the Republican side in the Spanish Civil War. This film is composed of interviews with and excerpts from the letters, journals, and published writings of some of these women, as well as of supporters and sympathizers including Martha Gellhorn, Eleanor Roosevelt, Virginia Cowles, Josephine Herbst, and Dorothy Parker.
Release Date: 2002-01-01
Runtime: 58 minutes
Director: Julia Newman
Top Cast
- Martha Gellhorn as Self
- Evelyn Hutchins as Self
- Esther Silverstein Blanc as Self
- Ruth Davidow as Self
- Helen Freeman Feinberg as Self
- Salaria Kea O'Reilly as Self
- Celia Greenspan Seborer as Self
- Irene Goldin Speigel as Self
- Victoria Ryan as Virginia Coweles (Voice)
- Amanda Ronconi as Lini de Vries (Voice)
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