The troubled story of the Churruca family, a noble lineage of brave seamen, descendants of Cosme Damián Churruca, the Spanish hero of the Battle of Trafalgar; from the Spanish-American War (1898) to the end of the Spanish Civil War (1936-39). (In 1950, a new cut of the film was released with less ideological depth and ten minutes shorter.)


The film Franco tried to destroy — his own Spanish Civil War epic!
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Alfredo Mayo
José Churruca

Ana Mariscal
Marisol Mendoza

José Nieto
Pedro Churruca

Blanca de Silos
Isabel Churruca
RM
Rosina Mendía
Isabel Acuña de Churruca

Pilar Soler
Spy
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Julio Rey de las Heras
Pedro Churruca's Father

Luis Arroyo
Jaime Churruca

Raúl Cancio
Luis Echevarría