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Caleta Palace

Caleta Palace

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Eight foreign characters recall their exploits and fears in Malaga, a paradise city that starts a revolution on July 18th 1936, as the military coup is stopped by popular rebellion, until February 9th 1937, when Mussolini troops take Malaga and put it under the rule of Franco. Seven months that shape the stark tale of a besieged city, the first capital to be conquered in Spanish Civil War and a prelude of WW2.

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Spanish

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Release Date

24 November 2023

Country

Spain

Cast

Miguel Rellán

Miguel Rellán

Sir Peter Chalmers-Mitchell

Nadia de Santiago

Nadia de Santiago

Gamel Woolsey

Miguel Hermoso Arnao

Miguel Hermoso Arnao

Luis Bolín

Pepe Viyuela

Pepe Viyuela

Bonaventura Caloro

Fernando Ramallo

Fernando Ramallo

Gerald Brenan

Amparo Pamplona

Amparo Pamplona

Mercedes Formica

Ana del Arco

Ana del Arco

Gerda Grepp

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