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The Madness: Scenes from the Spanish Civil War

on BBC Two England

by John Elliot
with Bill Fraser as Prieto, Patrick Stewart as Largo Caballero, Zena Walker as Dolores Ibarruri

On the 40th anniversary of the Spanish Civil War we take a look at protagonists in this controversial and bloody war, locked together in a vicious circle - a bull-ring setting where nobody wins. 'There is only one certainty in the corrida - the bull has to die.'

[Photo caption] 'La Passionara' (Zena Walker) makes a stirring broadcast to the nation, but Caballero (Patrick Stewart) must put words into practice and form a viable government. The Madness: Scenes from the Spanish Civil War: 9.25

Contributors

Writer:
John Elliot
Designer:
Don Homfray
Lighting:
John Treays
Sound:
Ray Angel
Producer:
Rosemary Hill
Director:
James Cellan Jones
Prieto:
Bill Fraser
Largo Caballero:
Patrick Stewart
Dolores Ibarruri:
Zena Walker
General Mola:
Clifford Rose
General Queipo de Llano:
Michael Goodliffe
Andres Nin/Waiter in cafe:
Tony Doyle
Militiaman/Young man in cafe:
Antony Sher
Diaz:
Simon Prebble
Radio studio manager/Young man in cafe:
Timothy Davies
First telephone operator/Prostitute:
Roberta Iger
Second telephone operator/Young woman in cafe:
Vicki Woolf
General Asensio Torrado:
Adrian Ropes
Militia girl:
Rosalind Bailey
Jesus Hernandez:
Oliver Cotton
Vicente Uribe:
Alfred Hoffman
Federica Montseny:
Lilita Barros
Garcia Oliver:
Juan Moreno
Alvarez Del Vayo:
Jan Conrad
Negrin:
Garth Watkins
Giral:
Desmond Cullum Jones
Galarza:
Colin Thomas
General Miaja:
Charles Lloyd Pack
General Rojo:
John Westbrook
Gorev:
Michael Byrne
Rosario:
Rachel Thomas
Juan/First Largo's aide:
Denis de Marne
Old man in cafe:
Eric Francis
Carmela:
null Marguerite
Anarchist:
Anthony Langdon
Orlov:
Peter Miles
Guitarist:
Juan Martin

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