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Franco, the sentinel of the West


Technical details

  • Year
  • 2005

  • Type
  • Documentary - Television

  • Genre
  • History

  • Audience
  • General Audiences

  • Runtime
  • 60'

  • Original version
  • Spanish, Catalan

  • Other available versions
  • English

  • Format
  • Colour, Betacam, Other

  • Status
  • Completed


Synopsis

A look into Franco's childhood, his social and family relationships, his brilliant military career and his very particular views on state politics, but also his habits, personal likes and dislikes, and peculiar sense of humour.
This story is built around interviews with relevant personalities holding diverse ideological profiles such as historians Ricardo de la Cierva and Paul Preston, journalists Luis María Ansón and Jaime Peñafiel, writers Assumpta Roura and Rosa Regàs, contemporary politicians like José Utrera Molina or José Luis Corral.

Production company(ies)

Sagrera Audiovisual
Contact
Address , Spain
Televisió de Catalunya
Contact Oriol Baquer Miró
Address Carrer de la TV3, s/n 08970 -Sant Joan Despí, Spain
Telephone +34 93 499 93 33
Fax +34 93 473 15 63
E-mail obaquer.n@tv3.cat
Website www.tv3.cat