Guernica

Apr 26, 2016

1h 50m

★ 5.8

In love and war the first casualty is truth

Overview

The fates of Henry - an American correspondent - and Teresa, one of the Republic's censors during the Spanish Civil War.

Genres

Drama

War

Romance

Production Companies

Pterodactyl Productions

Pecado Films

Travis Producciones

Sayaka Producciones

Gernika The Movie

Anima Pictures

TVE

Guernica Trailers

Cast

Henry

James D'Arcy

Teresa

María Valverde

Vasyl

Jack Davenport

María (as Natalia Álvarez)

Natalia Álvarez-Bilbao

Cousin Isabel

Irene Escolar

Consul

Burn Gorman

Márta

Ingrid García Jonsson

Marc

Álex García

Carmen

Bárbara Goenaga

W. von Richthofen

Joachim Paul Assböck

Captain

Markus Oberhauser

Spanish Journalist

Víctor Clavijo

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