From Cuba's Disaster to the Tragic Week
The film depicts ten years of Catalan history, from 1899 with the defeat of the Spanish side in the Cuban War of Independence to the Tragic Week 1909.
Spain Spain
Ángela Molina Pau Garsaball Jeannine Mestre Montserrat Salvador Francisco Casares Xabier Elorriaga Adolfo Marsillach José Luis López Vázquez Ovidi Montllor José Vivó Alfred Lucchetti Teresa Gimpera Patty Shepard Víctor Israel Mary Santpere Ricardo Palmerola Núria Espert Christa Leem Luis Fenton Iván Tubau Rafael Anglada Isidro Novellas Ferran Repiso Joan Borràs Eddy Edwards Sara Grey Nuria Gili Josep Maria Domènech Lluís Nonell Carme Garnacho María Esperanza Navarro Joan Torres Fernando Millet Ferran Sesé Josep Minguell Francesc Lucchetti Josep Benet Alfons Carles Comín Joan Raventós Guilfred Viladach Jordi Solé Tura Montserrat Roig Heribert Barrera Rafael Borràs Arnau Olivar Eduardo Álvarez Puga Josep Pallach Mossèn Josep Dalmau Josep Ignasi Urenda Jordi Borja Manuel Valls Gorina Esteve Renom Manuel Ribas i Piera Alberto Miralles Pascual Otal Anna Maria Seix Joaquim Ferrer Xavier Polo Miquel Porter Moix Ramón E. Goicoechea Albert Giralt Gerard Ruiz Ferran Llopis Jaume Behar Josep Maria Castellet Jaume Colomer Joan Subirats Carme Figarola Lluís Carreño Carles Arcas Jaime Nualart Joan Mas Cantí Francesc Granell Joan Tatjer Clara Mitjans Mariona Rossell Dolors Ducastella Lluís Lasarte Francesc Montasell Cors Clavé Coral Sant Jordi Montse Torres Vicky Millan Ferran Baile Josep Solans Víctor Guillén Joan Ollé Marta Flores Carmen Molina Manuel Bronchud Lluís Álvarez Eduard Alcázar Joan Santamaria Damià Barbany Miquel Gàlmez Mir Ferry Aida F. Cancela Joan Viñolas Carles Bernabeu César Ojinaga Alejo del Peral Pilar Montejo Josep Ricard Albarrán Ivo Antonov Florencio Calpe Xavier Melloni Tony Fuentes J.M. Alonso Manuel Ballart Joan Ribas Roman Tomsa Sabater Ester Ribas Llorenç Pedras Pere Romero Juan Subatella Josep Rey María Tordera Jaume Blanco Elisabet Masons Armando Aguirre Toni A. Comas Georgina Cisquella Ferran Espona Santiago Maldonado Saskya Josep Zamora Edualdo Macia Josep Lluís Banús Robert Jusmet Francesc Valenciano Manuel Muñiz Tunet Vila Josep Campanales Josep Ribas Seix José Antonio Vilasaló Doris Coll Gal Soler Lluís Espinosa Antonio Lara Joaquín Gómez Miquel Bordoy Enric Cervera Albert Dueso Salvador Vidal Eva Lyberten Manuel Conde Joan Manuel Serrat Marta May
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