Madrid, 1939, at the end of the Spanish Civil War. Five infantry soldiers of the victorious side take a photograph of themselves somewhere in the defeated city, promising to meet again ten years later at the same place.
Acting
Conrado San Martín's slow-burn disillusionment.
Direction
Lazaga frames fascist victory as funeral, not celebration.
Writing
Dialogue so loaded it practically sweats.
Director
Pedro Lazaga Sabater
Conrado San Martín
Enrique
Marisa de Leza
Lucía
José María Rodero
Vicente
Vicente Parra
Matías hijo
Elvira Quintillá
Julia
Tomás Blanco
El señorito
Julio Peña
Matías
Antonio Almorós
Paulino
Julio Riscal
Miedoso
Adriano Domínguez
Soñador
Germán Cobos
Calatayud
Fernando Delgado
Capitán Silvio
Beni Deus
Patoso
Aníbal Vela
Padre de Lucía
Carmen Sánchez
Madre de Enrique
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during Franco's dictatorship, the film smuggled anti-fascist critique past censors by focusing on 'personal failure' rather than systemic evil.
Lazaga was a prolific director within the system; this remains his most subversive work — the regime never quite realized what they'd funded.
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