Exile
Lecture
“‘Doña Francisquita’ and Film Exiles in Spain before the Spanish Civil War” with Imme Klages (Johannes Gutenberg-Universität), Mark Oliver (Director)
In English
The 1934 film ‘Doña Francisquita’ was shot in Spain by Ibérica Films, the production company founded by David Oliver. It was directed by Hans Behrendt, the sets were designed by Herbert Lipschütz, and Heinrich Gärtner was behind the camera – all three were German Jews who had fled to Barcelona. The location of Ibérica, a production company founded and run by exiles, exposes a gap in research about German exiles – the flight to and via Spain.
Screening
‘Doña Francisquita’
ES 1934, Director: Hans Behrendt
Original with English subtitles
Original format: 35 mm, 1:1.37, bw
Screening print: DCP, 80 min, Filmoteca Española
Introduction: Tiago Antunes (Cineric, Lisbon)
Francisquita is in love with poet, Fernando. He, however, is infatuated with the actress Aurora la Beltrana, who is the lover of Lorenzo Pérez. None of the three women at the heart of the film are shy about expressing their desires. The film was released two years after Spain passed its first divorce law in 1932. This was one of a number of films that represented Spanish cinema’s response to a new era of civil rights.
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