Franco on Trial: The Spanish Nuremberg?

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Release date: February 20, 2018
Duration: 101 minutes
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Overview

Franco on Trial is the new film by Dietmar Post and Lucía Palacios. After the success of Franco's Settlers, their first encounter with Franco's dictatorship, they are now setting their sights on one of the darkest chapters of European history: the presumed organized extermination that took place during the coup, the war, and the subsequent dictatorship led by Franco, as well as Argentina's current effort, by invoking the principle of universal jurisdiction, to prosecute Francoists accused of committing crimes against humanity. The film is also a sore reminder of an issue that still stands today: the clear-cut accountability held by Germany, Italy, and Portugal. The film accomplishes to give both sides a voice - those against whom the killing has been directed; and the side of the perpetrators.

Starring

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Konrad Adenauer
Self (archive footage)
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Francisco Franco
Self (archive footage)
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Adolf Hitler
Self (archive footage)
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Benito Mussolini
Self (archive footage)
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António de Oliveira Salazar
Self (archive footage)