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In 1921 a tough cop is sent from Madrid to Barcelona to locate stolen military weaponry.In 1921 a tough cop is sent from Madrid to Barcelona to locate stolen military weaponry.In 1921 a tough cop is sent from Madrid to Barcelona to locate stolen military weaponry.
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- 13 wins & 14 nominations total
Federico Pérez Rey
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The movie takes place in Barcelona in early 20's. The movie begins with an espectacular what-it-used-to-look-like overview of the Catalan capital. The films is beautifully shot, and details are well taken care of, such as fashion, cars, street cars, building, decorations, and even the beginning of the construction of Sagrada Familia, however the director takes too much joy into twisting the camera. By the same token, some fighting scenes are confusing by the lack of stability of the picture.
The plot keeps the audience intrigued and lets them judge who the good guys and vilants of the story are.
What the movie puts unabashedly on the table is a social denunciation: who wants war and why.
The plot keeps the audience intrigued and lets them judge who the good guys and vilants of the story are.
What the movie puts unabashedly on the table is a social denunciation: who wants war and why.
Once you finish watching you will recognize that the political is not direct as you see it, and this is not new, this started hundreds years ago
This is a very good movie about how complicated the political and social situations were in Spain just after WWI. It is a lengthy movie (2hrs +) but every minute is worthy to be watched.
The story is quite balanced tho, it does not have excessive conversations or any other boring parts, so the length of the movie goes quite entertaining, some of it went into well-preformed action. Some scenes had some intensive situations and the crew succeeded in bringing it with precision and professionality.
All characters played their roles perfectly. Adding this to the excellent pictures and effects make one respects the efforts of the director Dani de la Torre.
I would like to watch it again some time, definitely! 9/10.
The story is quite balanced tho, it does not have excessive conversations or any other boring parts, so the length of the movie goes quite entertaining, some of it went into well-preformed action. Some scenes had some intensive situations and the crew succeeded in bringing it with precision and professionality.
All characters played their roles perfectly. Adding this to the excellent pictures and effects make one respects the efforts of the director Dani de la Torre.
I would like to watch it again some time, definitely! 9/10.
All action with no expense spared and with good story line, acting and directing. Historically interesting if not totally factual. You will enjoy it I'm sure if you're not put off by lots of gun battles and blood.
Did you know
- TriviaErnesto Alterio's character is named "Tísico" by his boss Rediú. Tísico is the Spanish word for "phthisic", a common word in those times to indicate a person suffering tuberculosis.
- GoofsDue to stringent gun control laws, movie prop departments in Spain face extraordinary difficulties obtaining period-appropriate weapons. In the first scene, in which a train is attacked in Barcelona in 1921, the firearms displayed by both sides are implausible and/or wildly anachronistic:
- M1 Garand rifle. Designed in 1936.
- M1 carbine. Designed in 1941.
- Sten sub-machine gun. Designed in 1941.
- MP 40 sub-machine gun. Designed in 1938.
- Lee Enfield rifle. While they existed in 1921, they were never in service in any Spanish law enforcement agency or the military, who were issued the ubiquitous Mauser bolt rifles and carbines.
- Thompson sub-machine gun. While they existed in 1921 (having been designed in 1918), they would have been unheard of in Spain, as they entered production that year and were sold in small quantities to some federal and Law enforcement agencies in the US, the Marines and some armies in Latin America.
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- Gross worldwide
- $1,611,770
- Runtime2 hours 6 minutes
- Color
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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