The (Silent) War

"When everything's silent, you can't hear your enemies"

2019 2h 3m ES

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5.9

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★5.9TMDB · 59

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Northern Spain, October 1944. Several groups of guerrilla fighters, former Republican soldiers exiled in France after the end of the Spanish Civil War, infiltrate the country in order to provoke a popular uprising against General Franco's dictatorship.

“When everything's silent, you can't hear your enemies”

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Cast

Asier Etxeandia
Anselmo Rojas
Marian Álvarez
Rosa Ribagorda
Hugo Silva
Vicente Roig
Aitor Luna
Captain Ramón Bosch
Olimpia Melinte
Darya Sergéevich Vólkov
Imanol Arias
Sergeant Manuel Castillo
Ruth Díaz
Elvira
Stephanie Gil
Carmen

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Alfonso Cortés-Cavanillas
Writers: Alfonso Cortés-Cavanillas, Juan Carlos Díaz
Languages: Russian, Spanish
Countries: Spain

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ERA

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Released 7 years ago.

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WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Russian, Spanish.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Alfonso Cortés-Cavanillas, shot by Adolpho Cañadas. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Carlos Martín Jara. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Alfonso Cortés-Cavanillas shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Asier Etxeandia and Marian Álvarez and Hugo Silva carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "When everything's silent, you can't hear your enemies".

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt7336684 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Alfonso Cortés-Cavanillas directs. Adolpho Cañadas behind the camera. Carlos Martín Jara scores. Alfonso Cortés-Cavanillas cuts. Produced in Spain. Dialogue in Russian, Spanish.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 7 years ago.
2Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Russian, Spanish.
3Directed by Alfonso Cortés-Cavanillas, shot by Adolpho Cañadas. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Carlos Martín Jara. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Alfonso Cortés-Cavanillas shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Asier Etxeandia and Marian Álvarez and Hugo Silva carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "When everything's silent, you can't hear your enemies".
8IMDB entry: tt7336684 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 59 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
10Classified under 11 themes, including "guerrilla warfare", "countryside", "franco regime (francoism)", "based on comic".