Film
El crucero Baleares
Spain- Director
- Enrique del Campo
- Year
- 1941
Based on the 1938 sinking of the “Baleares”, flagship of Francoist Spain’s navy, by Republican naval forces. Despite being screened privately for high-ranking military officials in April 1941, the film was banned as “contrary to national interests” and ordered destroyed by the General Staff. It was never commercially released, and no copies are known to survive today.
Top cast
Roberto Rey
Luis Alarcón
Marta Roel
Elena
Tony D'Algy
Fernando
Manolo Morán
Zafarrancho
Pablo Álvarez Rubio
Comandante de estado mayor
Manuel Kayser
Vicealmirante
Juan Espantaleón
Jefe del Estado Mayor
Fernando Galiana
El peque
Joaquín Bergía
El rubio
Antonio Riquelme
El político
Manuel Miranda
El político
Enriqueta Nezzi
Directed by
Enrique del Campo
Written by
Antonio Guzmán Merino