Into the Fire: American Women in the Spanish Civil War

Into the Fire: American Women in the Spanish Civil War (2002)

Documentary History War

In 1936, a right-wing military coup tried to overthrow the new, legally elected, democratic government of Spain. Hitler and Mussolini quickly joined the fight on the side of the fascist military. In response, and against the wishes of the U.S. government, about 80 American women joined over 2700 of their countrymen to volunteer for the Republican side in the Spanish Civil War. This film is composed of interviews with and excerpts from the letters, journals, and published writings of some of these women, as well as of supporters and sympathizers including Martha Gellhorn, Eleanor Roosevelt, Virginia Cowles, Josephine Herbst, and Dorothy Parker.

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  • Release Date: 2002-01-01
  • Runtime: 0h 58min
  • Director: Julia Newman

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Trailer

Cast

  • Martha Gellhorn

    Self

  • Evelyn Hutchins

    Self

  • Esther Silverstein Blanc

    Self

  • Ruth Davidow

    Self

  • Helen Freeman Feinberg

    Self

  • Salaria Kea O'Reilly

    Self

  • Celia Greenspan Seborer

    Self

  • Irene Goldin Speigel

    Self

  • Victoria Ryan

    Virginia Coweles (Voice)

  • Amanda Ronconi

    Lini de Vries (Voice)

  • Meg Howrey

    Martha Gellhorn (Voice)

  • Claudia Traub

    Celia Greenspan (Voice)

  • M. E. Larsen

    Josephine Herbst (Voice)

  • Allya Campbell

    Salaria Kea (Voice)

  • Angela Pierce

    Dorothy Parker (Voice)

  • Laura Jean Kirk

    Mildred Rackley (Voice)

  • Julie Morgan

    Eleanor Roosevelt (Voice)

  • Gary Bacon

    Esther Silverstein (Voice)

  • Elise Boyd

    Anne Taft (Voice)

  • Liz Pearce

    Alice Wagnon (Voice)