''The Guerrilla'' (Spanish:''La guerrilla'') is a 1973 French-Spanish

historical History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbrella term comprising past events as well ...

war film War film is a film genre concerned with warfare, typically about naval, air, or land battles, with combat scenes central to the drama. It has been strongly associated with the 20th century. The fateful nature of battle scenes means that war fi ...

directed by

Rafael Gil Rafael Gil (22 May 1913 – 10 July 1986) was a Spanish film director and screenwriter. His film ''La guerra de Dios'' (1953) won the Bronze Lion at the Venice Film Festival in 1953 and also won best film and best director at the San Sebastián ...

and starring

Francisco Rabal Francisco Rabal Valera (8 March 1926 – 29 August 2001), better known as Paco Rabal, was a Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter born in Águilas, a town in the south-western part of the province of Murcia, Spain. Throughout his career, Raba ...

Jacques Destoop Jacques Destoop (17 June 1931 – 6 June 2022) was a French actor and painter. Biography He was a Sociétaires of the Comédie-Française who attended CNSAD and was married to actress Geneviève Fontanel. Outside of his acting career, Destoop ...

and

Julia Saly Julia Saly (born Julia Salinero) is a retired Spanish film actress and producer. She worked on many films over the years with acclaimed Spanish horror filmmaker Paul Naschy and was one of his favorite actresses. Her career ended in 1985, when Na ...

.Bentley p.205 It is set during the

Peninsular War The Peninsular War (1807–1814) was the military conflict fought in the Iberian Peninsula by Spain, Portugal, and the United Kingdom against the invading and occupying forces of the First French Empire during the Napoleonic Wars. In Spain ...

Cast

References

Bibliography

* Bentley, Bernard. ''A Companion to Spanish Cinema''. Boydell & Brewer 2008.

External links

* 1973 films French war drama films Spanish war drama films 1970s Spanish-language films Films directed by Rafael Gil Peninsular War films Films set in the 1810s Films set in Spain Films with screenplays by Rafael J. Salvia Guerrilla warfare in film 1970s Spanish films 1970s historical films French historical films Spanish historical films {{1970s-Spain-film-stub