''Franco, ese hombre'', translated into
English as ''Franco, this man'', is a 1964
documentary film
A documentary film (often described simply as a documentary) is a nonfiction Film, motion picture intended to "document reality, primarily for instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". The American author and ...
by
Spanish director
José Luis Sáenz de Heredia
José Luis Sáenz de Heredia (10 April 1911 – 4 November 1992) was a cinema of Spain, Spanish film director. He was born in Madrid. His film ''Ten Ready Rifles'' was entered into the 9th Berlin International Film Festival.
Filmography
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. It follows the military and political career of the Spanish Head of State
Francisco Franco
Francisco Franco Bahamonde (born Francisco Paulino Hermenegildo Teódulo Franco Bahamonde; 4 December 1892 – 20 November 1975) was a Spanish general and dictator who led the Nationalist faction (Spanish Civil War), Nationalist forces i ...
until the 25th anniversary of the end of the
Civil War
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. It uses diverse footage and interviews Franco's doctor in
Morocco
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,
Manuel Aznar Zubigaray, and Franco himself. It is a commemorative documentary of the 25th
anniversary
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Most countries celebrate national anniversaries, typically called national days. These could be the List of national independence days, date of independen ...
of Franco's victory in the Spanish Civil War.
See also
* ''
Caudillo
A ''caudillo'' ( , ; , from Latin language, Latin , diminutive of ''caput'' "head") is a type of Personalist dictatorship, personalist leader wielding military and political power. There is no precise English translation for the term, though it ...
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1964 films
Documentary films about politicians
1960s Spanish-language films
Documentary films about the Spanish Civil War
Films directed by José Luis Sáenz de Heredia
Spanish documentary films
1964 documentary films
Films about Francisco Franco
1960s Spanish films
Films scored by Antón García Abril
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