
The troubled story of the Churruca family, a noble lineage of brave seamen, descendants of Cosme Damián Churruca, the Spanish hero of the Battle of Trafalgar; from the Spanish-American War (1898) to the end of the Spanish Civil War (1936-39). (In 1950, a new cut of the film was released with less ideological depth and ten minutes shorter.)
Cast

Alfredo Mayo
José Churruca

Ana Mariscal
Marisol Mendoza

José Nieto
Pedro Churruca

Blanca de Silos
Isabel Churruca
Rosina Mendía
Isabel Acuña de Churruca

Pilar Soler
Spy
Julio Rey de las Heras
Pedro Churruca's Father

Luis Arroyo
Jaime Churruca

Raúl Cancio
Luis Echevarría

Manuel Arbó
Mr. Echevarría
Mercedes Llofríu
Young Isabel Churruca
Eduardo González
Child
Consuelo Loygorri
Luis' Daughter
Ángel Martínez
Young Pedro Churruca

Francisco Camoiras
Young José Churruca
José Crevillent
Luis' Son

Juan Calvo
El Campesino
Vicente Soler
Doctor Vera
Fernando Fresno
Father Palomeque
Antonio Armet
General Vicente Rojo

Pablo Álvarez Rubio
Commander
Fulgencio Nogueras
Admiral Cervera

Domingo Rivas
Engineer Colonel
Manuel Soto
Admiral
Pablo Hidalgo
Don Luis
Ignacio Mateo
Colonel Pardo
Antonio Zaballos
Priest

Santiago Rivero
Engineer Captain
Luis Latorre
Doctor Gómez Ulloa
Horacio Socías
Father Prior

Erasmo Pascual
Militiaman
Joaquín Regález
Volunteer
María Saco
Aunt Lola
Carmen Trejo
Spy
Crew

José Luis Sáenz de Heredia
Director, Screenplay, Dialogue

Antonio Román
Screenplay

Francisco Franco
Screenstory, Novel

Eduardo García Maroto
Editor
Bienvenida Sanz
Editor
José F. Aguayo
Director of Photography
Jerónimo Mihura
Assistant Director
Manuel Rosellón
Assistant Director

Sigfrido Burman
Production Design
Luis M. Feduchi
Production Design

Cecilio Paniagua
Camera Operator

Heinrich Gärtner
Camera Operator
Manuel Comba
Costume Designer
Francisco Puyol
Hairstylist
Fernanda Alonso
Hairstylist
Margarita Tapper
Makeup Artist
José Arguelles
Makeup Artist
José Echevarría
Makeup Artist
J. Flierbaum García
Sound Recordist
Pierre Certes
Sound Engineer
León Lucas de la Peña
Sound Engineer
Manuel Parada
Original Music Composer
Luis Dias Amado
Production Director
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