Into the Fire: American Women in the Spanish Civil War

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

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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.

Director: Julia Newman

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	Martha Gellhorn as Self
	Evelyn Hutchins as Self
	Esther Silverstein Blanc as Self
	Ruth Davidow as Self
	Helen Freeman Feinberg as Self
	Salaria Kea O'Reilly as Self
	Celia Greenspan Seborer as Self
	Irene Goldin Speigel as Self
	Victoria Ryan as Virginia Coweles (Voice)
	Amanda Ronconi as Lini de Vries (Voice)
	Meg Howrey as Martha Gellhorn (Voice)
	Claudia Traub as Celia Greenspan (Voice)
	M. E. Larsen as Josephine Herbst (Voice)
	Allya Campbell as Salaria Kea (Voice)
	Angela Pierce as Dorothy Parker (Voice)
	Laura Jean Kirk as Mildred Rackley (Voice)
	Julie Morgan as Eleanor Roosevelt (Voice)
	Gary Bacon as Esther Silverstein (Voice)
	Elise Boyd as Anne Taft (Voice)
	Liz Pearce as Alice Wagnon (Voice)

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