El 2 de mayo : los héroes olvidados / director, José Manuel Novoa ; productor, Óscar Portillo ; guión, Carmen Aldaz, Juan Nova ; edición guión, Jorge Farre, Pedro Redondo ; documentalista, Carmen Aldaz.
On the 2nd of May 1808, the people of Madrid took up arms against Napoleon's army. The events of that day represented the beginning of the Peninsular War, known in Spain as the War of Independence, and led the whole nation to become conscious of its identity. Two centuries later, with the aid of the...
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| Language: | Spanish English |
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In Spanish or English. |
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[Madrid] :
Explora Films : TeleMadrid,
[2008]
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| Physical Description: | 1 streaming video file (2 video files (52 min. each)) : sound, color. |
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Dos de mayo.
Second of May : the forgotten heroes. |
| Format: | Electronic Video |
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On the 2nd of May 1808, the people of Madrid took up arms against Napoleon's army. The events of that day represented the beginning of the Peninsular War, known in Spain as the War of Independence, and led the whole nation to become conscious of its identity. Two centuries later, with the aid of the most prestigious experts on that period, we will travel back to the Madrid of the early 19th Century to relive the day that changed the history of Spain. -- Explora Films webpage. |
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| Credits: | Cinematographer, Magoo Moro; editor, Ascen Marchena; music, Santi Vega. |
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Narrator (Spanish version): José Ángel de Juanes.
Narrator (English version): Stephen Hughes, Blair Holmes, Drew Crosby, Kate Petris, Elizabeth Mascola. |
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Online resource; title from opening/closing credits (Digitalia Film Library, viewed August 22, 2015) |