The Spanish Civil War has attracted directors from different countries . Sam Wood 's '' For Whom the Bell Tolls '' ( 1943 ) , based on Ernest Hemingway 's book of the same name , portrays the fated romance between an American played by Gary Cooper and a partisan played by Ingrid Bergman against the backdrop of the civil war . The epic 168 minute film with its landscapes shot in Technicolor and a " beautiful " orchestral score was a success both with audiences and with critics . Alain Resnais 's '' Guernica '' ( 1950 ) uses Picasso 's '' painting '' to protest against war . Carlos Saura 's '' La Caza '' ( The Hunt , 1966 ) uses the metaphor of hunting to criticise the aggressiveness of Spanish fascism . It won the Silver Bear for Best Director at the 16th Berlin International Film Festival in 1966 . Ken Loach 's '' Land and Freedom '' ( '' Tierra y Libertad '' , 1995 ) , loosely based on George Orwell 's '' Homage to Catalonia '' , follows a British communist through the war to reveal the painful contradictions within the anti-fascist Republican side
16th Berlin International Film Festival
16th Berlin International Film Festival
War film