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  • ThisfilmisbasedonthehomonymousbookbyDiegoAbaddeSan… ThisfilmisbasedonthehomonymousbookbyDiegoAbaddeSantillánthatwaswritteninexileandrepublishedseveraltimes,andforthefirsttimeinSpain,rightafterFranco'sdeath.IkeptseverallettersofSantillánfromthosedays:hehadleftthedirectionoftheArgentineanEncyclopediainBuenosAirestoruntoSpainwherehethoughthecouldbemoreuseful. Indeed,hestartedajournal,apublishinghouse,wrotehismemoirs,workedonthisfilm(co-directedbyhisson),andstillfoundtimetocontinuehisresearchontheMexicanRevolution(ofwhichhewasthefirstauthortopublishawell-documentedbookonthesocialaspectsoftheevents).Nowonderhislifeendednotlongafter;forhehadsparednoenergytoreviveinSpaintheCNT-FAIspiritof1936-39! Thetitle'squestionmarkbecomesuseless;bytheendofthefilm,wehavelearnedthatiftheanarchistsmadetherevolutionvictoriousbyshowinghowtoorganizelifethroughthesocializationofindustryandagriculture,theywerenotatallresponsibleforlosingthewar. TheguiltyoneswerethosewhowashedtheirhandsbynothelpingtheSpanishRepublicinperil(conservativeEngland,astobeexpectedbut,shamelessly,SocialistFrancetoo),notprovidingthepeoplethenecessaryweaponstodefendthemselves(theMadridgovernmentoftheRepublic,aswellastheSovietgovernmentsendingtoofewarms,toolate,andonlytotheirprotégés).Catholics,Republicans,Socialists,anarchists,alltheprotagonistsinthefilmwitnessedthemassacres,thedestructionoftherevolutionaryconquests.StalinwassigningthenasecretpactwithHitler,anditwaseasiertosacrificethePOUM,theCNT,theFAI,thecollectives,ratherthantodispleasehisnewally.