This film is leftist propaganda

I wish people would stop thinking that all the communists were all part of one single group, as if communists in Spain somehow had to be taking orders from Stalin or the Soviet Union. Most likely what would have happened if Franco had lost the civil war is that there would have been free elections and next a democratic regime.

This world is a comedy to those that think, a tragedy to those that feel.

The Left in Spain was composed of a wide variety of groups ranging from centrists who supported a capitalist liberal democracy to socialist, marxists, communists, and anarcho-syndalists.

While the Left in Spain did receive substantial material support from the USSR, the actual manpower committed by the Soviet Union was dwarfed by that of volunteers from the international community which amounted to 35000 - 40000 people representing 52 nations.

The failings of the left in Spain during the war were largely due to intervention by the Comintern, who's rounding up and execution of potential enemies within the leftist coalition undermined cohesion, trust, and fighting power of the left.

It is impossible to judge the composition of the guerrillas depicted in Pan's Labyrinth, and judging by the presence of the Frenchman (who's leg is amputated in the film) they are more than likely not a group composed of hardcore communists, but probably a more centrist group continuing to oppose the fascism in Spain.

In short, when in doubt, always root against the fascists.

the fascists overthrew a democratic government and killed thousands of people
wake up

I understand that nowadays fascists get annoyed watching this film. Like we say in Spain: Ajo y agua.

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You couldn´t be any more ignorant.
I mean if you are going to drop judgments about history you should definitely do your research before making a fool of yourself.
In 1931 Spain finally managed to rebel against a king and a dictator that nobody chose. The latter, Primo de Rivera, had made his way to the government by means of the violence and the intimidation implemented by the fascist party. Spain was a country in which 99% of the people were peasants and yet 99% of the land belonged to the same few families to which they had belonged in the 1500's because of feudalism. That included the Catholic Church owning vasts portions of land. The Spanish people claimed their right to vote and choose. Are you saying that they shouldn´t be able to choose who to vote? They did, and they chose socialism, because they wanted a fair piece of the pie. Between 1931 and 1936 Spain lived under a democracy. People who were starving got bread to eat. Instead of spending on the military they spent on education, social programs and infrastructure. Their policies have been followed by numerous European countries, including Nordic countries and Germany even today. Nothing was like the Soviet Union like you say and there were no authoritative figures like Stalin. That is an ignorant generalization. In 1936, a group of military leaders who believe that everything that was going on in Spain was unpatriotic and unchristian decide that it is fair to kill a half million people to "liberate" the country. Of course they were evil and of course they are going to be portrayed as evil as they go against the liberties of the people and kill for that sake. If you expect to watch a Spanish Civil war movie in which they portray the Spanish military as good people keep waiting.
And giving credit to Franco for improving the Spanish economy is just utter rubbish. Between 1939 and 1960 Spain was still recovering from the war that Franco caused. Franco shut down Spain to any external influence. People would drink powdered milk coming from the U.S. and it wasn´t until he realized the importance of tourism in the 1960's that Spain started to recover economically. So no, he did not help Spain´s economy, he stopped the watch for 25 years. Most historians today claim that Spain would be as developed as France or Italy if none of that had happened.
Get your facts straight.

Thank you for bringing some actual history to the table (if it's true idk). I believe knowledge and reasoning involving the truth removes the hate and negative opinions. Now that we know the "leftists" had intended for Franco to install a democracy we can Identify with them and understand their intentions weren't to install a communist government after the civil war.

Take your anti- troll potions and seal up your troll food. They feed on your rage.

thanks for the support-attacking trolls since 1984