Los Canadienses is a 1976 documentary about the Canadian volunteers who fought in the Spanish Civil War.
[1] It was directed by Albert Kish and produced by Tom Daly and Colin Low for the National Film Board of Canada.
The Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) was a conflict between Spain's Nationalists, a right-wing alliance led by General Francisco Franco’s military junta, and Republicans, a left- and -centre wing group opposing the Nationalist overthrow of the constitutionally-elected government.
Of all nationalities, only France saw more volunteers take part than Canada—1,200 Canadians joined the struggle as the XV International Brigade of the Mackenzie–Papineau Battalion; over half were killed.
Kish sought to give them their due through this film which, though emotional and respectful, does not lapse into sentimentality.