Blood in the snow (Filming in City of Light)
Studies Ciudad de la Luz in Alicante welcome, in his last days of shooting, the interiors of the film Blood in the snow , directed by Gerardo Herrero and starring Juan Diego Botto and Carmelo Gómez. The film is based on the novel by Ignacio del Valle "The time of the emperors strangers."
Carmelo Gómez and Juan Diego Botto (Photo: Scotty)
is a thriller a very special decoration, it takes place during the Second World War, Front Russia: We are in the winter of 1943 when a battalion of the Blue Division encounters a series of heads of horses scattered over the frozen surface of a lake.
immersed in the ice, found the body of one of the English soldiers riding the decapitated body of one of the horses. The body is engraved on the shoulder, a knife, the phrase: "See, I see God."
is the beginning of an exciting thriller in which a serial murderer leaves a trail of corpses on another great trail of dead bodies: those of his race.
The exteriors have been shot in Lithuania, over last winter, with temperatures many degrees below zero, something the English crew has endured with great professionalism.
bustle of stem je (Photo: Scotty)
According to Gerardo Herrero, " Blood on snow is a thriller, making it different from other genre films is that the story focuses on Blue Division (volunteers who enlisted after the English Civil War, with the sole purpose of fighting the Red Army) during World War II on the Russian front.
The Blue Division, deployed by the regime of General Franco, was made up of 18,000 troops, all allegedly "Volunteers" sent to die for their ideals Falangists. The men in charge were professional soldiers, recent winners of the English Civil War. The troops were composed of volunteers Falangists, radical fascist Falange did not belong to, as well as Republicans who were "invited" to cleanse their sins or those of their families. Enlisted to fight against communism, and many gave their lives there. Many people are unaware that many of these men were forced volunteers. For example, the famous English film director José Luis García Berlanga had to enlist "voluntarily" to clear the record of his father, who was a Republican. In most cases, those who supposedly had been "doubtful" were sent to the most dangerous missions.
Our protagonist is a police inspector who had been on the Republican side during the Civil War, for which he was politely invited to get ready in the Blue Division, which is why becomes a soldier from the Russian front.
The point is that it is he who, when he discovers the first victim trapped in the frozen lake, he realizes that he has been a murder, what makes you trust the subsequent investigation.
Another little known fact that is reflected in the script is that, once the English Civil War, began a witch-hunt among the Masons (both right and left) and this historical fact appears in a subtle way in our argument.
The protagonist, our Sherlock Holmes, research undertaken with the utmost professionalism and give commanders a Watson, a man with ideals Falangists but is fully aware that the war is lost and it is very possible that not return to Spain.
All the characters are living with a symbolic noose around his neck, staggered into the intangible boundary between life and death are in the midst of a war that is about to end. They all move in a frozen landscape, constantly covered with snow and solitude reigns, which is reflected in the emotional state of the characters appear to be strong, but if they look closely you can see how fragile we are reality.
Our inspector is a true professional, observant, meticulous, conscientious, suspicious ... His goal is to survive, regardless. You can not talk about his past, you must keep hidden his political sympathies, and too often also hide their feelings. However, their research is rigorous and thorough.
We have tried to give each character a unique personality, which always reflects the political coherence of the time. Until now there was no European film about the Blue Division. This is a European film that takes as its starting point a English story in which characters are Germans, Russians and Lithuanians. The real hospital in the Blue Division was located in Lithuania, where we have the locations and where we have found the assistance needed to carry out this fascinating adventure.
Visually, the script requires meticulous direction and photography. We are currently working with director of photography in the preparation of a detailed storyboard to prepare with great detail the most difficult scenes to shoot.
history itself requires a consistent narrative tension: the camera should be placed at the service of the actors and so near as to enable them to capture their feelings and emotions. We also need extensive views to show the strength of the scenes and landscapes.
Our purpose is to make a film that captivates the audience involved in the story and passionate, and, moreover, that the film reflects a part of history that Europeans and the English themselves, largely unknown. "
Carmelo Gómez, Elsa Martínez, Gerardo Herrero and Juan Diego Botto (Photo: Scotty)
In the presentation to the media attended communications director and producer Gerardo Herrero, besides the actors, Carmelo Gómez and Juan Diego Botto., Accompanied by the director of the Martínez Elsa audiovisual complex.
actors, director and producer, along with the director of studies Elsa Martinez. (Photo: Scotty)
The film crew had the courtesy to stage a sequence, exclusively for journalists, in which a group of soldiers carrying out an individual and cruel entertainment , playing gambling with the lives of prisoners.
Photo: Scotty
The release of S Angre in the snow is scheduled to start next season in the fall.
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