While at War (Spanish: Mientras dure la guerra) is a 2019 Spanish historical drama film directed by Alejandro Amenábar. It premiered at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival.
Shots of white Spanish Rebel troops and Moors fighting and pushing forward. Shot of guns firing. Shot of wrecked planes and armoured car. Shot of the battered Alcazar in Toledo. shot of the General Franco and troops in the town. Shot taken with the Colonel Machado. Shots of the ruined Alcazar. CU of Spanish girl eating bread. Shots of ruins and fires.
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The Siege of the Alcázar was a highly symbolic Nationalist victory in Toledo in the opening stages of the Spanish Civil War. The Alcázar of Toledo was held by a variety of military forces in favor of the Nationalist uprising. Militias of the parties in the Popular Front began their siege on July 21, 1936. The siege ended on September 27 with the arrival of the Army of Africa under Francisco Franco.
