70 years after the beginning of the Spanish Civil War the last still living international volunteers, who fought for freedom and democracy and against General Franco and Fascism, return to Spain. The Brigadistas, 36 men and women – the youngest 86, the eldest 99 years old – set out on a journey that leads them from Madrid to Barcelona and all over Spain. This is the last journey for many of them and the Brigadistas know it. They report their experiences and want to pass on their ideas and ideals. BRIGADISTAS is an intensive portrait of these people, the film paints a picture in which enthusiasm and pensiveness find their space. info@roadside-dokumentarfilm.de
The Brigadistas will leave us – but Burkholz´ film will remain.
Franz Lindenthal, Neue Rheinische Zeitung
