Film · 2016
Gernika
Directed by Koldo Serra · starring James D'Arcy, María Valverde and Jack Davenport
- 6.4 Users5 votes
Synopsis
Directed by Koldo Serra and starring Jack Davenport, James D'Arcy, María Valverde, Burn Gorman, Irene Escolar, Ingrid García Jonsson, Julian Villagrán, Álex García, Joachim Paul Assböck, Bárbara Goenaga, Víctor Clavijo and Natalia Álvarez-Bilbao. Presented in the Official Selection of the Malaga Film Festival. It is a story of love in a complicated moment in history, which requires under certain circumstances leave anything to survive. Guernica is a Basque population was vilely aviation bombed by Nazi German army in April 1937 in the Spanish Civil War. In a context like this will be a beautiful young woman, Teresa, who works as an editor in a newsroom of a Republican newspaper. The beautiful girl meet Henry, an American journalist who is in low hours and covering the front of the north of Spain. Teresa, who is also courted by his boss, Vasyl, a Soviet advisor to the Republican government, can not resist the charm of idealism that Henry hides strickly and want to return the passion for telling the truth, it was his vocation many years ago.
Where to watch Gernika
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Availability checked on 8 November 2026.
The essentials
- Runtime
- 110 min1 hour and 50 minutes
- Budget
- €5.8mPecado Films
- Box office
- €126,4360.0 times its budget
- How long is Gernika?
- 1 hour and 50 minutes (110 minutes).
- Who directed Gernika?
- Koldo Serra.
- Who is in Gernika?
- It stars James D'Arcy, María Valverde, Jack Davenport and Burn Gorman.
- Where can I watch Gernika?
- In the UK it is available to rent on Apple TV and Prime Video.
- How much did Gernika make?
- It took €126,436 in Spain. It cost €5.8 million.
Cast
Full cast (20)-
James D'Arcy Henry
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María Valverde Teresa
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Jack Davenport Vasyl
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Burn Gorman Consul
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Irene Escolar Cousin Isabel
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Ingrid García Jonsson Márta
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Álex García Marco
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Julián Villagrán Pierre
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Bárbara Goenaga Carmen
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Joachim Paul Assböck W. von Richthofen
- Director
- Koldo Serra
- Writers
- Barney Cohen
- Producers
- Barney Cohen, Ángel Durández
Videos and trailers
All 2 videosPhotos and posters
All 12 photosReviews
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What the critics say
- El MundoLuis Martínez
Gernika keeps in every moment a classical planning, maybe academic, focused on keeping the camera at the eye's height in pictures in which the action flows in a coherent, and legible way.
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Box office
Weekend by weekend- Budget €5.8m
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Spain €126,436
Awards
All the awards- Goya Awards 2017 1 nomination
Soundtrack
All 10 songs- Gernika (Lekeitio 4, 1972) GernikaMikel Laboa Spotify
- Sonata No. 1 in E-Flat Major, BWV 525: I. Allegro ModeratoFernando Velázquez Spotify
- Tristan Und Isolde. Act III Scene 3: Mild Und Leise Wie Er Lachelt (Isolde, Melot Marke).Nanny Larsen, Todsen, Gunnar Graarud, Rudolf Bockelmann, Ivan Andresen Spotify
- Capriccio on the Departure of His Most Beloved Brother, in B-Flat Major. BWV 992: I. Arioso:Adagio- His Friends Try to Persuade Him Not to Undertake the JourneyFernando Velázquez
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