Blockade
Blockade

Blockade (1938)

Passed (US) | USA | English | 85 min
Directed by: William Dieterle
5.6

In the spring of 1936 in Castelmare, the peasants Marco and Luis help the aristocratic Russian Norma who had a car accident while driving to the house of her father Basil, and Marco falls in love with her. Soon, the Spanish Civil War begins and Marco leads a group of peasants to defend Castelmare and he is assigned lieutenant of the rebels' army. Meanwhile, Basil and Norma are forced to spy for Andre Gallinet. Marco suspects Basil and follows him to his room. When Basil reacts, Marco kills him in a shooting. Meanwhile, Castelmare is under siege and without supplies, and Norma escapes from Marco. But she is blackmailed by Gallibet and forced to return to Castelmare with information about the ship that is bringing supplies for the population.

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Release Date

USA
(premiere)
1938-06-16
USA
No data
1938-06-17
Czechoslovakia
(Prague)
1938-08
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Also Known As (A.K.A.)

Blockade
(Original title)
Bloqueo
Argentina
Blocus
Belgium (French title)
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Parent Guide

Sex & Nudity
None
Frightening & Intense Scenes
Mild