Films by Daniel Guthmann

2017, 52 min
by Daniel Guthmann, Joachim Palutzki

Spanish dictator Francisco Franco believed he was chosen by higher powers. He instructed his propagandists to portray him as an ‘indomitable soldier’. Secretly, however, Franco had an almost morbid fear of being murdered. And rightly so, as was proven after his death in 1975. Since then, over 20 failed attempts on the Spanish nationalist leader’s life have come to light. But who planned these attempts? What drove the would-be assassins, and how close did they come to fulfilling their goal of kil