It tells the story of 13 girls, seven of them minors, and almost all militants of the Unified SOCIALIST Youth, shot on August 5, 1939 against the walls of the Almudena cemetery in Madrid.

Blanca:
PILAR LÓPEZ DE AYALA

Virtudes:
MARTA ETURA

Julia:
VERÓNICA SÁNCHEZ

Adelina:
GRABIELLA PRESSION

Carmen:
NADIA DE SANTIAGO

Victoria:
TERESA HURTADO DE ORY

Dionisia:
BÁRBARA LENNIE

Ana:
ALBA ALONSO

Martina:
CELIA PASTOR

Pilar:
SARA MARTÍN

Script:
IGNACIO MARTÍNEZ DE PISÓN

Director:
EMILIO MARTÍNEZ LÁZARO

Production Director:
CARLOS BERNASES

Photography Director:
JOSE LUIS ALCAIDE

Art Director:
ANTONIO CALVO DOMÍNGUEZ

The most difficult thing for me was to decide from what point of view I was going to tell the story of “the thirteen roses”, which from the very beginning was very abundant. What was known of the characters, wasn’t much, making them very attractive. On the other hand, they were very normal girls.

Their lives were not especially adventurous; most of them worked in the social services of the Republic. We didn’t have material to build a very imaginative story, but on the other hand, it wasn’t necessary, since the novel part of the story is unfortunately its final tragedy. But I was concerned of not being able to determine the right view from which to tell this story.

AWARDS

4 GOYA

NOMINATIONS

14 GOYA