Editing Francisco Franco (section)

== In popular media ==
=== Cinema and television ===
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* ''[[Raza (film)|Raza]]'' or ''[[Espíritu de una Raza]]'' (''Spirit of a Race'') (1941), based on a script by "Jaime de Andrade" (Franco himself), is the semi-autobiographical story of a military officer played by [[Alfredo Mayo]].
* ''[[Franco, ese hombre]]'' (''That man, Franco'') (1964) is a pro-Franco documentary film directed by [[José Luis Sáenz de Heredia]]
* The movie ''[[Dragon Rapide (film)|Dragon Rapide]]'' (1986) deals with the events previous to the Spanish Civil War, with the actor [[Juan Diego (actor)|Juan Diego]] playing Franco
* Argentine actor [[José "Pepe" Soriano]] played both Franco and his double in ''[[Espérame en el cielo]]'' (''Wait for Me in Heaven'') (1988).
* [[Ramon Fontserè]] played him in ''[[¡Buen Viaje, Excelencia!]]'' (''Bon Voyage, Your Excellency!'') (2003).
* [[Manuel Alexandre]] played Franco in the TV movie ''[[20-N: Los ultimos dias de Franco]]'' (''20-N: The Last Days of Franco'') (2008)
* [[Juan Viadas]] played Franco in [[Álex de la Iglesia]]'s movie ''[[Balada triste de trompeta]]'' (''The Last Circus'') (2010)
* The first-season episode "Cómo se reescribe el tiempo" of the Spanish television series ''[[El Ministerio del Tiempo]]'' (2015) sets events around Franco's October 1940 meeting with Adolf Hitler at Hendaye. Franco is portrayed by actor Pep Mirás.
* At the end of the movie ''[[The Queen of Spain|La reina de España]]'' (''The Queen of Spain''), Franco, played by [[Carlos Areces]], is spat on in the face by the fictional Macarena Granada ([[Penélope Cruz]]), a Spanish Hollywood star who has returned to Spain to film a movie during Franco's reign.
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=== Music ===
* French singer-songwriter and anarchist [[Léo Ferré]] wrote "Franco la muerte", a song he recorded for his 1964 album ''[[Ferré 64]]''. In this highly confrontational song, he directly shouts at the Franco and lavishes him with contempt. Ferré refused to sing in Spain until Franco was dead.

=== Literature ===
* Franco is a character in CJ Sansom's book ''Winter in Madrid''
* ''[[...Y al tercer año resucitó]]'' (''...And On the Third Year He Rose Again'') (1980) describes what would happen if Franco rose from the dead.
* Franco is featured in the novel ''[[Triage (novel)|Triage]]'' (1998) by [[Scott Anderson (novelist)|Scott Anderson]].
* Franco is the centrepiece of the satirical work ''El general Franquisimo o La muerte civil de un militar moribundo'' by Andalucian political cartoonist and journalist [[Andrés Vázquez de Sola]].<ref>[http://www.duntempsdunpais.cat/vida-y-muertes-del-general-franquissimo/ El general franquisimo de Vazquez de Sola]. Duntempsdunpais.cat. Retrieved 17 December 2017.</ref>
* Franco features in several novels by [[Caroline Angus Baker]], including ''Vengeance in the Valencian Water,'' visiting the aftermath of the 1957 Valencia floods, and ''Death in the Valencian Dust,'' about the final executions handed down before his death in 1975.