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This article examines the use of motion pictures as documentary and historical sources, with a particular focus on the Spanish Maquis, a guerrilla resistance movement during World War II. The author analyzes the different cinematic portrayals of the Maquis beginning in the 1950s and continuing into the 21st century, especially during the period known as Francoism (Spain under leader Francisco Franco) and the period of democratization in the 1970s.