''Calabuch'' (US title: ''The Rocket From Calabuch'') is a 1956 comedy film directed by

Luis García Berlanga Luis García-Berlanga Martí (12 June 1921 – 13 November 2010) was a Spanish film director and screenwriter. Acclaimed as a pioneer of modern Spanish cinema, his films are marked by social satire and acerbic critiques of Spanish culture under t ...

Synopsis

Calabuch is a little village in the coast of Spain. There arrives Dr. George Hamilton (

Edmund Gwenn Edmund Gwenn (born Edmund John Kellaway; 26 September 1877 – 6 September 1959) was an English actor. On film, he is best remembered for his role as Kris Kringle in the Christmas film ''Miracle on 34th Street'' (1947), for which he won th ...

), a scientist expert in rockets who is tired of his job. Hamilton decides to help people of Calabuch in a

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s competition. He wins and his photo appears in the local newspaper and then NASA and the army find him.Cartel, ficha y sinopsis en Aula Matemática.com http://www.aulamatematica.com/mathsmovies/Calabuch.htm

Production background

This Spanish-Italian co-production was filmed in

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, Castellón, and features an international cast led by British-American actor Edmund Gwenn in his last film role, and Italians

Valentina Cortese Valentina Cortese (1 January 1923 – 10 July 2019) was an Italian actress. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in François Truffaut's ''Day for Night'' (1973). Personal life Cortese was born ...

and

Franco Fabrizi Franco Fabrizi (; 15 February 1916 – 18 October 1995) was an Italian actor. Life and career Son of a barber and a cinema cashier, Franco Fabrizi started his career as a model and an actor in fotoromanzi. Fabrizi also starred on several revu ...

. Berlanga won the OCIC Award at the

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References

1956 films 1950s Spanish-language films Italian comedy films Spanish black-and-white films Spanish comedy films Spain in fiction Films directed by Luis García Berlanga 1956 comedy films 1950s Spanish films 1950s Italian films {{1950s-Spain-film-stub