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José Vivó
José Vivó (19 May 1917 – 26 July 1989) was a Spanish television, theater and film actor. Life He studied engineering, but the Spanish Civil War forced him to leave his studies unfinished. He fought on the side of the Second Spanish Republic, Republican army and at the end of the conflict, he devoted himself fully to the world of acting. His career began in the theater in 1946. In 1950 he moved to Madrid where he remained for the rest of his professional life. Among his most notable films are: ''Bienvenido Mister Marshall'' (1953), ''La venganza de Don Mendo'' (1961), ''Las Ibéricas F.C.'' (1971), ''Ana y los lobos'' (1973), ''Las largas vacaciones del 36'' (1976), ''Mamá cumple cien años'' (1979), ''El crimen de Cuenca'' (1980), ''Asesinato en el Comité Central'' (1982), ''El Sur (film), El Sur'' (1983), ''El caballero del dragón'' (1985) and ''El Lute: Run for Your Life, El Lute (camina o revienta)'' (1987). He also worked extensible on the theater, but it was for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barcelona
Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within city limits,Barcelona: Población por municipios y sexo – Instituto Nacional de Estadística. (National Statistics Institute) its urban area extends to numerous neighbouring municipalities within the province of Barcelona and is home to around 5.3 million people, making it the fifth most populous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Mendo's Revenche
''Don Mendo's Revenge'' () is a 1962 Spanish comedy film directed by Fernando Fernán Gómez. It is based on a play by Pedro Muñoz Seca. Plot Don Mendo Salazar (Fernando Fernán Gómez) sees how his beloved marries another man and he is unjustly imprisoned. Years later, he escapes and seeks revenge. Disguised as a minstrel, he manages to gather the characters who condemned him in the past and make them kill each other. Cast * Fernando Fernán Gómez as Don Mendo Salazar - Marqués de Cabra * Paloma Valdés as Magdalena * Juanjo Menéndez as Don Pero Collado, Duque de Toro * Antonio Garisa as the king Alfonso VII * Joaquín Roa as Don Nuño Manso de Jarama * Lina Canalejas as the Queen Berenguela * María Luisa Ponte as Doña Ramírez * José Vivó José Vivó (19 May 1917 – 26 July 1989) was a Spanish television, theater and film actor. Life He studied engineering, but the Spanish Civil War forced him to leave his studies unfinished. He fought on the side of the Sec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Knight Of The Dragon
''The Knight of the Dragon'' (), ''Star Knight'', is a 1985 Spanish adventure film directed by Fernando Colomo. It stars Miguel Bosé alongside Klaus Kinski, Harvey Keitel and Fernando Rey. Plot A knight sets out to rescue a princess from a dragon, but the dragon turns out to really be an alien spacecraft. Cast Production The film had initially a 200 million pesetas budget, and received an additional 50% subsidy. Eventually the budget had to be raised to 300 million, making for a 400 million total (equal to about $4 million USD, adjusted for inflation), the highest in Spanish cinema at the time."Klaus Kinski era un mierdecilla". Así se arruinó la gran marcianada del cine español |
Caso Cerrado (film)
''Caso cerrado'' () is a 1985 Spanish film starring Pepa Flores (Marisol) and Patxi Bisquert. The film was directed by Juan Caño Arecha and written by him and Gonzalo Goicoechea. The film became Marisol's last. According to some, it was its flop that led to her definitive retirement, after Carlos Saura succeeded to bring her back for ''Blood Wedding'' and ''Carmen''. Plot The Jewish wedding ceremony between César and Isabel takes place in Madrid. Non-conformist César sees his life upturned as he campaigns against compulsory military service. He temporarily flees to Paris, is charged with scam charges by the bank he works for, ends up in jail, and commits suicide. Reception The film was both a commercial and critical flop. It became Marisol's last film, as she retired from the cinema. ''Caso cerrado'' was advertised as her comeback feature, but after its failure she had to play "cat-and-mouse" with the media in Donostia where she stayed for three days. According to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Padre Nuestro (1985 Film)
''Padre nuestro'' is a 1985 Spanish drama film directed by Francisco Regueiro. It stars Francisco Rabal, Fernando Rey, and Victoria Abril. Plot A terminally-ill Spanish cardinal returns to his hometown in Spain to arrange family affairs before dying, meeting his illegitimate daughter (a prostitute locally known as "La Cardenala") and his granddaughter, as well as asking his atheist brother Abel to marry his daughter, so she can get recognition. Cast Release The film was released theatrically in Spain on 22 April 1985. It also screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 38th Cannes Film Festival. Reception Diego Galán of ''El País'' deemed ''Padre nuestro'' to be a film boasting a "curious beauty, more complex than it appears at first glance and more disturbing than the title promised". See also * List of Spanish films of 1985 A list of Spanish-produced and co-produced feature films released in Spain in 1985. Films References External links Spanish f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panic Beats
''Panic Beats'' () is a 1983 film starring Paul Naschy and Julia Saly. The film was a Spanish-Japanese co-production made as a sequel to Naschy's 1972 ''Horror Rises From the Tomb'' (featuring the return of his "Alaric de Marnac" character from the previous film). It was produced by Augusto Boue and Julia Saly for Naschy's company Aconito Films. Paul Naschy plays the monstrous Alaric de Marnac and Julia Saly, Lola Gaos, and Silvia Miro co-star. Some stock music written by Roberto Nicolosi for 1959's '' Caltiki the Immortal Monster'' can be heard in the background. Fernando Florido handled the gore and special effects. The film features a number of scenes involving full frontal female nudity. The old mansion Naschy used in the film was actually one of Generalisimo Francisco Franco's former homes, and in between takes, Naschy roamed the house and enjoyed rummaging through the various furnishings and paraphernalia that was left to rot in the house after Franco's death in 1975. Plo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Colmena (film)
''The Beehive'' () is a 1982 Spanish film directed by Mario Camus based on the novel '' The Hive'' by Camilo José Cela, it depicts the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War and its impact on several characters. Cela has a small role as Matías Martí. Synopsis The film is set in Madrid during the postwar period, beginning in 1942. The population suffers the consequences of the civil war. A group of members of a social gathering meet every day in the café ''La Delicia:'' * Doña Rosa ( María Luisa Ponte) is the owner of the central cafe ''La Delicia'' that most of the other characters frequent. She is strict and threatens her staff and her clients with physical violence and accusing them of political crimes, so that they work tirelessly and pay for her drinks. * Several penniless poets, unofficially led by Ricardo Sorbedo ( Paco Rabal), meet in the cafeteria ordering the minimum drink and often convincing the academic Don Ibrahim ( Luis Escobar) to invite them in a scam game that I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Crime Of Cuenca
''The Crime of Cuenca'' () is a 1980 Spanish drama film directed by Pilar Miró and based on an instance of miscarriage of justice, the Crime of Cuenca, which took place in the early 20th century in the province of Cuenca. ''El crimen de Cuenca'' is the title of a book published at the same time by the author of the movie script, (Lola) Salvador Maldonado, in which she recounts the same facts. Historical facts On 21 August 1910, in the small town of Osa de la Vega, in the province of Cuenca, José María Grimaldos, known as "El Cepa" (the stump), is seen on the road to the nearby village of Tresjuncos and then disappears. His family fears foul play and reports it to the Guardia Civil. In the subsequent judicial investigation the family and others express their suspicions that two men, Gregorio Valero and León Sánchez had killed him for his money. This first case was closed in September 1911 with no convictions. In 1913 a new, young and overzealous judge named Isasa arrives. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mama Turns 100
''Mama Turns 100'' () is a 1979 Spanish comedy film written and directed by Carlos Saura. The film is a comedy sequel of the drama ''Ana and the Wolves'' directed by Saura in 1973. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 52nd Academy Awards. Plot In celebration of Mama's 100th birthday, a Spanish extended family gathers at their ancestral country estate. Among the attendees is Ana, married to Antonio, who once worked as a nanny here many years ago. Beneath the veneer of cordiality and politeness, bitter realities simmer, as significant changes have occurred within the family: José died three years prior, Juan has parted ways with his wife Luchi, and only Fernando, an enthusiast of kite-flying, remains with his elderly mother. The young girls Ana once cared for have long since transitioned out of childhood. As an observer, Ana discerns that this family has disintegrated into its individual fragments, with the forsaken Luchi having misappropriat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Traffic Jam (film)
''Traffic Jam'' () is a 1979 Italian satirical comedy-drama film directed by Luigi Comencini. It was entered into the 1979 Cannes Film Festival. The film, although uncredited, is based on the 1966 short story "L'Autoroute du sud" by Julio Cortázar. Plot In a main thoroughfare on the outskirts of Rome, thousands of motorists are stuck in terrible traffic jam for twenty-four hours. In a stretch of road there is a variety of characters whose behaviour becomes strange. There is a selfish and hypocritical entrepreneur in a luxury car; a young hippie girl harassed and then ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Ciutat Cremada
''La ciutat cremada'' (''The Burned City''; Spanish title: ''La ciudad quemada'') is a 1976 Spanish historical film directed by Antoni Ribas Antoni Ribas i Piera (27 October 1935 – 3 October 2007) was a Catalan Spanish film director and screenwriter. He directed 15 films between 1966 and 2007. His 1973 film ''La otra imagen'' was entered into the 1973 Cannes Film Festival. Fi ....http://spanish_cinema.enacademic.com/46/Catalan_cinema Cast Plot The story takes place in Barcelona following the disaster in Cuba until the Tragic Week (la Semana Trágica), approximately from 1899 until 1909, by means of events which befall a family in that city. References External links * 1970s historical films Spanish multilingual films Spanish historical films 1970s Spanish films {{historic-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Long Vacations Of 36
''Long Vacations of 36'' () is a 1976 Spanish drama film directed by Jaime Camino dealing with the effects of Spanish Civil War on a bourgeois family trapped by the conflict in a tourist village near Barcelona. The film won three awards at the 26th Berlin International Film Festival: FIPRESCI Prize, Interfilm Award – Recommendation, and UNICRIT Award – Honorable Mention. The original ending (Franco's cavalry entry in the village, intentionally showed as a blurred image) was cut by Spanish censorship of that time. The film ends with all the Republicans marching to exile, and the fascist couple waiting at home. Plot In the summer of 1936, the beginning of the Spanish Civil War, a bourgeois family with many children, spending their holiday near Barcelona, tries to remain neutral between the Republicans and the supporters of General Francisco Franco. But the war change the lives of all. Cast *Analía Gadé as Virginia *Ismael Merlo as El Abuelo *Ángela Molina as Encarna *Vicen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
