Stico
''Stico'' is a 1985 Spanish comedy film directed by Jaime de Armiñán about a broke Roman law professor who offers himself as a slave to an old student in exchange for house and food. It was entered into the 35th Berlin International Film Festival where Fernando Fernán Gómez won the Silver Bear for Best Actor. Cast * Fernando Fernán Gómez as Don Leopoldo Contreras de Tejada * Agustín González as Gonzalo Bárcena * Carme Elias as María * Amparo Baró as Felisa * Mercedes Lezcano as Margarita * Manuel Zarzo as Claudio * Beatriz Elorrieta * Manuel Torremocha * Toa Torán * Sandra Milhaud * Bárbara Escamilla * Vanesa Escamilla * Manuel Galiana as Luis Cuartero Reception Magazine ''Fotogramas ''Fotogramas'' is Spanish digital and print film magazine which has been in circulation since 1946. It is one of the early film magazines in Spain. History Founded in Barcelona, it was first published on 15 November 1946 by Antonio Nadal-Rodó a ...'' describes the film as "s ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jaime De Armiñán
Jaime de Armiñán Oliver (born 9 March 1927) is a Spanish screenwriter and film director. His films have been nominated for Academy Awards in the Foreign language film category twice, in 1972 for ''Mi querida señorita'' and in 1980 for '' El Nido''. His 1974 film '' El amor del capitán Brando'' was entered into the 24th Berlin International Film Festival. His 1985 film ''Stico'' was entered into the 35th Berlin International Film Festival, where Fernando Fernán Gómez won the Silver Bear for Best Actor. In 1994, his film '' Al otro lado del Túnel'' was entered into the 44th Berlin International Film Festival. Life Jaime de Armiñán was born on 9 March 1927 in Madrid within a family of artist, politicians and writers. He studied law at Universidad Complutense de Madrid. After graduating as a lawyer, Armiñán began writing articles for such magazines as ''Fotos'' and ''Dígame''. In the 1950s, he established himself as an award-winning playwright whose best known works in ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Silver Bear For Best Actor
The Silver Bear for Best Actor (german: Silberner Bär/Bester Darsteller) was an award presented at the Berlin International Film Festival from 1956 to 2020. It was given to an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance and was chosen by the International Jury from the films in the Competition slate at the festival. Beginning with the 71st Berlin International Film Festival, the award was replaced with the gender-neutral categories, Silver Bear for Best Leading Performance and Silver Bear for Best Supporting Performance. At the 6th Berlin International Film Festival held in 1956, Burt Lancaster was the first winner of this award for his performance in ''Trapeze'', and Elio Germano was the last winner in this category, for his role in '' Hidden Away'' at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival in 2020. History The award was first presented in 1956 and can be for lead or supporting roles. The prize was not awarded on three occasions (1969, 1973, and 1974). In 19 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Fernando Fernán Gómez
Fernando Fernández Gómez (28 August 1921 – 21 November 2007) better known as Fernando Fernán Gómez was a Spanish actor, screenwriter, film director, theater director and member of the Royal Spanish Academy for seven years. He was born in Peru while his mother, Spanish actress Carola Fernán-Gómez, was making a tour in Latin America Latin America or * french: Amérique Latine, link=no * ht, Amerik Latin, link=no * pt, América Latina, link=no, name=a, sometimes referred to as LatAm is a large cultural region in the Americas where Romance languages — languages derived .... He would later use her surname for his stage name when he moved to Spain in 1924. Biography The most probable thing, as he wrote in his memoirs, is that he was born in Lima on 28 August 1921, even if his birth certificate indicates that he was born in the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires. The reason for this is that his mother, the theater actress Carola Fernán Gómez, was touring South Amer ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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35th Berlin International Film Festival
The 35th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 15 to 26 February 1985. The Golden Bear was awarded to East German film ''The Woman and the Stranger, Die Frau und der Fremde'' directed by Rainer Simon and British film ''Wetherby (film), Wetherby'' directed by David Hare (playwright), David Hare. The retrospective was dedicated to ''Special effects''. Jury The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival: * Jean Marais, actor (France) - Jury President * Max von Sydow, actor (Sweden) * Alberto Sordi, actor, screenwriter and director (Italy) * Regimantas Adomaitis, actor (Soviet Union) * Sheila Benson, journalist and film critic (United States) * Wolfgang Kohlhaase, writer (East Germany) * Onat Kutlar, poet, essayist and screenwriter (Turkey) * Luis Megino, writer and producer (Spain) * Ingrid Scheib-Rothbart, head of the Goethe-Institut, New York, Goethe-Institut of New York (West Germany) * , producer (West Germany) * István Szabó, dir ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Agustín González (actor)
Agustín González Martínez (24 March 1930 in Linares – 16 January 2005 in Madrid) was a Spanish actor who appeared in more than 180 films, including '' El nido'' (1980), by Jaime de Armiñan; '' Volver a empezar'' (1981), by José Luis Garci; '' La colmena'' (1982), by Mario Camús; ''Dos mejor que uno'' (1984), by Ángel Llorente and '' Las bicicletas son para el verano'' (1984), by Fernando Fernán Gómez. Biography He was brother of Manuel González, one of the members of Los Brincos. He started several university studies in Engineering and Philosophy and Literature, but he didn't finish. He started his career as an actor in the Teatro Español Universitario, where he stayed several years during his stage as a student. He grew as one of the most important Spanish actors thanks to his theatre performances and cinema directors such as Carlos Saura, Juan Antonio Bardem, Mario Camus or Fernando Fernán Gómez. He worked in 140 movies, theatre plays and TV series. From ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Amparo Baró
Amparo Baró San Martín MML (21 September 1937 – 29 January 2015) was a Spanish actress. She starting working in theatres with Adolfo Marsillach. She first garnered critical and popular acclaim for her role as "Sole" in ''7 Vidas''. Her career spanned more than 50 years. She worked on stage, as well as in films and television. Life She discovered her vocation when her brothers took her to the theater, and 20 years later, she debuted on stage. This started the career of this fine, young-faced actress with roles in stage and in film distribution. After completing high school at a young age, she began her artistic activities, integrating into several groups of amateur theater in her native Catalonia. Her professional debut was on stage along with Adolfo Marsillach, in Windsor Theater ( Barcelona), in 1957. She was honored numerous times for her work. On 7 December 2007, the Council of Ministers of Spain presented her with the Gold Medal for Merit in Work. She died from cancer ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Manuel Zarzo
Manuel López Zarza (born 26 April 1932) better known as Manuel Zarzo is a Spanish film actor. He has appeared in more than 150 films since 1951. Selected filmography * '' Day by Day'' (1951) * '' Love in a Hot Climate'' (1954) * ''Cursed Mountain'' (1954) * ''The Fisher of Songs'' (1954) * ''The Song of the Nightingale'' (1959) * '' The Showgirl'' (1960) * '' The Delinquents'' (1960) * ''The Balcony of the Moon'' (1962) * '' Weeping for a Bandit'' (1964) * '' The 317th Platoon'' (1965) * '' It's Your Move'' (1968) * ''The Pizza Triangle'' (1970) * '' The Legend of Frenchie King'' (1971) * '' My Dear Killer'' (1972) * '' The Two Faces of Fear'' (1972) * ''Ricco the Mean Machine'' (1973) * ''Dick Turpin'' (1974) * '' Naked Therapy'' (1975) * '' Unmarried Mothers'' (1975) * ''Ambitious'' (1976) * '' Nightmare City'' (1980) * '' La colmena'' (1982) * ''Stico'' (1985) * '' El hermano bastardo de Dios'' (1986) * ''Tiovivo c. 1950 ''Tiovivo c. 1950'' is a 2004 Spanish film direc ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Vanesa Escamilla
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Films Directed By Jaime De Armiñán
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitize ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1985 Comedy Films
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1980s Spanish-language Films
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Spanish Comedy Films
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