''Comedians'' ( es, Cómicos) is a 1954 Spanish drama film directed by
Juan Antonio Bardem. It was coproduced with Argentina but it is a Spanish film about Spaniards actors on stage. Bardem confessed to being inspired by ''
All About Eve''. The film was entered into the
1954 Cannes Film Festival.
Bardem remade ''Cómicos'' as a musical in 1971, ''
Variety'' starring
Sara Montiel
María Antonia Abad Fernández MML (10 March 1928 – 8 April 2013), known professionally as Sara Montiel, also Sarita Montiel, was a Spanish actress and singer, who also held Mexican citizenship since 1951. She began her career in the 1940s and ...
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Plot
Ana Ruiz (Elisa Christian Galvé) is a young and ambitious actress who has so far only had the opportunity to play secondary roles. But she finally gets her big chance to take on a leading role. The only condition set by businessman Carlos Márquez (Carlos Casaravilla) is that Ana becomes his lover. But she is in love with Miguel (Fernando Rey).
Cast
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Elisa Galvé - Ana Ruiz (as Christian Galvé)
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Fernando Rey - Miguel
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Emma Penella
Manuela Ruiz Penella (2 March 1931 – 27 August 2007), better known as Emma Penella, was a Spanish film and television actress.
Biography
Manuela Ruiz Penella was born on 2 March 1931 in Madrid, the child of far-right politician Ramó ...
- Marga
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Rosario García Ortega
Rosario García Ortega (1911–1994) was an Argentine film and television actress.Schwartz p.97
Selected filmography
* ''Agustina of Aragon'' (1950)
* '' The Song of Sister Maria'' (1952)
* ''From Madrid to Heaven'' (1952)
* '' Comedians'' (195 ...
- Doña carmen
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Mariano Asquerino
Mariano is a masculine name from the Romance languages, corresponding to the feminine Mariana.
It is an Italian, Spanish and Portuguese variant of the Roman Marianus which derived from Marius, and Marius derived from the Roman god Mars (see also ...
- Don Antonio
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Carlos Casaravilla
Carlos Casaravilla (12 October 1900 – 17 February 1981) was an Uruguayan actor. He appeared in 85 films between 1934 and 1978. He starred in the film ''El Lazarillo de Tormes'', which won the Golden Bear at the 10th Berlin International Fil ...
- Carlos
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Rafael Alonso - Ernesto Blasco
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Manuel Arbó - Rafael Muñoz
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Matilde Muñoz Sampedro - Matilde Agustín
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Aníbal Vela - Empresario
References
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1954 films
1954 drama films
1950s Spanish-language films
Spanish black-and-white films
Spain in fiction
Films directed by Juan Antonio Bardem
Films produced by Ricardo Sanz
Argentine drama films
Spanish drama films
1950s Spanish films
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