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Antonio Casas
Antonio Casas (11 November 1911 – 14 February 1982) was a Spanish footballer turned film actor who appeared in film between 1941 and his death in 1982. Casas originally began as a footballer for Atlético Madrid, but entered film in 1941 and made nearly 170 appearances in film and TV between then and 1982. He appeared in ''A Pistol for Ringo'' in 1965 and Sergio Leone's Spaghetti Western ''The Good, the Bad and the Ugly'' in 1966. One of his best-known roles was in Luis Buñuel's ''Tristana''. In the early 1970s he worked in television but returned to film after 1975 until his death. He died on 14 February 1982 in Madrid Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the second-largest city in the European Union (EU), and ... at age 70. Filmography References External links * 1911 births 1982 deaths People from A Coru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Good, The Bad And The Ugly
''The Good, the Bad and the Ugly'' ( it, Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo, literally "The good, the ugly, the bad") is a 1966 Italian epic spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Leone and starring Clint Eastwood as "the Good", Lee Van Cleef as "the Bad", and Eli Wallach as "the Ugly". Its screenplay was written by Age & Scarpelli, Luciano Vincenzoni, and Leone (with additional screenplay material and dialogue provided by an uncredited Sergio Donati),Sir Christopher Frayling, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly audio commentary (Blu-ray version). Retrieved on 26 April 2014. based on a story by Vincenzoni and Leone. Director of photography Tonino Delli Colli was responsible for the film's sweeping widescreen cinematography, and Ennio Morricone composed the film's score, including its main theme. It was an Italian-led production with co-producers in Spain, West Germany, and the United States. Most of the filming took place in Spain. The film is known for Leone's use of long shots ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devil's Roundup
''Devil's Roundup'' (Spanish:''El cerco del diablo'') is a 1952 Spanish drama film directed by Antonio del Amo, Enrique Gómez, Edgar Neville, José Antonio Nieves Conde and Arturo Ruiz Castillo.Betz p.248 Cast * Fernando Aguirre as Pescador * Margarita Andrey as Muchacha * Valeriano Andrés as Policía * Julio Ballesteros as General * Rafael Bardem as Marido * José Bódalo as Hombre * Antonio Casas * Manuel de Juan as Barman *Manuel Dicenta as Cómplice * Julio Ferrer as Griego * Juan García del Diestro as Jugador * Manrique Gil as Ventero * José María Lado as Padre * Agustín Laguilhoat as Revisor * Concha López Silva as Bruja * Guillermo Marín as Diablo * Manuel Medina as Atracador * Trini Montero as Moza * Conchita Montes as Eva * Gina Montes as Otra moza * José Prada as Inspector * Luis Prendes as Buhonero * Fernando Rey as Atracador * José Riesgo * Antonio Riquelme * Horacio Socías as Boticario * Virgilio Teixeira ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Colossus Of Rhodes (film)
''The Colossus of Rhodes'' (Italian: ''Il Colosso di Rodi'') is a 1961 Italian sword and sandal film co-written and directed by Sergio Leone. Starring Rory Calhoun, it is a fictional account of the island of Rhodes during its Classical period in the late third century before coming under Roman control, using the Colossus of Rhodes as a backdrop for the story of a war hero who becomes involved in two different plots to overthrow a tyrannical king: one by Rhodian patriots and the other by Phoenician agents. The film was Leone's first work as a credited director, in a genre where he already had worked before (as the replacement director for ''The Last Days of Pompeii'' and as a secondary director for both '' Ben-Hur'' and ''Quo Vadis''). It is perhaps the least known of the seven films he officially directed, and is notable for being the only one without an Ennio Morricone score. The film is also notable for its unusual time period: The time following Alexander the Great’s death ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Revolt Of The Slaves
''The Revolt of the Slaves'' ( it, La rivolta degli schiavi) is a 1960 Italian film directed by Nunzio Malasomma. It is based on the 1854 novel '' Fabiola'' by Nicholas Wiseman. Cast *Rhonda Fleming: Claudia *Lang Jeffries: Vibio *Darío Moreno: Massimiano *Ettore Manni: Sebastiano *Wandisa Guida: Agnese *Gino Cervi: Claudio *Fernando Rey: Valerio *Serge Gainsbourg: Corvino * José Nieto: Sesto, servitore di Claudia *Rainer Penkert: Massimo *Antonio Casas: Tertulio * Dolores Francine: Liubaia Release ''The Revolt of the Slaves'' was released in Italy on 20 December 1960 with a 100-minute running time and in the United States with a 102-minute running time in June 1961. It was released in West Germany as ''Die Sklaven Roms'' on 17 March 1961. See also * List of Italian films of 1960 A list of films produced in Italy in 1960 (see 1960 in film): References Bibliography * * External linksItalian films of 1960at the Internet Movie Database {{DEFAULTSORT:Itali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peace Never Comes
''Peace Never Comes'' (Spanish:''La paz empieza nunca'') is a 1960 Spanish drama film directed by León Klimovsky and starring Adolfo Marsillach, Concha Velasco and Carmen de Lirio.Bentley p.124 It is set in the years following the Spanish Civil War. A man uses his relationship with a former lover to infiltrate a group of Second Spanish Republic, Republican insurgents against Francoist Spain. Partial cast * Adolfo Marsillach as Juan López, a Falangist. * Concha Velasco as Paula * Carmen de Lirio as Pura * Carlos Casaravilla as Dóriga * Kanda Jaque as Carmina * Antonio Casas as Pedro * Jesús Puente as Mencia * Mario Berriatúa as Jorge * José Manuel Martín * Arturo López (actor), Arturo López * Mara Laso as Concha References Bibliography * Bentley, Bernard. ''A Companion to Spanish Cinema''. Boydell & Brewer 2008. External links * 1961 drama films Spanish drama films 1961 films 1960s Spanish-language films Films directed by León Klimovsky Films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria, Registered In Bilbao
''Maria, Registered in Bilbao'' (Spanish: ''María, matrícula de Bilbao'') is a 1960 Spanish drama film directed by Ladislao Vajda and starring Alberto Closas, Arturo Fernández and Nadia Gray Nadia Gray (born Nadia Kujnir; 23 November 1923 – 13 June 1994) was a Romanian film actress. Biography Gray was born into a Jewish family in Bucharest. Her father moved to Romania from Russia, and her mother was from Akkerman (Bessarabia). ....Bentley p.397 Cast References Bibliography * Bentley, Bernard. ''A Companion to Spanish Cinema''. Boydell & Brewer, 2008. External links * 1960 drama films Spanish drama films 1960 films 1960s Spanish-language films Films directed by Ladislao Vajda 1960s Spanish films {{1960s-Spain-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juanito (film)
''Juanito'' also known as ''Viva Juanito!'' is a 1960 Argentine, Spanish, West German international co-production film set during the Mexican Revolution. Cast * Pablito Calvo - Juanito * Georg Thomalla - Paddy * Sabine Bethmann - Carmencita * Hans von Borsody - Tom * Pilar Cansino - Luisa * Ángel Ortiz - Pedrillo * José Marco Davó- General Vegas * Antonio Casas - President Meza * Alfredo Mayo Alfredo Fernández Martínez (17 May 1911 in Barcelona – 19 May 1985 in Palma de Mallorca) better known as Alfredo Mayo was a Spanish actor. Biography After studying medicine, in 1929 Mayo made his debut in the theatre with the company of ... - Colonel Cuesta * Félix Fernández - Doctor Agapito External links * 1960 films 1960 Western (genre) films Argentine Western (genre) films German Western (genre) films German children's films Spanish adventure films Spanish children's films West German films 1960s Spanish-language films Mexican Revolution films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Last Days Of Pompeii (1959 Film)
''The Last Days of Pompeii'' () is a 1959 Eastmancolor sword and sandal action film starring Steve Reeves, Christine Kaufmann, and Fernando Rey and directed by Mario Bonnard and Sergio Leone. Bonnard, the original director, fell ill on the first day of shooting, so Leone and the scriptwriters finished the film. The film is characterized by its CinemaScope framing and lavish look, and is one of many films produced during the 1950s and 1960s as part of the ''peplum'' sword and sandal cycle, originally launched by Pietro Francisci's film ''Le fatiche di Ercole'' (1958), released as ''Hercules'' in the United States. Plot Glaucus, a centurion returning to his home in Pompeii after a spell in Palestine, arrives on the edge of town just in time to see Ione, the beautiful daughter of the city's Consul, lose control of her chariot. Glaucus saves Ione's life and then heads into town to see his father. On the way, Glaucus intervenes in defense of a thief named Antonius, who is being sever ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Nightingale In The Mountains
''The Nightingale in the Mountains'' (Spanish: ''El ruiseñor de las cumbres'') is a 1958 Spanish musical film directed by Antonio del Amo and starring Joselito, Roberto Camardiel and Dolores Villaespesa. Written by Jaime Garcia-Herranz with the original title of ''Once upon a time there was a shepherd'' (Spanish: Era una vez un pastor) it is the last film of what was called the Nightingale trilogy, which included '' The Little Nightingale (Spanish: El Pequeño Ruiseñor)'' (1956) and '' The Song of the Nightingale'' (Spanish: ''Saeta del ruiseñor'') (1957). The film's sets were designed by Enrique Alarcón. It was filmed in the Spanish locations of Alcalá de la Selva and Mora de Rubielos, as per the insistence of the writer, Jaime Garcia-Herranz, natural of Mora de Rubielos. Plot Joselito is a boy, with a prodigious voice, who spends most of his time in the mountains taking care of a flock of sheep. One fine day he discovers that the fruit of his work ends in drunkenness ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heroes Del Aire
''Heroes del Aire'' (aka ''Air Heroes'', ''Aguilas de Paz'', ''Heroes of the Sky'' and ''Hèreos del Air'') is a 1958 Spanish war film directed by Ramón Torrado and written by H.S. Valdés and stars Alfredo Mayo, Lina Rosales, Maria Piazzai and Julio Núñez. The film was released on May 19, 1958, by Arturo González Producciones Cinematográficas. During the postwar years, only 21 Spanish films depicted the combat of the Spanish Civil War, with ''Heroes del Aire'' treating the subject obliquely in a series of flashbacks. Plot Coronel Rivas (Alfredo Mayo) was a daring pilot in the Spanish Civil War. He marries the sister (Lina Rosales) of a friend (Julio Núñez) in an air force unit. Both had flown for the Nationalist side. During the war, Rivas had stolen a Republican aircraft, but was shot down by his friend. After surviving the attack, in the 1950s, Rivas eventually becomes the commander of a search and rescue service. When an aircraft from his air rescue squadron crashes d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faustina (1957 Film)
''Faustina'' is a 1957 Spanish comedy film directed by José Luis Sáenz de Heredia. It was entered into the 1957 Cannes Film Festival. Plot A demon is required to make a pact with an old woman with a stormy past who wishes to return to youth. Mogón is a condemned man who committed suicide for that woman who was the cause of his losing his soul and being in hell. Cast * María Félix as Faustina * Fernando Fernán Gómez as Mogon * Conrado San Martín as Capitán Batler * Fernando Rey as Valentín * Elisa Montés as Elena * José Isbert as Cura * Juan de Landa as Mefistófeles * Tony Leblanc as Novio * Tomás Blanco as Dueño del cabaret * Xan das Bolas as Limpio * Santiago Ontañón as Don Fernando * Rafael Bardem Rafael Bardem Solé (10 January 1889 – 6 November 1972) was a Spanish film and stage actor whose career stretched from the 1940s through the 1960s. He was the husband of Matilde Muñoz Sampedro; the father of Juan Antonio Bardem and Pilar Ba ... as Jura ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Death Of A Cyclist
''Death of a Cyclist'' ( es, Muerte de un ciclista) is a 1955 social realist Spanish drama film directed by Juan Antonio Bardem and starring Italian actress Lucia Bosè, who was dubbed into Spanish by Elsa Fábregas. It won the FIPRESCI Award at the 1955 Cannes Film Festival. Plot ''The Death of a Cyclist'' begins with the return of Juan Fernandez Soler (Alberto Closas), a university professor, and María Jose (Lucia Bosè), a wealthy married woman, from an adulterous endeavor. While speeding down the road, María Jose and Juan hit a cyclist with their car. Although the cyclist was alive when they left him, his reported death causes both María Jose and Juan great anxiety in their personal lives. For María Jose, the exposure of this crime (and thus the affair) would mean the potential loss of her world as a wealthy socialite. However, the cyclist's death causes Juan to instead reflect on his own life choices, including his life as a former falange soldier, and the hypocrisy of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
