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Antón García Abril
Antón García Abril OAXS (19 May 1933 – 17 March 2021) was a Spanish composer and musician. He composed many classical orchestral works, chamber and vocal pieces, as well as over 150 scores for film and television. Biography Between 1974 and 2003, he was the head of the department of Compositions and Musical Forms (Composición y Formas Musicales) of the Madrid Royal Conservatory, and in 1982 he was elected a member of the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando in Madrid. In 1994, he was awarded Spain's Premio Nacional de Música for composition, and in 2008, he was also named a member of the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Carlos in Valencia. He died on 17 March 2021, at the age of 87 from COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain. Works García Abril has composed as many orchestral works as he has chamber and vocal pieces, and he has composed music for films and television series such as '' El hombre y la Tierra'', ''Fortunata y Jacinta'', '' Anillos d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Most Excellent
The Most Excellent (Spanish language, Spanish: ''Excelentísimo Señor'' (male) or ''Excelentísima Señora'' (female), literally "Most Excellent Sir/Madam") is an honorific prefix that is traditionally applied to certain people in Spain and certain Spanish-speaking countries. Following Spanish tradition, it is an ''ex officio'' style (the holder has it as long as they remain in office, in the most important positions of state) and is used in written documents and very formal occasions. The prefix is similar (but not equal) to that of "Excellency, His/Her Excellency", but in the 19th century "The Most Excellent" began to replace the former. The use of the prefix Excellency was re-introduced in Francoist Spain by ''Generalísimo'' Francisco Franco himself, who was formally styled as ''Military career and honours of Francisco Franco, Su Excelencia el Jefe del Estado'' ("His Excellency The Head of State"), while his ministers and senior government officials continued using the prefix ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fortunata Y Jacinta (TV Series)
''Fortunata y Jacinta'' is a 1980 limited television series consisting of an adaptation of 1887 Benito Pérez Galdós' novel ''Fortunata y Jacinta''. Directed by Mario Camus, it was produced by Televisión Española (TVE) in collaboration with French TeleFrance and Swiss Telvetia. It starred Ana Belén as Fortunata and Maribel Martín as Jacinta. It originally aired on the flagship TVE channel. Premise The fiction is set in Madrid from 1869 to 1876. It tracks the lives of the well-off Jacinta (Maribel Martín) and the lower-class Fortunata (Ana Belén) as well as their families and neighbors, depicting features such as the poverty, malice, greedness or social privilege of the time. Cast * Ana Belén as Fortunata. * Maribel Martín as Jacinta. * François-Éric Gendron as Juanito Santa Cruz. * as Maximiliano Rubín. * Paco Algora as Nicolás. * Fernando Fernán Gómez as Evaristo Feijoo. * Charo López as Mauricia la Dura. * Mary Carrillo as Barbarita. * Francisco Rabal a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tombs Of The Blind Dead
''Tombs of the Blind Dead'' is a 1972 Spanish-Portuguese horror film written and directed by Amando de Ossorio. Its original Spanish title is ''La noche del terror ciego'' ( English: ''The Night of the Blind Terror''). The film was the first in Ossorio's "Blind Dead" series, spawning three official sequels: ''Return of the Blind Dead'' (1973), ''The Ghost Galleon'' (1974) and ''Night of the Seagulls'' (1975). Its success helped kickstart the Spanish horror film boom of the early 1970s. Ossorio has stated that Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer's Gothic horror legend ''El monte de las ánimas'' (1862) and George Romero's ''Night of the Living Dead'' (1968) both influenced the creation of his film. Plot Legend has it that in the abandoned medieval town of Berzano, at the border between Spain and Portugal, the Knights Templar (a fictionalized version of the real-life order that was dissolved in the 14th century following charges of witchcraft and heresy) leave their tombs at night and come ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amando De Ossorio
Amando de Ossorio (6 April 1918 – 13 January 2001) was one of the foremost Spanish horror film directors during the European horror film surge in the 1970s, known especially for his "Blind Dead" tetralogy. Biography De Ossorio directed a short political film in 1956 called ''The Black Flag'', then spent the next few years doing documentaries and commercials. He was also a talented painter and artist. In 1964, he was hired to direct a few innocuous westerns and comedies, then he moved into horror in 1969 where he made his mark with '' Malenka, The Vampire's Niece''. Amando de Ossorio complained in interviews that right from the start of his directing career, his producers were always tampering with his projects. His first horror film, '' Malenka, The Vampire's Niece'' (1969), was written to be a psychological thriller about a young woman who inherits a castle in Europe and is summarily driven crazy by her uncle who tries to convince her that he and she are both vampires. At t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Awkward Hands
''Awkward Hands'' ( es, Manos torpes) is a 1970 Spanish western film directed by Rafael Romero Marchent, written by Santiago Moncada and Joaquín Romero Hernández, and starring Peter Lee Lawrence, Alberto de Mendoza and Pilar Velázquez Pilar Velázquez (born 13 February 1946) is a Spanish actress. Born as María del Pilar Velázquez Llorente in Madrid, she made her debut in 1964 at the Teatro Español, with the drama ''Caminos de Damasco''. Between 1966 and 1977 she starred in .... Cast References External links * {{IMDb title, 0064633 1970 Western (genre) films 1970 films Spanish Western (genre) films Films directed by Rafael Romero Marchent Films produced by Ricardo Sanz Films with screenplays by Joaquín Luis Romero Marchent Films scored by Antón García Abril Films shot in Madrid Films shot in Almería 1970s Spanish films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rafael Romero Marchent
Rafael Romero Marchent (3 May 1926 – 13 February 2020) was a Spanish director, screenwriter and actor. Life and career Born in Madrid, the son of the author Joaquín Romero Marchent Gómez de Avellaneda, he started his career as an actor, mainly cast in character roles. In 1959 he became assistant director, and in 1965 he made his directorial debut with ''Hands of a Gunfighter''. Specialized in the Spaghetti Western genre, from the late 1970s he was also active on television. His brother Joaquín Luis Romero Marchent was also a director and screenwriter. In the 2000s he taught film and interpretation classes. He was awarded in 1947 by the Medalla del Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos for his role in the film ''La mies es mucha''. He married Maruja Tamayo. He died on 13 February 2020 at the age of 93. Filmography Director * ''Hands of a Gunfighter'' (1965) * ''Sharp-Shooting Twin Sisters'' (1966) * ''Ringo the Lone Rider'' (1968) * ''Dos cruces en Danger Pass'' (196 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franco Nero
Francesco Clemente Giuseppe Sparanero (born 23 November 1941), known professionally as Franco Nero, is an Italian actor, producer, and director. His breakthrough role was as the title character in the Spaghetti Western film '' Django'' (1966), which made him a pop culture icon and launched an international career that includes over 200 leading and supporting roles in a wide variety of films and television programmes. During the 1960s and 1970s, Nero was actively involved in many popular Italian "genre trends", including ''poliziotteschi'', ''gialli'', and Spaghetti Westerns. His best-known films include '' The Bible: In the Beginning...'' (1966), ''Camelot'' (1967), ''The Day of the Owl'' (1968), '' The Mercenary'' (1968), ''Battle of Neretva'' (1969), ''Tristana'' (1970), '' Compañeros'' (1970), ''Confessions of a Police Captain'' (1971), ''The Fifth Cord'' (1971), ''High Crime'' (1973), '' Street Law'' (1974), ''Keoma'' (1976), ''Hitch-Hike'' (1977), ''Force 10 from Navarone ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spaghetti Western
The Spaghetti Western is a broad subgenre of Western films produced in Europe. It emerged in the mid-1960s in the wake of Sergio Leone's film-making style and international box-office success. The term was used by foreign critics because most of these Westerns were produced and directed by Italians. Leone's films and other core Spaghetti Westerns are often described as having eschewed, criticized, or even "demythologized" many of the conventions of traditional U.S. Westerns. This was partly intentional and partly the context of a different cultural background. Terminology According to veteran Spaghetti Western actor Aldo Sambrell, the phrase "Spaghetti Western" was coined by Spanish journalist Alfonso Sánchez in reference to the Italian food spaghetti. Spaghetti Westerns are also known as Italian Westerns or, primarily in Japan, Macaroni Westerns. In Italy, the genre is typically referred to as western all'italiana (Italian-style Western). Italo-Western is also used, espec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Texas, Adios
''Texas, Adios'' (Italian: ''Texas, addio'') is a 1966 Italian/Spanish international co-production Spaghetti Western film directed by Ferdinando Baldi and starring Franco Nero. It is often referenced in connection with '' Django'', also starring Nero, and although was referred to as ''Django 2'' in some countries, it is not considered a sequel. The film is mostly remembered as a lesser known Spaghetti Western. Plot Although technically a Spaghetti Western, the plot of ''Texas, Adios'' plays more like a traditional American western film. Franco Nero plays two-fisted, taciturn Texas sheriff Burt Sullivan, a man committed to duty and justice but possessed by a desire for revenge. Sullivan, along with his younger brother, crosses the border to bring wealthy and sadistic Mexican crime boss Cisco Delgado ( José Suárez) to justice for the murder of their father. Eventually joining forces with a group of Mexican revolutionaries, Sullivan and his brother soon find themselves at the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Ciudad No Es Para Mí
La ciudad no es para mí () is a 1966 Spanish comedy film directed by Pedro Lazaga and based on the play of the same name by Fernando Lázaro Carreter published under the pen name Fernando Ángel Lozano. It stars Paco Martínez Soria as Agustín Valverde, an old widower peasant from the Aragonese village of Calacierva who decides to go to Madrid to live with his son and daughter-in-law. With a budget of 5 million pesetas, it was the highest-grossing Spanish film of 1968 with 65,645,694 pesetas. Cast * Paco Martínez Soria as Agustín Valverde * Doris Coll as Luciana "Luchi" * Eduardo Fajardo as Dr. Agustín Valverde II * Cristina Galbó as Sara * Alfredo Landa as Genaro * Gracita Morales as Filo * José Sacristán as Venancio * Margot Cottens as Geno * María Luisa Ponte as Carolina * Sancho Gracia Félix Ángel Sancho Gracia (27 September 1936 – 8 August 2012) was a Spanish motion picture and television actor. Biography Gracia was born and died in Madrid. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramón Y Cajal (TV Series)
Ramón or Ramon may refer to: People Given name *Ramon (footballer, born 1998), Brazilian footballer *Ramón (footballer, born 1990), Brazilian footballer *Ramón (singer), Spanish singer who represented Spain in the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest *Ramón Blanco y Erenas (1833–1906), Spanish brigadier and colonial administrator of the Philippines *Ramón Castillo (1873-1944), former Argentinian president *Ramon Dekkers, Dutch muay thai fighter *Ramón del Valle-Inclán (1866–1936), Spanish dramatist and novelist *Ramón Díaz, Argentine football player and coach * Ramón H. Dovalina (born 1943), American educator *Ramón Emeterio Betances (1827–1898), Puerto Rican nationalist *Ramón Arellano Félix (1964–2002), Mexican drug lord and fugitive *Ramón Fumadó (born 1981), Venezuelan diver *Ramón Fernando García (born 1972), Colombian road cyclist *Ramón Gerardo Antonio Estévez (born 1940), American actor, using the stage name Martin Sheen * Ramón González (athlete) (born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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