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Conrado San Martín
Conrado San Martín Prieto (20 February 1921 – 24 April 2019) was a Spanish actor with a long and prolific career. He made his film debut in 1941 and was particularly popular during the 1950s. Life Conrado San Martín left behind a career as an amateur boxer to take small roles in the theater in the company of Cayetano Luca de Tena and to act as an extra in some films.Torres, '' ''Diccionario del cine Español'', p. 419 He made his film debut with ''Oro vil'' (1941) a film directed by Eduardo García Maroto. During the 1940s, San Martín became an actor in secondary roles and was very much in demand in some of the most important Spanish films of that period: ''El fantasma y Doña Juanita'' (1944) directed by Rafael Gil, ''Los últimos de Filipinas'' (1945) directed by Antonio Román; ''A los pies de usted'' de Garcia Viñolas (1945); ''La princesa de los Ursinos'' (1947), by Luis Lucia and ''La Lola se va a los puertos'' (1947) and ''Locura de amor'' (1948), both films directe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Higuera De Las Dueñas
Higuera de las Dueñas is a municipality located in the province of Ávila, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2006 census (INE INE, Ine or ine may refer to: Institutions * Institut für Nukleare Entsorgung, a German nuclear research center * Instituto Nacional de Estadística (other) * Instituto Nacional de Estatística (other) * Instituto Nacional Elec ...), the municipality has a population of 321 inhabitants. References Municipalities in the Province of Ávila {{Ávila-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergio Leone
Sergio Leone (; 3 January 1929 – 30 April 1989) was an Italian film director, producer and screenwriter credited as the pioneer of the Spaghetti Western genre and widely regarded as one of the most influential directors in the history of cinema. Leone's film-making style includes juxtaposing extreme close-up shots with lengthy long shots. His movies include the ''Dollars Trilogy'' of Westerns featuring Clint Eastwood: ''A Fistful of Dollars'' (1964), '' For a Few Dollars More'' (1965), and ''The Good, the Bad and the Ugly'' (1966); and the ''Once Upon a Time'' films: ''Once Upon a Time in the West'' (1968), ''Duck, You Sucker!'' (1971), and ''Once Upon a Time in America'' (1984). Early life Born on 3 January 1929 in Rome, Leone was the son of the cinema pioneer Vincenzo Leone (known as director Roberto Roberti or Leone Roberto Roberti) and silent film actress Edvige Valcarenghi (Bice Valerian). During his schooldays, Leone was a classmate of his later musical collabora ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vicente Aranda
Vicente Aranda Ezquerra (; 9 November 1926 – 26 May 2015) was a Spanish film director, screenwriter and Film producer, producer. Due to his refined and personal style, he was one of the most renowned Spanish filmmakers. He started as a founding member of the Barcelona School of Film and became known for bringing contemporary Spanish novels to life on the big screen. Aranda was also noted for exploring difficult social issues and variations on the theme of desire while using the codes of melodrama. Love as uncontrollable passion, eroticism and cruelty are constant themes in his filmography. The frank examination of sexuality is one of the trademarks of his work, as seen in his most internationally successful film: ''Amantes (film), Amantes'' (1990) ''(Lovers)''. Early life Vicente Aranda Ezquerra was born in Barcelona on 9 November 1926.Vera, ''Vicente Aranda'', p. 13 He was the youngest son in a large and impoverished family who had emigrated from Aragón to Barcelona tw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riders Of The Dawn (1990 Film)
Riders of the Dawn ( es, Los Jinetes del Alba) is a 1990 Spanish film, written and directed by Vicente Aranda, an adaptation of a novel by Jesús Fernández Santos. It stars Victoria Abril and Jorge Sanz. Made as five-episode television miniseries for Televisión Española, it premiered at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival as two-part feature film. The miniseries was broadcast on La Primera Cadena of Televisión Española in 1991. Synopsis The plot follows the life of Marian, a young woman whose greatest ambition is to be the owner of the spa resort, where she works. The action is set in Las Caldas, a small town in Asturias, where the lives of its inhabitants are forever changed by the arrival of the Asturian revolution of 1934 and the Spanish Civil War. Cast *Victoria Abril as Marian *Jorge Sanz as Martín * Maribel Verdú as Raquel * Graciela Borges as Dona Amalia * Fernando Guillén as Don Erasmo * Gloria Muñoz as Adamina * Antonio Iranzo as El Santero * Joan Miralles as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaime Camino
Jaime Camino (11 June 1936 – 4 December 2015) was a Spanish film director and screenwriter. He directed 16 films between 1962 and 2001. His 1976 film ''Long Vacations of 36'' was entered into the 26th Berlin International Film Festival. His 1992 film '' The Long Winter'' was entered into the 42nd Berlin International Film Festival The 42nd annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 13 to 24 February 1992. The festival opened with '' The Inner Circle'' by Andrei Konchalovsky. The Golden Bear was awarded to American film '' Grand Canyon'' directed by Lawrence K .... Filmography * '' Los niños de Rusia'' (2001) * '' El largo invierno'' (1992) * '' Luces y sombras'' (1988) * '' Dragon rapide'' (1986) * '' El balcón abierto'' (1984) * '' La campanada'' (1980) * '' La vieja memoria'' (1979) * '' Las largas vacaciones del 36'' (1976) * '' Mi profesora particular'' (1973) * '' España otra vez'' (1969) * '' Jutrzenka'' (1969) * '' Copa Davis-1965'' (1966) * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miguel Picazo
Miguel Picazo de Dios (27 March 1927 – 23 April 2016) was a Spanish film director, screenwriter and actor. He is best known for his first feature film '' La tía Tula'' ''(Aunt Tula)'' (1964). Career Born in Cazorla ( Jaén), Picazo was raise in Guadalajara and studied law.Torres, '' ''Diccionario Espasa Cine Español'', p. 375 Interested in filmmaking, he entered Spain's national film school, ''Intituto de investigaciones y Experiencias Cinematográficas'', graduating as director in 1960 with a practice film entitled ''Habitación de alquiler'' ''(Rented Room)''.D’Lugo, ''Guide to the Cinema of Spain'', p. 188 He then became a teacher in the newly restructured ''Escuela Oficial de Cine'' (EOC) and eventually he was able to direct his first film, '' La tía Tula'' ''(Aunt Tula)'' (1964). An updated adaptation of the well known novel by Miguel de Unamuno, portraying the oppressive and puritanical environment of provincial life in Spain. The film, helped by a strong per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murder In The Central Committee
''Murder in the Central Committee'' ( es, Asesinato en el Comité Central) is a 1982 Spanish thriller film directed by Vicente Aranda. It stars Patxi Andión and Victoria Abril.Alvarez & Frías, ''Vicente Aranda'', p. 255 The plot follows a private detective, an ex-communist and former CIA agent, who travels from Barcelona to Madrid to discover the identity of the assassin of the leader of the Spanish Communist Party who was stabbed during a blackout while presiding over a meeting of the party's Central Committee. The film is a thriller with ironic political overtones. The script was written by director Vicente Aranda. It was based on a book of the same name by Manuel Vázquez Montalbán, one of a series of novels that featured the character of a hard-boiled detective called Pepe Carvalho. It was adapted for the screen the year after its publication.Deveny, ''Contemporary Spanish film From Fiction'', p. 386 '' Asesinato en el Comité Central'' was Aranda’s first work shot i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alessandro Blasetti
Alessandro Blasetti (3 July 1900 – 1 February 1987) was an Italian film director and screenwriter who influenced Italian neorealism with the film ''Quattro passi fra le nuvole''. Blasetti was one of the leading figures in Italian cinema during the Fascist era. He is sometimes known as the "father of Italian cinema" because of his role in reviving the struggling industry in the late 1920s. Early life Blasetti was born in Rome, where he also died. After studying law at university, Blasetti chose to become a journalist and film critic. He worked for several film magazines and led a campaign for national film production, which had largely ceased by this point. In 1919 he made a brief foray into acting when he appeared as an extra in Mario Caserini's ''Tortured Soul''. Director In 1929 Blasetti made his directorial debut with ''Sun (film), Sun'', a fictional story set against the ongoing draining of the Pontine Marshes. The film was well received at a time when there were few Ital ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simón Bolívar (1969 Film)
''Simón Bolívar'' is a 1969 Spanish drama film directed by Alessandro Blasetti. Starring by Maximilian Schell as the Venezuelan military and political leader Simón Bolívar who helped much of Latin America to achieve independence from Spain. The film was entered into the 6th Moscow International Film Festival. Cast * Maximilian Schell as Simón Bolívar * Rosanna Schiaffino as Consuelo Hernandez * Francisco Rabal as José Antonio Del Llano * Barta Barri * Elisa Cegani as Conchita Diaz Moreno * Ángel del Pozo * Luis Dávila as Carlos * Manuel Gil * Sancho Gracia * Tomás Henríquez as Negro Primero * Julio Peña as señor Hernandez * Conrado San Martín as gen. José Antonio Paez * Fernando Sancho Fernando Sancho Les (7 January 1916 – 31 July 1990) was a Spanish actor. Biography He was born in Zaragoza, in Aragon, Spain on 7 January 1916 and died at Hospital Militar Gómez Ulla in Madrid on 31 July 1990 from a liver failure during o ... as Fernando Gonzales Referen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giovanni Grimaldi
Giovanni Grimaldi (14 November 1917 – 25 February 2001) was an Italian screenwriter, journalist and film director. He was sometimes credited as Gianni Grimaldi. Biography Born in Catania, Sicily, Grimaldi entered the cinema industry in 1952 as a screenwriter of a large number of often highly successful films, frequently working together with Bruno Corbucci. Since 1964 he became a prolific director of comedy films, often working with Lando Buzzanca and with the couple Franco and Ciccio. Aside from films, Grimaldi was a journalist, a collaborator and even the director of several Italian humor magazines such as ''Trilussa'', ''Candido'' and ''Marc'Aurelio''. He was also a radio author, a playwright and a television director. He was the father of the director and screenwriter Aldo Grimaldi. Selected filmography Director and screenwriter * '' Questo pazzo, pazzo mondo della canzone'' (1965) * ''In a Colt's Shadow'' (1965) * '' James Tont operazione U.N.O.'' (1965) * ''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All'ombra Di Una Colt
''In a Colt's Shadow'' ( it, All'ombra di una colt) is a 1965 Italian Spaghetti Western film directed and written by Giovanni Grimaldi. Story Two professional gunfighters separate after they complete a job in a small Mexican town where they rid it of the Ramirez gang. Steve married Duke's daughter and tries to settle down to a peaceful life on a ranch outside a town controlled by Jackson and Burns. Cast * Stephen Forsyth - Steve Blaine * Conrado San Martín - Duke Buchanan * Anna Maria Polani - Susan Buchanan * Helga Liné - Fabienne * Franco Ressel - Harold Jackson * Virigilio Gazzolo - Buck * Aldo Sambrell - Ramirez * José Calvo - Sheriff * Andrea Scotti - Oliver * Gino Cassani - Jim * Franco Lauteri - Burns * Tito García - Bartender * José Rosello * Xan das Bolas * Javier de Rivera * Rafael Albaicín * Hugo Blanco * Sancho Gracia Félix Ángel Sancho Gracia (27 September 1936 – 8 August 2012) was a Spanish motion picture and television actor. Biograph ... [...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] |
