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José Vivó
José Vivó (19 May 1917 – 26 July 1989) was a Spanish television, theater and film actor. Life He studied engineering, but the Spanish Civil War forced him to leave his studies unfinished. He fought on the side of the Republican army and at the end of the conflict, he devoted himself fully to the world of acting. His career began in the theater in 1946. In 1950 he moved to Madrid where he remained for the rest of his professional life. Among his most notable films are: '' Bienvenido Mister Marshall'' (1953), ''La venganza de Don Mendo'' (1961), ''Las Ibéricas F.C.'' (1971), '' Ana y los lobos'' (1973), '' Las largas vacaciones del 36'' (1976), ''Mamá cumple cien años'' (1979), '' El crimen de Cuenca'' (1980), '' Asesinato en el Comité Central'' (1982), ''El Sur'' (1983), '' El caballero del dragón'' (1985) and '' El Lute (camina o revienta)'' (1987). He also worked extensible on the theater, but it was for his appearances in television where he became best known. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barcelona
Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within city limits,Barcelona: Población por municipios y sexo – Instituto Nacional de Estadística. (National Statistics Institute) its urban area extends to numerous neighbouring municipalities within the and is home to around 4.8 million people, making it the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Italians They Are Crazy
''The Italians They Are Crazy'' (Italian: ''Gli italiani sono matti'') is a 1958 Italian-German comedy film directed by Duilio Coletti and Luis María Delgado and starring Victor McLaglen, Folco Lulli and Gabriella Pallotta Gabriella Pallotta (born 6 October 1938) is an Italian film actress. She appeared in 22 films between 1956 and 1974. For the film ''The Pigeon That Took Rome ''The Pigeon That Took Rome'' is a 1962 American comedy war film directed and written ....Parish p.91 Cast References Bibliography * Parish, James Robert. ''Film Actors Guide''. Scarecrow Press, 1977. External links * 1958 films 1958 comedy films 1950s Italian-language films German comedy films Italian comedy films Films directed by Duilio Coletti Films directed by Luis María Delgado Films with screenplays by Luciano Vincenzoni 1950s Italian films 1950s German films {{1950s-Italy-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Knight Of The Dragon
''The Knight of the Dragon'' ( es, El caballero del dragón, links=no), ''Star Knight'', is a 1985 Spanish adventure film directed by Fernando Colomo. It stars Miguel Bosé alongside Klaus Kinski, Harvey Keitel and Fernando Rey. Plot A knight sets out to rescue a princess from a dragon, but the dragon turns out to really be an alien spacecraft. Cast Production The film had initially a 200 million pesetas budget, and received an additional 50% subsidy. Eventually the budget had to be raised to 300 million, making for a 400 million total, the highest in Spanish cinema at the time."Klaus Kinski era un mierdecilla". Así se arruinó la gran marcianada del cine español |
Padre Nuestro (1985 Film)
''Padre nuestro'' is a 1985 Spanish drama film directed by Francisco Regueiro. It stars Francisco Rabal, Fernando Rey, and Victoria Abril. Plot A terminally-ill Spanish cardinal returns to his hometown in Spain to arrange family affairs before dying, meeting his illegitimate daughter (a prostitute locally known as "La Cardenala") and his granddaughter, as well as asking his atheist brother Abel to marry his daughter, so she can get recognition. Cast Release The film was released theatrically in Spain on 22 April 1985. It also screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 38th Cannes Film Festival. Reception Diego Galán of ''El País'' deemed ''Padre nuestro'' to be a film boasting a "curious beauty, more complex than it appears at first glance and more disturbing than the title promised". See also * List of Spanish films of 1985 A list of Spanish-produced and co-produced feature films released in Spain in 1985. Films References External links Spanish fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panic Beats
''Panic Beats'' ( es, Latidos de Pánico) is a 1983 film starring Paul Naschy and Julia Saly. The film was a Spanish-Japanese co-production made as a sequel to Naschy's 1972 ''Horror Rises From the Tomb'' (featuring the return of his "Alaric de Marnac" character from the previous film). It was produced by Augusto Boue and Julia Saly for Naschy's company Aconito Films. Paul Naschy plays the monstrous Alaric de Marnac and Julia Saly, Lola Gaos, and Silvia Miro co-star. Some stock music written by Roberto Nicolosi for 1959's ''Caltiki the Immortal Monster'' can be heard in the background. Fernando Florido handled the gore and special effects. The film features a number of scenes involving full frontal female nudity. The old mansion Naschy used in the film was actually one of Generalisimo Francisco Franco's former homes, and in between takes, Naschy roamed the house and enjoyed rummaging through the various furnishings and paraphernalia that was left to rot in the house after Franco's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Colmena (film)
''La colmena'' (tr. ''The Beehive'' or ''The Hive'') is a 1982 Spanish film directed by Mario Camus. Based on the novel '' The Hive'' by Camilo José Cela, it depicts the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War and its impact on several characters. Cela has a small role as Matías Martí. Synopsis The film is set in Madrid during the postwar period, beginning in 1942. The population suffers the consequences of the civil war. A group of members of a social gathering meet every day in the café La Delicia. Cast * Victoria Abril (Julita) * Francisco Algora (Ramón Maello) * Rafael Alonso (Julián Suárez ''La fotógrafa'') * Ana Belén (Victorita) * José Bódalo (Don Roque) * Mary Carrillo (Doña Asunción) * Camilo José Cela (Matías Martí) * Queta Claver (Doña Matilde) * Luis Escobar (Don Ibrahim) * Fiorella Faltoyano (Filo) * Agustín González (Mario de la Vega) * Emilio Gutiérrez Caba (Ventura Aguado) * Rafael Hernández (Padilla) * Charo López (Nati Robles) * José ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Crime Of Cuenca
''The Crime of Cuenca'' ( es, El crimen de Cuenca, links=no) is a 1980 Spanish drama film directed by Pilar Miró and based on an instance of miscarriage of justice, the Crime of Cuenca, which took place in the early 20th century in the province of Cuenca. ''El crimen de Cuenca'' is the title of a book published at the same time by the author of the movie script, (Lola) Salvador Maldonado, in which she recounts the same facts. Historical facts On 21 August 1910, in the small town of Osa de la Vega, in the province of Cuenca, José María Grimaldos, known as "El Cepa" (the stump), is seen on the road to the nearby village of Tresjuncos and then disappears. His family fears foul play and reports it to the Guardia Civil. In the subsequent judicial investigation the family and others express their suspicions that two men, Gregorio Valero and León Sánchez had killed him for his money. This first case was closed in September 1911 with no convictions. In 1913 a new, young and overzea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mama Turns 100
''Mamá cumple cien años'' is a 1979 Spanish comedy film written and directed by Carlos Saura. The film is a comedy sequel of the drama Ana and the Wolves directed by Saura in 1973. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 52nd Academy Awards. RTVE. 5 March 2010 Plot Ana is married to Antonio. They arrive at the country house in Spain where she worked as a nanny many years earlier, for the 100th birthday of the family matriarch. In their reunion, she finds that Jose died three years ago; Juan left his wife Luchy; Fernando is still living with his mother and unsuccessfully trying to fly a hang glider; and the three little girls are grown-up. Further, she discovers that the dysfunctional family is completely broken, and Luchy in embezzling mothe ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Traffic Jam (film)
''Traffic Jam'' ( it, L'ingorgo - Una storia impossibile) is a 1979 Italian satirical comedy-drama film directed by Luigi Comencini. It was entered into the 1979 Cannes Film Festival. The film, although uncredited, is based on the 1966 short story "L'Autoroute du sud" by Julio Cortázar. Plot In a main thoroughfare on the outskirts of Rome, thousands of motorists are stuck in terrible traffic jam for twenty-four hours. In a stretch of road there is a variety of characters whose behaviour becomes strange. There is a selfish and hypocritical entrepreneur in a luxury car ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Ciutat Cremada
''La ciutat cremada'' (''The Burned City''; Spanish title: ''La ciudad quemada'') is a 1976 Spanish historical film directed by Antoni Ribas.http://spanish_cinema.enacademic.com/46/Catalan_cinema Cast Plot The story takes place in Barcelona following the disaster in Cuba until the Tragic Week (la Semana Trágica), approximately from 1899 until 1909, by means of events which befall a family in that city. References External links * 1970s historical films Spanish multilingual films Spanish historical films 1970s Spanish films {{historic-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Long Vacations Of 36
''Long Vacations of 36'' ( es, Las largas vacaciones del 36) is a 1976 Spanish drama film directed by Jaime Camino dealing with the effects of Spanish Civil War on a bourgeois family trapped by the conflict in a tourist village near Barcelona. The film won three awards at the 26th Berlin International Film Festival: FIPRESCI Prize, Interfilm Award - Recommendation, and UNICRIT Award - Honorable Mention. The original ending (Franco's cavalry entry in the village, intentionally showed as a blurred image) was cut by Spanish censorship of that time. The film ends with all the Republicans marching to exile, and the fascist couple waiting at home. Plot In the summer of 1936, the beginning of the Spanish Civil War, a bourgeois family with many children, spending their holiday near Barcelona, tries to remain neutral between the Republicans and the supporters of General Francisco Franco. But the war change the lives of all. Cast *Analía Gadé as Virginia *Ismael Merlo as El Abuelo *Á ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sex O No Sex
''Sex o no sex'' is a 1974 Spanish comedy film directed and written by Julio Diamante. It is composed by Carmelo A. Bernaola and it is starred by Don Jaime de Mora y Aragón, Antonio Ferrandis and José Sacristán. It was the penultimate film directed by Julio Diamante and the third one whose cast is composed by José Sacristán and Carmen Sevilla. Cast * Carmen Sevilla as Angélica * José Sacristán as Paco Jiménez 'Don Paco' * Antonio Ferrandis as Director * José Vivó as Psicoanalista * Ágata Lis as Chica sexy * Lola Gaos as Tía de Angélica * Carmen Martínez Sierra as Dama solitaria y confiada * Sergio Mendizábal * Margarita Calahorra * Montserrat Julió Montserrat Julió (1929 – 26 January 2017) was a Spanish film and television actress. She died on 26 January 2017 at aged 88. Partial filmography * ''La cárcel de cristal'' (1957) - Irene Alsuaga * ''Sendas marcadas'' (1957) - Policía * ' ... * Sandra Dos Santos as Chica sexy en el tren (as Xandra Dos Santos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
