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José María Prada
José María Prada Oterino (31 March 1925 – 13 August 1978) was a Spanish film and television actor. He appeared in more than 80 films and television shows between 1954 and 1978. Partial filmography * ''Comedians'' (1954) - Decorador * ''Felices Pascuas'' (1954) - Barbero (uncredited) * '' The Coyote'' (1955) - Barman * ''The Coyote's Justice'' (1956) - Barman (uncredited) * ''También hay cielo sobre el mar'' (1956) - Maestro * '' The Rocket from Calabuch'' (1956) - Juan (voice, uncredited) * ''Sonatas'' (1959) - Molinero * ''Juanito'' (1960) - Dr. Ramiro * '' La gran familia'' (1962) - Locutor de radio * '' The Executioner'' (1963) - Vigilante con botella de champán * ''La verbena de la Paloma'' (1963) * ''Aquella joven de blanco'' (1964) - Priest * '' La Tía Tula'' (1964) - Sacerdote * ''Faites vos jeux, mesdames'' (1965) * '' The Art of Living'' (1965) - Gálvez * '' Crimen de doble filo'' (1965) - Sixto Mendiola * ''La familia y... uno más'' (1965) - (uncredited) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ocaña, Spain
Ocaña, a town and municipality of central Spain, in the province of Toledo. It is located on the extreme north of the tableland known as the Mesa de Ocaña, and has a station on the railway from Aranjuez to Cuenca. Toponymy The term ''Ocaña'' seems to have the base word ''olca-'' that originates from the Celtiberian 'fertile ground, meadow', and could have evolved into: ''Olcania > Ocania < Ocaña''. There are other theories, like the one by Nieto Ballester, who states that ''Ocaña'' is a pre-Roman term, maybe Indo-European, but not Celtic. On the other hand, Menéndez Pidal quotes the name of ''Ocaña'' to support his thesis of the Ligurian substratum in the . Geography This t ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Villa Rides
''Villa Rides'' is a 1968 American Technicolor Western war film in Panavision directed by Buzz Kulik and starring Yul Brynner as Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa and Robert Mitchum as an American adventurer and pilot of fortune. The supporting cast includes Charles Bronson as Fierro, Herbert Lom as Huerta and Alexander Knox as Madero. Sam Peckinpah wrote the original script and was set to direct, but Brynner disliked Peckinpah's harsh depiction of Villa and had Robert Towne rewrite the script, with Kulik brought on as director. The screenplay is based on the biography by William Douglas Lansford. Plot Lee Arnold has to unexpectedly land his biplane in Mexico due to technical difficulties and here he hears both the Mexican army and the local peasant view on Pancho Villa: one seeing him as an outlaw, the other as a hero. A local family take him in and repair his plane and Arnold finds the daughter Fina attractive. Mexican soldiers arrive and beat the men and rape the daughter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1925 Births
Nineteen or 19 may refer to: * 19 (number), the natural number following 18 and preceding 20 * one of the years 19 BC, AD 19, 1919, 2019 Films * ''19'' (film), a 2001 Japanese film * ''Nineteen'' (film), a 1987 science fiction film Music * 19 (band), a Japanese pop music duo Albums * ''19'' (Adele album), 2008 * ''19'', a 2003 album by Alsou * ''19'', a 2006 album by Evan Yo * ''19'', a 2018 album by MHD * ''19'', one half of the double album ''63/19'' by Kool A.D. * ''Number Nineteen'', a 1971 album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron * ''XIX'' (EP), a 2019 EP by 1the9 Songs * "19" (song), a 1985 song by British musician Paul Hardcastle. * "Nineteen", a song by Bad4Good from the 1992 album '' Refugee'' * "Nineteen", a song by Karma to Burn from the 2001 album ''Almost Heathen''. * "Nineteen" (song), a 2007 song by American singer Billy Ray Cyrus. * "Nineteen", a song by Tegan and Sara from the 2007 album '' The Con''. * "XIX" (song), a 2014 song by Slip ... [...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] |
Pensione Paura
''Pensione paura'' () is a 1978 film directed by Francesco Barilli. Plot A young girl and her mother run a hotel during the war. The girl finds herself at the mercy of her sex-crazed guests and matters become worse when her mother dies. Soon after, a cloaked figure starts killing off everyone that tries to harm her. Cast *Leonora Fani: Rosa *Luc Merenda: Rodolfo *Lidia Biondi: Marta *Francisco Rabal: Marta's lover *Jole Fierro: Rodolfo's lover * Wolfango Soldati * Máximo Valverde Production After directing ''The Perfume of the Lady in Black'', it took four years for director Francesco Barilli to return to directing. Barilli stated this was because he was not allowed to make the film he wanted to make, but was offered several different projects to work at. One film Barilli wanted to make was titled ''L'occhio'', when he was approached by producer Tommaso Dazzi who deemed ''L'occhio'' too expensive, and presented him with the treatment for ''Pensione paura''. Barilli admitte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Man Who Knew Love
''The Man Who Knew Love'' ( es, El hombre que supo amar, links=no) is a 1976 Spanish biographical film directed by Miguel Picazo which stars Timothy Dalton as John of God alongside Antonio Ferrandis, Jonathan Burn, Antonio Mendoza, Queta Claver and Ángela Molina. Plot Set in 16th-century Granada (featuring everyday concerns such as the denouncement of ''Moriscos'' and '' Judaizantes'' and the ''limpieza de sangre The concept of (), (, ) or (), literally "cleanliness of blood" and meaning "blood purity", was an early system of racialized discrimination used in early modern Spain and Portugal. The label referred to those who were considered "Old Chri ...'', as well as the depiction of marginal environments), the plot tracks the life of Juan Ciudad (later known as Juan de Dios) and his struggle against the social, political and religious structures. Cast Production Penned by , the screenplay is an adaptation of José Cruset's novel ''San Juan de Dios. Una aventu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sept Morts Sur Ordonnance
''Sept morts sur ordonnance'' (''Seven Deaths by Prescription'' or ''Bestial Quartet'') is a 1975 French drama film directed by Jacques Rouffio and starring Michel Piccoli, Gérard Depardieu, Jane Birkin, Marina Vlady, Charles Vanel and Valérie Mairesse. The film was awarded the César Award for Best Editing, and was nominated for Best Film, Best Actor and Best Writing. Plot Pierre Losseray is a surgeon at the public hospital in a small provincial town in France (Clermont-Ferrand). He has recently suffered a heart attack but has returned to work. He is appreciated by his patients, and is being harassed by Old Brézé, the owner of a nearby medical clinic, who is losing clients and cannot stand competition. In league with his sons and son-in-law, Brézé uses insinuations close to blackmail. Losseray also learns about the story of Doctor Jean-Pierre Berg, another surgeon with a very different lifestyle from Losseray, who was similarly hassled by the same man fifteen years bef ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Brief Vacation
''A Brief Vacation'' ( it, Una breve vacanza) is a 1973 melodrama film directed by Vittorio De Sica. The screenplay, written by Cesare Zavattini, was inspired by an Apollinaire adage ("Sickness is the vacation of the poor"). Synopsis The film concerns a female factory worker from Calabria who falls ill on the job and is prescribed a stay at a mountain retreat. She goes despite her husband's wishes, leaving behind her thankless work shift and her frustrating in-laws, but also her three children. The film addresses issues such as the health care system, labor conditions, spousal satisfaction, and class struggle. Cast * Florinda Bolkan as Clara Mataro * Renato Salvatori as Franco Mataro, the husband * Daniel Quenaud as Luigi, Clara's lover * José María Prada as Dr. Ciranni * Teresa Gimpera as Gina * Hugo Blanco as brother-in-law * Julia Peña as Edvige * Miranda Campa as Nurse Guidotti * Angela Cardile as the redhead * Anna Carena as mother-in-law * Monica Guerritore as Mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna And The Wolves
''Ana and the Wolves'' ( es, Ana y los lobos) is a 1973 Spanish drama film directed by Carlos Saura. Starring Geraldine Chaplin as a foreign governess who comes to an isolated house to take care of the children of a convoluted family. The film is encoded with political symbolism of Francoist Spain. Saura’s 1979 Mamá cumple cien años was a sequel of sorts. It was entered into the 1973 Cannes Film Festival. Plot Ana, a young foreign governess, arrives to an isolated country estate in arid region of Castile, near Madrid. She has come to take charge of three little girls whose mother, Luchy, greets Ana upon arrival. While Ana is unpacking, José, an uncle of the girls, introduces himself as the voice of order and authority in the family. In case Ana runs into any problem she must go to him, he explains. A family dinner that evening allows Ana to meet her eccentric employers. The family consists of three middle age brothers (José, Juan and Fernando), their ailing mother, M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pancho Villa (film)
''Pancho Villa'' is a 1972 Italian-Spanish spaghetti western film directed by Eugenio Martín. It takes as its starting point the life and legend of the Mexican bandit-revolutionary of that name, but has no other basis in historical fact. The film features Telly Savalas, Clint Walker, Chuck Connors and Anne Francis. Shot in Spain, this "brawling spectacle" has an often-overlooked light-comedy satirical facet, which to this day often confuses viewers. The storyline was developed during the Vietnam War and reflected certain antiwar sentiments in an American society. The title song "We All End Up the Same", with music by John Cacavas and lyrics by Don Black, is sung by Savalas. Plot After being double-crossed in an arms deal by a gun merchant McDermott (Luis Dávila) from Columbus, New Mexico, legendary Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa (Telly Savalas) and his American lieutenant Scotty (Clint Walker) decide to exact revenge by raiding a US Army weapons depot in Columbus and seizin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goya, A Story Of Solitude
''Goya, a Story of Solitude'' (Spanish: ''Goya, historia de una soledad'') is a 1971 Spanish historical drama film directed by Nino Quevedo. It was entered into the 1971 Cannes Film Festival. The film was heavily cut by censors before its release.Bentley p.220 It portrays the life of the Spanish artist Francisco Goya. Cast * Francisco Rabal - Goya * Irina Demick - Duchess of Alba * Jacques Perrin * José María Prada * Teresa del Río * Hugo Blanco * María Asquerino * Merche Abreu * Barta Barri * Enriqueta Carballeira * Manuel de Blas * Inma de Santis * José Espinosa * Rosario García Ortega * Montserrat Julió * Gerardo Malla * Sergio Mendizábal * Ricardo Merino * Jeannine Mestre * Luis Morris * Marisa Paredes * Teresa Rabal María Teresa Rabal Balaguer (born 1952) is a Spanish actress, singer and television presenter.Powrie, Davies & Babington p.65 The daughter of actors Francisco Rabal and Asunción Balaguer, she first appeared as child actor before going ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |