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Luis Ciges
Luis Ciges Martínez (10 May 1921 – 11 December 2002) was a Spanish film actor. He appeared in 140 films between 1958 and 2002. His father was Manuel Ciges. Selected filmography * ''Historias de Madrid'' (1958) - Bombero (uncredited) * ''Entierro de un funcionario en primavera'' (1958) - García * ''Molokai'' (1959) - (uncredited) * ''La quiniela'' (1960) - Trabajador del Patronato de Apuestas (uncredited) * ''Plácido'' (1961) - Pobre en casa de Helguera * ''The Lovely Lola'' (1962) - Abogado (uncredited) * ''Los farsantes'' (1963) - Justo * ''Young Sánchez'' (1964) - El padre de Paco * ''The Thief of Tibidabo'' (1965) - Peperone * ''La chica del autostop'' (1965) * ''Chimes at Midnight'' (1965) - (uncredited) * ''La visita que no tocó el timbre'' (1965) * ''Mañana será otro día'' (1967) - Marinero * ''Dante no es únicamente severo'' (1967) - Lord Pordemás del cuento del cazador * ''Cada vez que...'' (1968) * ''El Baldiri de la costa'' (1968) - Trumpet * ''Nocturn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 its monocentric metropolitan area is the third-largest in the EU.United Nations Department of Economic and Social AffairWorld Urbanization Prospects (2007 revision), (United Nations, 2008), Table A.12. Data for 2007. The municipality covers geographical area. Madrid lies on the River Manzanares in the central part of the Iberian Peninsula. Capital city of both Spain (almost without interruption since 1561) and the surrounding autonomous community of Madrid (since 1983), it is also the political, economic and cultural centre of the country. The city is situated on an elevated plain about from the closest seaside location. The climate of Madrid features hot summers and cool winters. The Madrid urban agglomeration has the second-large ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Voyage Of The Damned
''Voyage of the Damned'' is a 1976 drama film directed by Stuart Rosenberg, with an all-star cast featuring Faye Dunaway, Oskar Werner, Lee Grant, Max von Sydow, James Mason, and Malcolm McDowell. The story was inspired by actual events concerning the fate of the ocean liner carrying Jewish refugees from Germany to Cuba in 1939. It was based on a 1974 nonfiction book of the same title written by Gordon Thomas and Max Morgan-Witts. The screenplay was written by Steve Shagan and David Butler. The film was produced by ITC Entertainment and released by Rank Film Distributors in the UK and Avco Embassy Pictures in the US. Plot Based on historic events, this dramatic film concerns the 1939 voyage of the German-flagged , which departed from Hamburg carrying 937 Jews from Germany, ostensibly bound for Havana, Cuba. The passengers, having seen and suffered rising antisemitism in Germany, realised this might be their only chance to escape. The film details the emotional journey o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amanece, Que No Es Poco
''Amanece, que no es poco'' is a 1989 Spanish comedy film written and directed by José Luis Cuerda. Cast * José Sazatornil as Cabo Gutiérrez (billed as José Sazatornil 'Saza') * Carmen de Lirio as Doña Rocío - su señora * Ovidi Montllor as Pascual * Carmen Rodríguez as Su mujer * Rafael Díaz as Fermín * Amada Tercero as Su mujer * Cassen as Cura párroco (billed as Casto Sendra 'Cassen') * Manuel Alexandre as Paquito - su padre * María Ángeles Ariza as Merceditas - su prima * Rafael Alonso as El Alcalde * Fedra Lorente as Susan - su amiga * Cris Huerta as Tirso - el mesonero (billed as Chris Huertas) * Elisa Belmonte as Soprano * María I. González as Pianista * Paco Hernández as Don Roberto - maestro escuela (billed as Francisco Hernández) * Jorge V. Ortiz as Rafaelito * Samuel Claxton as Nge Ndomo * Chus Lampreave as Álvarez - su madre * Alberto Bové as Pedro - su tío * Luis Ciges as Jimmy * Antonio Resines as Teodoro * Aurora Bautista as La Padington * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Bosque Animado
''The Enchanted Forest'' ( es, El bosque encantado, links=no) is a 1987 Spanish comedy-fantasy film directed by José Luis Cuerda and written by Rafael Azcona, based on the eponymous novel written by Wenceslao Fernández Flórez. The film has a large ensemble cast headed by Alfredo Landa. It was a critical success winning five Goya Awards including Best Film, Best Director and Best Actor. Plot The film shows the adventures of the human inhabitants of the shrubland of Cecebre and how their paths cross over under the shelter of a lively forest where animals, people and plants form a harmonious system. It notably tells the misfortunes of Malvís, a farm hand sick of the shortages of his trade, who decides to become a bandit and hides in the shrubland under the alias Fendetestas, and who is joined by a kid as an apprentice, Fuco; of Geraldo, a well-digger who lost a leg while whale hunting and is in love with Hermelinda, who is leaving to the city fed up with her aunt; of the lost soul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hay Que Deshacer La Casa
''Hay que deshacer la casa'' is a 1983 Spanish comedy film directed by Jose Luis Garcia Sanchez. It is based on a stage play by Sebastián Junyent. Amparo Rivelles won the 1st Goya Awards for Best Actress Best Actress is the name of an award which is presented by various film, television and theatre organisations, festivals, and people's awards to leading actresses in a film, television series, television film or play. The first Best Actress awar ... in 1987. Cast References External links * Spanish comedy films 1983 comedy films 1983 films Films directed by José Luis García Sánchez Films with screenplays by Rafael Azcona Films shot in Madrid Films set in Paris Films set in Guadalajara {{Spain-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Vaquilla
''La vaquilla'' (English: ''The Heifer'') is a 1985 Spanish comedy film written and directed by Luis García Berlanga. It was the first comedy made about the Spanish Civil War and the highest-grossing Spanish film in Spain at the time surpassing ''Los santos inocentes''. Plot During the Spanish Civil War on the Aragón frontline the speakers of the Nationalist troops announce a festival in a nearby village which includes a bull run and religious procession. A group of Republican soldiers infiltrate the Nationalist side to steal the animal for two reasons; to ruin the holiday for the Nationalists and because their food stores are low. Characters * Brigada Castro (Alfredo Landa), a professional Republican soldier. * Mariano (Guillermo Montesinos), a Republican soldier coming from a village across the frontline, where his girlfriend Guadalupe remained. * Limeño ( Santiago Ramos), a Republican soldier who was a bullfighter before the war. Chosen to kill the heifer, he is actually af ... [...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] |
Labyrinth Of Passion
''Labyrinth of Passion'' ( es, link=no, Laberinto de pasiones) is a 1982 Spanish screwball comedy film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar, starring Cecilia Roth and Imanol Arias. Antonio Banderas has a small role, marking his film debut. ''Labyrinth of Passion'', Almodóvar's second film, was independently produced with a shoestring budget which allowed for better production values than his previous film ''Pepi, Luci, Bom'', and to employ a more complex narrative. The plot follows a nymphomaniac pop star who falls in love with a gay Middle Eastern prince. Their unlikely destiny is to find one another, overcome their sexual preferences and live happily ever after on a tropical island. Although badly received by Spanish film critics, ''Labyrinth of Passion'' was a modest success and it quickly reached cult film status. The film is an outrageous look at love and sex, framed in Madrid of the early 1980s, during the so-called Movida madrileña, a period of sexual adventurousn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kargus
''Kargus'' is a 1981 Spanish drama film written and directed by Juan Miñón and Miguel Ángel Trujillo, at their feature film debut. The film was entered into the main competition at the 38th edition of the Venice Film Festival.Adriano Aprà, Giuseppe Ghigi, Patrizia Pistagnesi. ''Cinquant'anni di cinema a Venezia''. La Biennale di Venezia, 1982. . Plot A series of Vignettes that begin at the Civil War and end at the Spanish Economic Miracle is interwoven with 2 separate abstractions # Seeking a Utopia in the Gilbert Islands # A possible escape from the Social order to El "otro lado" In Vignete 1 The train which is apparently going to Vizcaya? offers a possible escape route (to France?) In Vignette 2 We see an escape from the Oppressive Social Services that want the change a family (from being hunter gatherers) to fit back into the state sponsored social order. Vignette 3 Focuses on a schoolroom in the 1950s and suggests that one can learn more from daydreaming than followin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Heritage (film)
''National Heritage'' ( es, Patrimonio nacional) is a 1981 Spanish comedy film directed by Luis García Berlanga. It was entered into the 1981 Cannes Film Festival. The film was also selected as the Spanish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 54th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Cast * Luis Ciges as Segundo * Luis Escobar as Marqués de Leguineche * Agustín González as Padre Calvo * José Luis López Vázquez as Luis José * Alfredo Mayo as Nacho * José Lifante as Goyo (as José Ruiz Lifante) * Mary Santpere as Condesa * Amparo Soler Leal as Chus * Syliane Stella as Solange * José Luis de Vilallonga as Álvaro * José Luis Alonso * Patricio Arnáiz * Pedro Beltrán * Julio Castronuovo * Jaime Chávarri See also * List of submissions to the 54th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film * List of Spanish submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Cantabrians
''The Cantabrians'' (Spanish: ''Los Cántabros'') is a 1980 sword and sandal film about the Cantabrian Wars, starring and directed by Paul Naschy. The film describes the conflict between Cantabrian guerrilla leader Corocotta and Roman general Marcus Agrippa. Cast * Paul Naschy as Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa * Daniel Barry as Corocotta * Verónica Miriel as Elia, Corocotta's sister * Alfredo Mayo as Lábaro, a Druid * Julia Saly as Selenia, a seer * Blanca Estrada as Turenia, Corocotta's wife * Andrés Resino as Augustus Caesar * Antonio Iranzo as Sonanso, Cantabrian traitor * Ricardo Palacios as Gurco, adopted Cantabrian warrior * Pepe Ruiz as Hurón, adopted Cantabrian warrior * Paloma Hurtado as Calpurnia * Frank Braña as Próculo * Mariano Vidal Molina as Salvio Plot A voice-over describes how the Cantabrian tribes led by Corocotta have repeatedly defeated the Roman attempts to annex their territory in Spain. In Rome, Augustus is furious. His general Agrippa proposes a new ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arrebato
''Arrebato'' (, "Rapture") is a 1979 Spanish art house horror film written and directed by Iván Zulueta. Plot José Sirgado (Eusebio Poncela) is a frustrated horror film director and heroin addict in a tumultuous relationship with Ana Turner (Cecilia Roth). The cousin of his ex-girlfriend Marta, Pedro (Will More), sends him a reel of film, an audio cassette, and the key to his apartment despite the fact that the two have only met twice. As José and Ana listen, the audio cassette narrates the two occasions when the two men met. These occasions are shown in flashback. The first occasion was when José came with Marta to scout the family's home for a filming location. Pedro, an obsessive maker of homemade films, snorts heroin with José and asks if he knows how to film time-lapse photography. Pedro shows José his home movies, which he has never shown to anyone. Later, José, mails Pedro an interval timer that would control his camera's shutter, shooting at specified interval ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
