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Reckless (1951 Film)
''Reckless'' ( es, Balarrasa) is a 1951 Spanish drama film directed by José Antonio Nieves Conde. It was entered into the 1951 Cannes Film Festival. Plot Spanish missionary Javier Mendoza (Fernando Fernán Gómez) finds himself trapped in the middle of a massive snow storm in Alaska. Fearing that the end of his days has come, he begins to remember his life: After the death of his mother, his father (Javier Tordesillas) dedicates himself to gambling and Javier himself, known as Balarrasa, also leads a life rampant. Nor do the other siblings, Fernando (Luis Prendes), Lina (Dina Stern) and Maite (MarÃa Rosa Salgado) lead exemplary lives. When the Spanish Civil War breaks out, Mendoza incurs in an unheroic behavior that ends the life of a colleague by playing cards for a guard that does not belong to him. Impressed by the event, he enters the Seminary. After redirecting the existence of his relatives, he begins a new life as a missionary. Cast * Manolo Morán as Desiderio * Jesà ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Antonio Nieves Conde
José Antonio Nieves Conde (22 December 1911http://dbe.rah.es/biografias/45978/jose-antonio-nieves-conde José Antonio Nieves Conde. Diccionario biográfico español. Real Academia de la Historia. Access 15 february 2020. in Segovia, Castilla y León, Spain – 14 September 2006) was a Spanish film maker, journalist, and screenplay writer, the director of feature films such as ''Surcos'' 'Furrows''(1951), ''Angustia'' 'Anguish''(1947), and ''Balarrasa'' 'Reckless''(1950). Biography Nieves Conde, part of a large family and with a military father, was interested in film from the time he was a child. Upon finishing secondary school in Segovia, he began to study law in Madrid, joining the Falange Española de las JONS (Spanish Phalanx of the Councils of the National Syndicalist Offensive), a fascist political party, whose social ideology would have a profound impact on his cinematographic works. At the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, he joined the front as a voluntary Fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fernando Aguirre
Fernando is a Spanish and Portuguese given name and a surname common in Spain, Portugal, Italy, France, Switzerland, former Spanish or Portuguese colonies in Latin America, Africa, the Philippines, India, and Sri Lanka. It is equivalent to the Germanic given name Ferdinand, with an original meaning of "adventurous, bold journey". First name * Fernando el Católico, king of Aragon A * Fernando Acevedo, Peruvian track and field athlete * Fernando Aceves Humana, Mexican painter * Fernando AlegrÃa, Chilean poet and writer * Fernando Alonso, Spanish Formula One driver * Fernando Amorebieta, Venezuelan footballer * Fernando Amorsolo, Filipino painter * Fernando Antogna, Argentine track and road cyclist * Fernando de Araújo (other), multiple people B * Fernando Balzaretti (1946–1998), Mexican actor * Fernando Baudrit Solera, Costa Rican president of the supreme court * Fernando Botero, Colombian artist * Fernando Bujones, ballet dancer C * Fernando Cabrera (baseball ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Directed By José Antonio Nieves Conde
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitized ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spanish Black-and-white Films
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1951 Drama Films
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1950s Spanish-language Films
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1951 Films
The year 1951 in film involved some significant events. Top-grossing films United States The top ten 1951 released films by box office gross in the United States are as follows: International The highest-grossing 1951 films in countries outside of North America. Worldwide gross The following table lists known worldwide gross figures for several high-grossing films that originally released in 1951. Note that this list is incomplete and is therefore not representative of the highest-grossing films worldwide in 1951. This list also includes gross revenue from later re-releases. Events * February 15 – new management takes over at United Artists with Arthur B. Krim, Robert Benjamin and Matty Fox now in charge. * April – French magazine '' Cahiers du cinéma'' is first published. * July 26 – Walt Disney's '' Alice in Wonderland'' premieres; while a disappointment at first and hardly released in theaters, it would later become one of the biggest cult classics in the ani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gérard Tichy
Gerard Tichy (also Gérard Tichy, Gerhard Tichi and Gerardo Tichy, 11 March 1920 – 11 April 1992) was a Spanish actor of German descent, who appeared in numerous movies, including several international productions. He was born in Weißenfels, Germany, on 11 March 1920, and died in Madrid, Spain, on 11 April 1992. Biography Tichy participated in World War II and held the rank of a lieutenant when it ended. He was put in a French POW camp but soon managed to escape to Spain. There he started his film career in the war epic '' Balarrasa'' (1951) and quickly became a prominent character actor in Spanish cinema, ultimately appearing in 99 films over the course of his career. A capable if not fluent English speaker, Tichy also appeared in several international productions that were filmed in Spain, most notably ''King of Kings'' (1961) as Joseph, ''El Cid'' (1961) playing King Ramirez, and ''Doctor Zhivago'' (1965) as Liberius, a Red partisan commander. He appeared in numerous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfonso De Córdoba
Alphons (Latinized ''Alphonsus'', ''Adelphonsus'', or ''Adefonsus'') is a male given name recorded from the 8th century (Alfonso I of Asturias, r. 739–757) in the Christian successor states of the Visigothic kingdom in the Iberian peninsula. In the later medieval period it became a standard name in the Hispanic and Portuguese royal families. It is derived from a Gothic name, or a conflation of several Gothic names; from ''*Aþalfuns'', composed of the elements ''aþal'' "noble" and ''funs'' "eager, brave, ready", and perhaps influenced by names such as ''*Alafuns'', ''*Adefuns'' and ''* Hildefuns''. It is recorded as ''Adefonsus'' in the 9th and 10th century, and as ''Adelfonsus'', ''Adelphonsus'' in the 10th to 11th. The reduced form ''Alfonso'' is recorded in the late 9th century, and the Portuguese form ''Afonso'' from the early 11th. and ''Anfós'' in Catalan from the 12th Century until the 15th. Variants of the name include: ''Alonso'' (Spanish), ''Alfonso'' (Spanish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chano Conde
Chano may refer to: People *Chano (footballer, born 1961), Spanish footballer *Chano (footballer, born 1965), Spanish footballer *Sebastián RodrÃguez Veloso (nickname Chano, born 1957), Spanish Paralympic swimmer *Chance the Rapper (nickname Chano, born 1993), American hip hop recording artist Given name *Chano DomÃnguez (born 1960), Spanish jazz pianist *Chano Lobato (1927-2009), Spanish flamenco singer *Chano Pozo (1915-1948), Cuban jazz composer and percussionist *Chano Urueta (1904-1979), Mexican film director Surname *Takayuki Chano (born 1976), Japanese retired footballer Places *Chano (Peranzanes), a village in the municipality of Peranzanes, Spain See also * * *Chanos (other) Chanos may refer to: * ''Chanos'' (fish), a genus of milkfish * Chanos-Curson, a commune of the Drôme, a department in southeastern France * Chanos, Zamora, a municipality in Spain * George Chanos (born 1958), American attorney and politician ... * Chana (other) {{di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julia Caba Alba
Julia Caba Alba (31 July 1902 – 14 November 1988) was a Spanish actress who appeared in more than a hundred films and television series during her career. She was a noted character actress.Mira p.83 Her sister was the actress Irene Caba Alba. Selected filmography * ''Saint Rogelia'' (1940) * ''The Sin of Rogelia Sanchez'' (1940) * ''The Bullfighter's Suit'' (1947) * ''Anguish'' (1947) * ''The Sunless Street'' (1948) * ''Just Any Woman'' (1949) * ''Ninety Minutes'' (1949) * '' The Duchess of Benameji'' (1949) * '' The Maragatan Sphinx'' (1950) * ''Black Sky'' (1951) * ''Our Lady of Fatima'' (1951) * ''Malibran's Song'' (1951) * '' Captain Poison'' (1951) * ''From Madrid to Heaven'' (1952) * ''The Song of Sister Maria'' (1952) * '' Sister San Sulpicio'' (1952) * ''Such is Madrid'' (1953) *''I Was a Parish Priest''. (1953) * ''Airport'' (1953) * ''Morena Clara'' (1954) * '' Malvaloca'' (1954) * ''An Andalusian Gentleman'' (1954) * ''It Happened in Seville'' (1955) * ''Let's Make t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mario Berriatúa
Mario Berriatúa (1925–1970) was a Spanish film actor.Smith p.154 Selected filmography * '' Mariona Rebull'' (1947) * ''Guest of Darkness'' (1948) * '' Neutrality'' (1949) * ''Don Juan'' (1950) * ''Tales of the Alhambra'' (1950) * '' The Troublemaker'' (1950) * '' Reckless'' (1951) * '' Day by Day'' (1951) * ''Our Lady of Fatima'' (1951) * ''The Call of Africa'' (1952) * ''The Song of Sister Maria'' (1952) * ''The Floor Burns'' (1952) * '' A Passenger Disappeared'' (1953) * '' Day by Day'' (1954) * ''High Fashion'' (1954) * ''The Mayor of Zalamea'' (1954) * '' Juan Simón's Daughter'' (1957) * '' Listen To My Song'' (1959) * ''Sonatas'' (1959) * ''Peace Never Comes ''Peace Never Comes'' (Spanish:''La paz empieza nunca'') is a 1960 Spanish drama film directed by León Klimovsky and starring Adolfo Marsillach, Concha Velasco and Carmen de Lirio.Bentley p.124 It is set in the years following the Spanish Civil Wa ...'' (1960) References Bibliography * Gary Allen Smith. ''Epic Fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
