CEA Studios (Spanish: Estudios CEA),

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for Cinematografía Española Americana S.A., was a Spanish film studio and production company in

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whose facilities were opened in 1934 and were running until 1966. The Studio had six sound stages, photographic laboratories for the edition of the films, set construction workshops, dressing rooms for the actors and a rest area with a swimming pool. At CEA Studios numerous Spanish films were filmed such as ''

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'' (1934) by

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and ''

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'' (1958) by

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, and also large international productions such as ''

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'' (1961) by

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and ''

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'' (1965) by

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