Nazario Belmar Martínez (25 October 1919, in

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– 9 July 1980, in

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) was a Spanish

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, film producer and lawyer. A

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, Belmar began playing at

CD Eldense Club Deportivo Eldense is a Spanish football team based in Elda, in the autonomous community of Valencia. Founded in 1921, the club plays in the Primera División RFEF – Group 2, and holds home matches at ''Estadio Nuevo Pepico Amat'', which ha ...

before the

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and, after, at

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. He signed with

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when he was 19. In a match with

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in the 1946–47 season, he was seriously injured and he had to announce his retirement. In 1957 he established Naga Films with Marcelino Galatas Rentería, making films as ''

El verdugo ''The Executioner'' ( es, El Verdugo) is a 1963 Spanish black comedy film directed by Luis García Berlanga. It was filmed in black and white, and is widely considered a classic of Spanish cinema. The film won several awards, both in Spain and i ...

'' with

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and

Luis García Berlanga Luis García-Berlanga Martí (12 June 1921 – 13 November 2010) was a Spain , Spanish film director and screenwriter. Acclaimed as a pioneer of modern Spanish cinema, his films are marked by social satire and acerbic critiques of Spanish culture ...

. Because of the Spanish television pressions, he abandoned Naga Films to establish in 1964 Belmar P.C., filming Pedro Lazaga's ''Un vampiro para dos''. Finally, in 1965 he abandoned this career.

Career statistics

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Filmography

* ''La muerte silba un blues'' (1964) * '' The Executioner'' (1963) * ''

La becerrada ''La becerrada'' is a 1963 Spanish comedy film directed by José María Forqué, written by Jaime de Armiñán and Ricardo Muñoz Suay, and starring Fernando Fernán Gómez Fernando Fernández Gómez (28 August 1921 – 21 November 2007) be ...

'' (1963) * ''Aprendiendo a morir'' (1962) * ''Sabían demasiado'' (1962)

References

External links

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LFP database
{{DEFAULTSORT:Belmar 1919 births 1980 deaths People from Elda Men's association football midfielders Spanish men's footballers La Liga players CD Eldense footballers Hércules CF players CE Sabadell FC footballers Real Madrid CF players Spanish film producers Footballers from the Province of Alicante