''Such is Madrid'' (Spanish: ''Así es Madrid'') is a 1953 Spanish

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directed by

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and starring

Susana Canales Susana Canales Niaucel (5 September 1933 – 22 March 2021) was a Spanish film and television actress. Initially a child actor she switched to playing grown-up parts in the early 1950s. She starred in the 1951 drama ''Black Sky'' (1951). Canale ...

, José Suárez and

Manolo Morán Manolo Morán (30 December 1905, in Madrid – 27 April 1967, in Alicante) was a Spanish film actor. Selected filmography * ''Carmen fra i rossi'' (1939) - Il capitano Salmeron * ''El huésped del sevillano'' (1940) * '' The Unloved Woman'' ( ...

.Bentley p.128

Cast

as Eulalia * José Suárez as Antonio *

as Julián *

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. ...

as Carmen *

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as Dimas *

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as Luisa *

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as Mariano *

Irene Caba Alba Irene Caba Alba (25 August 1905 – 14 January 1957) was an Argentine-born Spanish stage and film actress. She appeared in forty films during her career including '' The Nail''.Hortelano p.176 She was born into a family of actors, the daughter ...

as Sabina *

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as Illecas *

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as Regina *

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as Damián *

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as Peluquero *

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as Ramón *

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as Pitita *

Juan Antonio Riquelme ''Juan'' is a given name, the Spanish and Manx versions of ''John''. It is very common in Spain and in other Spanish-speaking communities around the world and in the Philippines, and also (pronounced differently) in the Isle of Man. In Spanish, t ...

as Sindulfo * Aurora de Alba as Cantaora *

Francisco Bernal Francisco is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the masculine given name ''Franciscus''. Nicknames In Spanish, people with the name Francisco are sometimes nicknamed "Paco". San Francisco de Asís was known as ''Pater Comunitatis'' (father of ...

as Portero *

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as Mujer de Baldomero *

Arturo Marín Arturo is a Spanish and Italian variant of the name Arthur. People *Arturo Álvarez (footballer, born 1985), American-born Salvadoran footballer * Arturo Álvarez (footballer, born 1959), Mexican footballer * Arthuro Henrique Bernhardt (b. 1982), B ...

as Policía *

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as Baldomero *

María Francés María Candelaria Francés García (2 February 1887– 9 December 1987), better known as María Francés, was a Spanish stage, film and television actress.D'Lugo p.98 Selected filmography * ''Anguish'' (1947) * '' The Vila Family'' (1950) * '' ...

as Vecina *

Manuel Guitián Manuel may refer to: People * Manuel (name) * Manuel (Fawlty Towers), a fictional character from the sitcom ''Fawlty Towers'' * Charlie Manuel, manager of the Philadelphia Phillies * Manuel I Komnenos, emperor of the Byzantine Empire * Manu ...

as Tabernero *

Josefina Serratosa Josefina is a female name, a feminine form of Joseph. It may refer to: *Josefina Passadori, Argentine writer *Josefina Lopez, Chicana playwright *Josefina Pla, Spanish poet, playwright, art critic, painter and journalist *Josefina Ayerza, writer a ...

as Portera * Fernando Nogueras as Paco *

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as Bailarín

References

Bibliography

* Bentley, Bernard. ''A Companion to Spanish Cinema''. Boydell & Brewer 2008.

External links

* 1953 comedy films Spanish comedy films 1953 films 1950s Spanish-language films Films based on works by Carlos Arniches Films directed by Luis Marquina Films set in Madrid Cifesa films Spanish black-and-white films 1950s Spanish films {{1950s-Spain-film-stub