''Calabuch'' (US title: ''The Rocket From Calabuch'') is a 1956 comedy film directed by
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 ...
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Synopsis
Calabuch is a little village in the coast of Spain. There arrives Dr. George Hamilton (
Edmund Gwenn), a scientist expert in rockets who is tired of his job.
Hamilton decides to help people of Calabuch in a
fireworks competition. He wins and his photo appears in the local newspaper and then NASA and the army find him.
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Production background
This Spanish-Italian co-production was filmed in
Peniscola
Peníscola () or Peñíscola (), anglicised as Peniscola, is a municipality in the Province of Castellón, Valencian Community, Spain. The town is located on the Costa del Azahar, north of the Serra d'Irta along the Mediterranean coast. It is a p ...
,
Castellón, and features an international cast led by British-American actor Edmund Gwenn in his last film role, and Italians
Valentina Cortese
Valentina Cortese (1 January 1923 – 10 July 2019) was an Italian actress. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in François Truffaut's ''Day for Night'' (1973).
Personal life
Cortese was bor ...
and
Franco Fabrizi. Berlanga won the OCIC Award at the
Venice Film Festival.
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References
1956 films
1950s Spanish-language films
Italian comedy films
Spanish black-and-white films
Spanish comedy films
Spain in fiction
Films directed by Luis García Berlanga
1956 comedy films
1950s Spanish films
1950s Italian films
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