''The Lost City'' (Spanish:''La ciudad perdida'' or ''Terrorists in Madrid'', Italian:''Terroristi a Madrid'') is a 1955 Italian-Spanish

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directed by Margarita Alexandre and Rafael María Torrecilla and starring Cosetta Greco,

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and

María Dolores Pradera María Dolores Fernández Pradera OAXS, MMT (29 August 1924 – 28 May 2018) was a Spanish melodic singer and actress, and one of the most famous voices in Spain and Latin America. She started her career as an actress and during the 1950s she ...

.Bentley p.124 It is an adaptation of La ciudad perdida (1953) by Spanish author '' Mercedes Formica''. The film's sets were designed by

Enrique Alarcón Enrique Alarcón Sánchez-Manjavacas (1917–1995) was a Spanish art director.Faulkner p.106 He worked on over two hundred films. Selected filmography * '' Eloisa Is Under an Almond Tree'' (1943) * ''The Phantom and Dona Juanita'' (1945) * '' ...

Plot

Rafael, an ex-exiled republican of the Spanish Civil War, returns to his native city after the years and in the company of his fellow maquis (members of the Resistance) with the mission of carrying out an armed action against Franco's regime. But the mission fails and, in his desperate attempt to escape, Rafael kidnaps a beautiful high class woman.

Cast

* Cosetta Greco as María *

as Rafael *

as Luisa *

Félix Dafauce Félix Dafauce (13 November 1896 – 5 October 1990) was a Spanish film actor. He appeared in 120 films between 1925 and 1987. He was born and died in Madrid, Spain. Selected filmography * ''When the Angels Sleep'' (1947) * ''Dawn of Ame ...

as Comisario *

Nani Fernández Juana "Nani" Fernández Ruiz (22 February 1923 – 9 November 1960) was a Spanish film actress.Coira p.188 Selected filmography * '' Lola Leaves for the Ports'' (1947) * '' Ninety Minutes'' (1949) * '' Wings of Youth'' (1949) * ''A Tale of Two V ...

as Sole * Manolo Morán as Eliseo * Santiago Rivero as Il Capo * Alessandro Fersen as Padre de Rafael *

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as Madre de Rafael

References

Bibliography

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

External links

* 1955 drama films Spanish drama films Italian drama films 1955 films 1950s Italian-language films 1950s Spanish-language films Films set in Madrid Italian black-and-white films Spanish black-and-white films 1950s Italian films 1950s Spanish films 1950s multilingual films Italian multilingual films Spanish multilingual films {{1950s-Spain-film-stub