''Let's Make the Impossible!'' ( es, ¡Viva lo imposible!) is a 1958 Spanish

comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...

adapted from the play ''"¡Viva lo imposible! o el contable de las estrellas"'', by

Miguel Mihura Miguel Mihura Santos (21 July 1905, in Madrid – 27 October 1977) was a Spanish playwright. He is best known for his comedy '' Tres sombreros de copa'' (1952), a work of absurd humor that predates similar works by Beckett or Ionesco and t ...

and Joaquín Calvo Sotelo, and directed by

Rafael Gil Rafael Gil (22 May 1913 – 10 July 1986) was a Spanish film director and screenwriter. His film ''La guerra de Dios'' (1953) won the Bronze Lion at the Venice Film Festival in 1953 and also won best film and best director at the San Sebastián ...

.de España p.119 It was entered into the

8th Berlin International Film Festival The 8th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 27 June to 8 July 1958 with the Zoo Palast as the main venue. The festival was opened by then West Berlin's newly elected mayor Willy Brandt. The Golden Bear was awarded to the Swe ...

Cast

* Paquita Rico as Palmira López * Manolo Morán as Don Sabino López (as Manolo Moran) * Miguel Gila as Adriani *

Julio Núñez Julio is the Spanish equivalent of the month July and may refer to: *Julio (given name) *Julio (surname) *Júlio de Castilhos, a municipality of the western part of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil * ''Julio'' (album), a 1983 compilation albu ...

as Eusebio López (as Julio Nuñez) *

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 Rosa *

José Marco Davó José Marco Davó (1895–1974) was a Spanish film actor.Pitts p.307 Selected filmography * ''Es mi hombre'' (1934) * ''Don Quintín el amargao'' (1935) - Nicasio * ''La última falla'' (1940) * ''Whirlwind'' (1941) - Portero * '' Dawn of Americ ...

as Don Emilio (as Jose Marco Davo) *

Fernando Sancho Fernando Sancho Les (7 January 1916 – 31 July 1990) was a Spanish actor. Biography He was born in Zaragoza, in Aragon, Spain on 7 January 1916 and died at Hospital Militar Gómez Ulla in Madrid on 31 July 1990 from a liver failure during o ...

as John *

Raúl Cancio Raúl Cancio (18 September 1911 – 23 October 1961) was a Spanish film actor, screenwriter and film director. Cancio acted in more than sixty five films including '' Raza'' (1942).Pavlović p.67 He also directed two films, a 1952 documentary an ...

as Rodolfo (as Raul Cancio) *

Vicky Lagos Vicky Lagos is a Spanish film and television actress.Cowie & Elley p.496 She is the daughter of the actress Mimí Muñoz and the actor and director Vittorio De Sica. Selected filmography * '' Let's Make the Impossible!'' (1958) * ''Son of the ...

as Margot *

Ángel Ter Angel is a given name meaning "angel", "messenger". In the English-speaking world Angel is used for both boys and girls. From the medieval Latin masculine name ''Angelus'', which was derived from the name of the heavenly creature (itself derived ...

as Zozof (as Angel Ter) *

Tony Soler Tony may refer to: People and fictional characters * Tony (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters * Gregory Tony (born 1978), American law enforcement officer * Motu Tony (born 1981), New Zealand international rugby leagu ...

as Pilar * Mario Morales *

Yelena Samarina Yelena Samarina (16 December 1927 – 4 May 2011) was a Russian-born actress who settled in Spain. She was originally selected to play the lead in Wim Wenders' historical ''The Scarlet Letter'' (1973), but the film's financial backers insisted on t ...

as Eloísa (as Elena Samarina) *

Jesús Narro Jesús Narro Sancho (4 January 1922 – 1 July 1987) was a renowned footballer born in Tolosa, Spain, ''Tolosa'', Gipuzkoa, ''Guipúzcoa'', Spain, on January 4, 1922. As a left ''midfielder'' he was part of ''Real Murcia'' for three seasons scori ...

as (as Jesus Narro)

References

Bibliography

* de España, Rafael. ''Directory of Spanish and Portuguese film-makers and films''. Greenwood Press, 1994.

External links

* 1958 films 1950s Spanish-language films 1958 comedy films Films directed by Rafael Gil Spanish comedy films 1950s Spanish films Spanish-language comedy films {{1950s-comedy-film-stub