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Jesús Tordesillas
Jesús Tordesillas Fernández (28 January 1893 – 24 March 1973) was a Spanish film actor. He appeared in 94 films between 1921 and 1973. He starred in the film '' Reckless'' which was entered into the 1951 Cannes Film Festival. Selected filmography * ''Flor de España o La historia de un torero'' (1925) * '' Currito of the Cross'' (1926) – Currito de la Cruz * ''Madrid se divorcia'' (1935) * '' The Strange Marchioness'' (1939) * '' Marianela'' (1940) – Pablo's Father * '' The Unloved Woman'' (1940) – Esteban * '' The Queen's Flower Girl'' (1940) * ''Pepe Conde'' (1941) – Don Gaspar * ''Idilio en Mallorca'' (1943) * ''Fever Fever or pyrexia in humans is a symptom of an anti-infection defense mechanism that appears with Human body temperature, body temperature exceeding the normal range caused by an increase in the body's temperature Human body temperature#Fever, s ...'' (1943) – L'avvocato * ''Dora la espía'' (1943) * '' The Nail'' (1944) – Presidente de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madrid
Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most populous municipality of Spain. It has almost 3.5 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 7 million. It is the Largest cities of the European Union by population within city limits, second-largest city in the European Union (EU), and its wikt:monocentric, monocentric Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area is the List of metropolitan areas in Europe by population, second-largest in the EU.United Nations Department of Economic and Social AffairWorld Urbanization Prospects (2007 revision), (United Nations, 2008), Table A.12. Data for 2007. The municipality covers geographical area. Madrid lies on the Manzanares (river), River Manzanares in the central part of the Iberian Peninsula at about above mean sea level. The capital city of both Spain and the surrounding Community of Madrid, autonomous community of Madrid (since 1983), it is also th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jalisco Sings In Seville
''Jalisco Sings in Seville'' (Spanish: ''Jalisco canta en Sevilla'') is a 1949 Mexican-Spanish musical comedy film directed by Fernando de Fuentes and starring Jorge Negrete, Carmen Sevilla and Jesús Tordesillas. Labanyi & Pavlović p.42 This film represents the first Mexican-Spanish cinematic co-production. The story and musical numbers emphasize the cultural affinities between Mexico and Spain while warmly celebrating their differences. It was shot at the Chamartín Studios in Madrid and on location in Seville. The film's sets were designed by the art director Sigfrido Burmann. Plot The story concerns a handsome ''charro'' from Jalisco, and his fat sidekick. The charro receives news that he has inherited a fortune from a distant relative in Spain, and so he must travel to Seville to collect it. A legal technicality impedes the speedy disbursement of his inheritance, so our the two heroes take jobs on a local ranch as farmhands. It turns out that the owner of the ranch was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Warrior And The Slave Girl
''The Warrior and the Slave Girl'' (, , ) is a 1958 Italian-Spanish-French adventure film in Supercinescope and Eastman Color directed by Vittorio Cottafavi. Premise A cruel Armenian princess craves the throne of the young king Osroé, while a popular uprising led by Asclepius breaks out. Cast * Ettore Manni as Marcus Numidius * Gianna Maria Canale as Amira * Mara Cruz as Zahar * Georges Marchal as Asclepius * Rafael Calvo as Lucano * Fidel Martín as Osroé * Jesús Tordesillas as Governor Crisipius * Rafael Durán as Burkala * Nando Tamberlani as Senator Lucilius * Valeria Moriconi Valeria Moriconi (née Abbruzzetti; November 15, 1931 – June 15, 2005) was an Italian actress who appeared both in movies and on stage. Biography Valeria was born in Iesi, in Marche, central Italy. Her earliest work was as a stage actress. Sh ... as Servant References External links * 1958 films 1958 adventure films Spanish historical adventure films French hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spanish Affair (1957 Film)
''Spanish Affair'' is a 1957 American–Spanish co-produced drama film directed by Don Siegel and Luis Marquina. It features Carmen Sevilla, Richard Kiley and José Guardiola. It was shot at the CEA Studios in Madrid. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Tambi Larsen and Hal Pereira. Plot Merritt Blake, a young American architect, comes to Spain to close a series of commercial agreements. When he learns that he will need to convince three Spanish architects of the design which he has proposed, he insists on inviting Mari (Antonio's assistant) to function as interpreter. They set off, first to visit the Conde de Rivera, who tells Merritt that he will support the project if his colleague in Barcelona favors the plan. Mari cautions Merritt that this is not a "done deal." On the way to Barcelona, Mari notices that her former boyfriend is following her. She fears that he will assume she is involved inappropriately with the architect. She tries to return to Madrid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Legion Of Silence
''The Legion of Silence'' (Spanish:''La legión del silencio'') is a 1956 Spanish drama film directed by José María Forqué and José Antonio Nieves Conde and starring Jorge Mistral and Nani Fernández.D'Lugo p.182 The film's sets were designed by Sigfrido Burmann. Cast * Jorge Mistral as Jean Balzac / Paul Banek * Nani Fernández as Dana * Joan Capri * Fernando Cebrián * Félix Dafauce as Grumko * José Marco Davó as Kavenko * María Dolores Gispert as Ludmilla * Diana Mayer * César Ojinaga as Lucas * Esther Parera as Maruska * Nicolás D. Perchicot as Padre Orbinski * Rubén Rojo Rubén Rojo Pinto (15 December 1922 – 30 March 1993) was a Spanish-Mexican actor. Early life He was born in Madrid, the son of the lawyer Rubén Rojo Martín de Nicolás and the writer and poet Mercedes Pinto. His brother was the actor Gustavo ... as Chapeck * Juan Manuel Soriano as Yenka * Jesús Tordesillas as Josef * Tomás Torres References Biblio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Afternoon Of The Bulls
''Afternoon of the Bulls'' () is a 1956 Spanish drama film directed by Ladislao Vajda. It was entered into the 1956 Cannes Film Festival. The film was selected as the Spanish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 29th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. Plot In the bullring of Las Ventas, in Madrid, four parallel stories are shown in the film: the senior bullfighter Ricardo Puente breaks up with his lover Paloma; the winner of the day, Juan Carmona is barely hurt by a bull because he is haunted with the notice of a new baby; Rondeño II is afraid of the bulls and afraid of the wedding with his girlfriend Ana María; finally, an innocent amateur torero dies on the sand. Selected cast * Manuel Arbó as Vecino de la actriz * Rafael Bardem as Amigo 1º * Félix Dafauce as Médico de la plaza * José Isbert as Don Felipe * Manolo Morán as Jiménez * Antonio Prieto as Enterado 1º * Jesús Tordesillas as Luis Montes * Juan Calvo as Don Cesar See also * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeromin
''Jeromin'' is a 1953 Spanish historical drama film directed by Luis Lucia and starring Jaime Blanch, Ana Mariscal and Rafael Durán.Bentley p.122 It portrays the early life of John of Austria. Cast * Jaime Blanch as Don Juan de Austria 'Jeromín' * Ana Mariscal as Doña Magdalena de Ulloa * Rafael Durán as Don Luis de Quijada * Jesús Tordesillas as Carlos V * Adolfo Marsillach as Felipe II * Antonio Riquelme as Diego Ruiz * Valeriano Andrés * Manuel Arbó * Francisco Bernal * Irene Caba Alba * Ana de Leyva * Adela Carboné * Ramón Elías * Casimiro Hurtado * Quico Juanes * Delia Luna as Beatriz * Arturo Marín * Nicolás D. Perchicot * Luis Pérez de León Luis is a given name. It is the Spanish form of the originally Germanic name or . Other Iberian Romance languages have comparable forms: (with an accent mark on the i) in Portuguese and Galician, in Aragonese and Catalan, while is archaic ... * José Sepúlve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doña Francisquita (film)
''Doña Francisquita'' is a 1952 Spanish musical comedy film directed by Ladislao Vajda. It was entered into the 1953 Cannes Film Festival. Plot Francisquita secretly loves Fernando, but he has fallen in love with Aurora, a purebred Madrid woman used to flirting with all men. Cardona, a friend of Fernando's, decides to help Francisquita, even at the risk of confusing everything. Cast * Mirtha Legrand as Doña Francisquita * Armando Calvo Armando Calvo (25 December 1919 – 6 July 1996) was a Puerto Rican-born Spanish actor. His father was Juan Calvo Domenech, a Spanish actor and his mother was Minerva Lespier, a Puerto Rican people, Puerto Rican. Calvo worked in Spain, Italy, ... as Fernando * Antonio Casal as Cardona * Manolo Morán as Lorenzo * Emma Penella as Aurora 'La Beltrana' * Julia Lajos as Doña Francisca * José Isbert as Maestro Lambertini * Jesús Tordesillas as Don Matías * Ángel Álvarez as Un señor (uncredited) * Antonio Riquelme as Pepe (uncr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dawn Of America
''Dawn of America'' (Spanish: ''Alba de América'') is a 1951 Spanish historical adventure film directed by Juan de Orduña and starring António Vilar, María Martín and José Suárez. The film depicts the discovery of the Americas by Christopher Columbus in the late fifteenth century. Production The film was made by the largest Spanish studio CIFESA. The production was conceived as a response to the 1949 British film ''Christopher Columbus''. The British film had attempted a realist depiction of Columbus (portraying him as only partly successful, and his achievements being in spite of the Spanish monarchy). The Spanish response portrayed Columbus as a single-minded adventurer whose discovery led to the greater glory of the Spanish monarchy and the Catholic Church. It was also designed as part of the celebrations for the 500th anniversary of the Catholic Monarchs. The film's patriotic theme was strongly backed by the Spanish State of Francisco Franco. The film was made on a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Seventh Page
''The Seventh Page'' (Spanish: ''Séptima página'') is a 1951 Spanish drama film directed by Ladislao Vajda and starring Adriano Domínguez, Raúl Cancio and Carlota Bilbao.Hortelano p.201 The film's sets were designed by the art director Francisco Canet. Shot on location in Madrid where it is set, it has elements of neorealism. Cast * Adriano Domínguez as Méndez * Raúl Cancio as Dieguito * Carlota Bilbao as Telefonista * José María Rodero as Carlos * Rafael Arcos as Fernando Montalvo * Paquito Cano as Amigo de Fernando * Luis Prendes as Manolo * Alfredo Mayo as Paco * Anita Dayna as Maruja Ramos * Rafael Durán as Fuentes * Rafael Romero Marchent Rafael Romero Marchent (3 May 1926 – 13 February 2020) was a Spanish director, screenwriter and actor. Life and career Born in Madrid, the son of the author Joaquín Romero Marchent Gómez de Avellaneda, he started his career as an actor, mai ... as Javier * María Asquerino as Leonor * José Sepú ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lioness Of Castille
''The Lioness of Castille'' ( Spanish: ''La leona de Castilla'') is a 1951 Spanish historical drama film directed by Juan de Orduña and starring Amparo Rivelles María Amparo Rivelles Ladrón de Guevara (11 February 1925 – 7 November 2013) was a Spanish actress. Life and career Born in Madrid Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most populous municipality of Spain. ..., Virgílio Teixeira and Alfredo Mayo. De Orduña had directed a number of the most expensive Spanish costume films of the era for the leading studio CIFESA. The film portrays the sixteenth century noblewoman María Pacheco, in a fictitious story that has her battling foreign agents during the reign of Charles V. Synopsis After his defeat in the Battle of Villalar, Juan de Padilla, chief of the comuneros, is executed by beheading together with Juan Bravo and Francisco Maldonado in the presence of his wife María de Pacheco and his son. After that they swear, before t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agustina Of Aragon (1950 Film)
''Agustina of Aragon'' (Spanish: ''Agustina de Aragón'') is a 1950 Spanish historical film directed by Juan de Orduña and starring Aurora Bautista.Klossner p.14 It is also known by the alternative title of ''The Siege''. It portrays the Spanish patriot Agustina of Aragon, known for her role at the 1808 Siege of Zaragoza against Napoleon's French forces. The film's sets were designed by Sigfrido Burmann. It was made by CIFESA, Spain's largest studio. Plot French troops led by Napoleon besiege the city of Zaragoza. Agustina de Aragón (Aurora Bautista) is a young woman who, upon learning that her boyfriend has sold out to the enemy, breaks up with him and falls in love with a Baturro guerrilla. In one of the French attacks, a grenade exploded near the position where Agustina was, blowing over the soldiers defending the position and there was a threat that the enemy troops could enter the city. Gustine walked through the dead and wounded to a cannon and opened fire. Surprise ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
