Juan de Orduña y Fernández-Shaw (27 December 1900 – 3 February 1974) was a Spanish
film director
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, screenwriter and actor. Subservient to the ideological tenets and preferences of
Francoism
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, he was one of the regime's standout directors during the autarchy period. Nevertheless, his film "Follow the Legion" has been seen as a disguised story of homosexual love, and de Orduña was a homosexual. He particularly earned recognition for his epic-historicist films, including the extravagant ''
Madness for Love
''Madness for Love'' () is a 1948 Spanish historical drama film directed by Juan de Orduña.
The movie is based on the play '' The Madness of Love'' written in 1855 by Manuel Tamayo y Baus around the figure of Queen Joanna of Castile; who attr ...
'' (1948), "an immense commercial success".
Filmography
* ''
Me has hecho perder el juicio'' (1973)
* ''
Eusébio, la Pantera Negra'' (1973)
* ''
El caserío
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'' (1972)
* ''
El huésped del sevillano
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'' (1970)
* ''
The Complete Idiot'' (1970)
* ''
Bohemios'' (1969)
* ''
La canción del olvido'' (1969)
* ''
The Troublemaker'' (1969)
* ''
Farewell to Marriage'' (1968)
* ''
Maruxa'' (1968)
* ''
Anónima de asesinos
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'' (1967)
* ''
Abajo espera la muerte'' (1966)
* ''
Aragonese Nobility
''Aragonese Nobility'' (Spanish:'' Nobleza baturra'') is a 1965 Spanish musical film directed by Juan de Orduña.Mira p.237 It is a remake of the 1935 film '' Nobleza baturra''.
Cast
* Manuel Arbó
* Pedro Azorín
* Joaquín Bergía
* Julia C ...
'' (1965)
* ''
Bochorno'' (1963)
* ''
El amor de los amores'' (1962)
* ''
Teresa de Jesús'' (1961)
* ''
La tirana
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'' (1958)
* ''
Música de ayer
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'' (1958)
* ''
The Last Torch Song
''The Last Torch Song'', better known under its Spanish title ''El último cuplé'', is a 1957 Spanish jukebox musical film directed by Juan de Orduña and starring Sara Montiel, Armando Calvo and Enrique Vera.
It was released in Spain on 6 May ...
'' (1957)
* ''
Father Cigarette'' (1955)
* ''
Zalacaín el aventurero'' (1955)
* ''
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'' (1954)
* ''
Dawn of America
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'' (1951)
* ''
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
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'' (1951)
* ''
Agustina of Aragon'' (1950)
* ''
Pequeñeces
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''Tormented Soul'' (Spanish: ''Tempestad en el alma'') is a 1950 Spanish drama film directed by Juan de Orduña and starring Miriam Di San Servolo, José Bódalo and Eduardo Fajardo. It was one of several films made in Francoist Spain by Di San ...
'' (1950)
* ''
Tempest'' (1949)
* ''
Mi enemigo el doctor'' (1948)
* ''
Madness for Love
''Madness for Love'' () is a 1948 Spanish historical drama film directed by Juan de Orduña.
The movie is based on the play '' The Madness of Love'' written in 1855 by Manuel Tamayo y Baus around the figure of Queen Joanna of Castile; who attr ...
'' (1948)
* ''
Lola Leaves for the Ports
''Lola Leaves for the Ports'' (Spanish: ''La Lola se va a los puertos'') is a 1947 Spanish historical musical drama film directed by Juan de Orduña and starring Juanita Reina, Nani Fernández and Manuel Luna. It is based on a 1929 play of the ...
'' (1947)
* ''
Serenata española'' (1947)
* ''
A New Play'' (1946)
* ''
Leyenda de feria'' (1946)
* ''
White Mission'' (1946)
* ''
Ella, él y sus millones
''Ella, él y sus millones'' is a 1944 Spain, Spanish comedy film written and directed by Juan de Orduña.
The movie is based on the play written by Honorio Maura.
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1944 films
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'' (1944)
* ''
Life Begins at Midnight'' (1944)
* ''
Yo no me caso'' (1944)
* ''
Tuvo la culpa Adán'' (1944)
* ''
Deliciosamente tontos'' (1943)
* ''
Autumn Roses'' (1943)
* ''
Nostalgia
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'' (1942)
* ''
El frente de los suspiros'' (1942)
* ''
Follow the Legion'' (1942)
* ''
Porque te vi llorar'' (1941)
* ''
Suite granadina'' (1940)
* ''
Feria en Sevilla
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'' (1940)
* ''
Una aventura de cine'' (1928)
* ''
The Troublemaker'' (1924)
References
Further reading
*Juan-Navarro, Santiago. "De los orígenes del Estado español al Nuevo Estado: La construcción de la ideología franquista en ''Alba de América'', de Juan de Orduña." ''Anales de la Literatura Española Contemporánea'' 33.1 (2008): 79–104
*Juan-Navarro, Santiago. "La Patria enajenada: ''Locura de Amor'', de Juan de Orduña, como alegoría nacional." ''Hispania'' 88.1 (2005): 204–15
*Juan-Navarro, Santiago. "Political Madness: Juan de Orduña's Locura de amor as a National Allegory." Juana of Castile: History and Myth of the Mad Queen. Eds. María A. Gómez et al. Lewisburg and London: Bucknell University Press, 2008
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1900 births
1974 deaths
Spanish male film actors
Spanish male silent film actors
20th-century Spanish male actors
Spanish film directors
Male actors from Madrid
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