''He Died Fifteen Years Ago'' (Spanish: ''Murió hace quince años'') is a 1954 Spanish

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

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 ...

and starring

Rafael Rivelles Rafael Félix Rivelles Guillén (23 December 1898 — 3 December 1971) was a Spanish actor born in El Cabañal (El Cabanyal), a small town in the province of Valencia, Spain. Son of play actor José Rivelles and play actress Amparo Guillén, he ...

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and

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Synopsis

Diego Acuña was one of the children transferred to the Soviet Union during the Spanish Civil War and educated in communism and prepared to act as an international spy. Among his destinations are France and Italy, where he will work under the command of Germán Goeritz. After several years he is entrusted with a mission in Spain, in which he must collaborate in the murder of his father, an important opponent of communism.

Cast

as Coronel Acuña *

as Diego *

as Mónica *

Gérard Tichy Gerhard Johannes Alexander Tichy Wondzinski (11 March 1920 – 11 April 1992), known as Gérard Tichy, was a German-Spanish actor who appeared in numerous films, including several international productions. Early life Tichy was born Gerhar ...

as Germán Goeritz * Carmen Rodríguez as Cándida *

Ricardo Calvo Ricardo Calvo Mínguez (October 22, 1943 – September 26, 2002) was a Spanish chess player, doctor, author, reporter, and chess historian, who was awarded the title of International Master in 1973 and played for Spain at the Chess Olympiads of ...

as Daniel *

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 or ...

as Joaquín Campos *

Félix de Pomés Félix de Pomés (5 February 1892 – 17 July 1969) was a Spanish Association football, footballer, Fencing (sport), fencer and film actor. In football, he represented Catalonia national football team, CataloniaAntonio Prieto as Ramón Iranzo *

José Manuel Martín José Manuel Martín Pérez (24 May 1924 – 12 April 2006) was a Spanish film and television actor, radio broadcaster, and screenwriter. He was a popular character actor in Spanish cinema during the 1950s and 60s, best remembered for playing vi ...

as Muñoz *

Porfiria Sanchíz Porfiria Sanchíz (1917–1983) was a Spanish film actress.González p.247 Selected filmography * '' Juan Simón's Daughter'' (1935) * ''Saint Rogelia'' (1940) * '' The Scandal'' (1943) * ''Public Trial'' (1946) * ''Unknown Path'' (1946) * ''Mare ...

as Profesora * Carlos Acevedo as Diego, de niño *

María Dolores Pradera María Dolores Fernández Pradera (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 started sin ...

as Cantante *

Maria Piazzai Maria may refer to: People * Mary, mother of Jesus * Maria (given name), a popular given name in many languages Place names Extraterrestrial *170 Maria, a Main belt S-type asteroid discovered in 1877 *Lunar maria (plural of ''mare''), large, da ...

as Irene * Gabriel Alcover as Primer agente en El Escorial * Juan José Alcón as Diego, de joven *

Adela Carboné Adela Carboné (1890 – 9 August 1960) was an Italian-born actress who lived in Spain. Biography Adela Carboné was born in Genoa and moved to Spain when she was 10 years old. Dedicated to the theater at a young age, and after training with Mar ...

as Vieja *

Álvarez de Quindós Álvarez or Álvares may refer to: People * Álvarez (surname), Spanish surname Places * Alvares (river), a river in northern Spain * Alvares (ski resort), in Iran * Alvares, Iran * Alvares, Portugal * Álvarez, Santa Fe, a town in the province o ...

as Doctor * Ramón D. Faraldo as Professor *

Rufino Inglés Rufino Inglés (10 November 1902 – 2 November 1981) was a Spanish actor. He appeared in ''La novia de Juan Lucero'' (1959), ''Salto a la gloria'', and '' Dio perdona... io no!''. He also appeared in ''Balboa'' (1963), '' Goliath Against the G ...

as Segundo agente en El Escorial * Damián Rabal as Marinero *

Pedro Luis Ramírez Pedro is a masculine given name. Pedro is the Spanish, Portuguese, and Galician name for ''Peter''. Its French equivalent is Pierre while its English and Germanic form is Peter. The counterpart patronymic surname of the name Pedro, meaning ...

as Viajero del avión * Luis Rivera as Maitre *

Jacinto San Emeterio Jacinto is a Spanish and Portuguese given name meaning Hyacinth, which can refer to Saint Hyacinth, a Roman martyr ( Hyacinth and Protus), or the Hyacinth flower itself. Common English nicknames for "Jacinto" are "Jack", "Jason" and "Jesse". Ja ...

as Agente del aeropuerto * Carlos Miguel Solá as Agente en el caserón

References

Bibliography

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

External links

* 1954 drama films Spanish drama films 1954 films 1950s Spanish-language films Films directed by Rafael Gil Suevia Films films Films produced by Cesáreo González Spanish black-and-white films 1950s Spanish films Spanish-language drama films {{1950s-Spain-film-stub