''Sighs of Spain'' or ''Spanish Sighs'' (Spanish: ''Suspiros de España'') is a 1939 German-Spanish

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directed by

Benito Perojo Benito Perojo González (Madrid, 14 June 1894 – Madrid, 11 November 1974) was a Spanish film director and film producer. Biography Son of José Perojo Figueras (1850–1908), a journalist and politician of Cuban origin, by his wife, Ana ...

and starring Miguel Ligero,

Estrellita Castro Estrella Castro Navarrete known professionally as Estrellita Castro (26 June 1908 in Seville – 10 July 1983 in Madrid) was a Spanish singer and actress. Early career Born to a humble family (her father, born in 1875, was a Galician fishe ...

and

Roberto Rey Roberto Rey (15 February 1905 – 30 May 1972) was a Chilean film actor who worked in Spain, appearing in more than fifty films during his career including the 1935 musical '' Paloma Fair''.D'Lugo p.106 Selected filmography * ''A Lucky Man'' (1 ...

. The film's sets were designed by the

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Gustav A. Knauer Gustav A. Knauer (1886–1950) was a German art director.Gemünden p.171 He designed the sets of more than a hundred films during his career. Selected filmography * ''The White Roses of Ravensberg (1919 film), The White Roses of Ravensberg'' (1919 ...

and

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. It was one of five co-productions between

Nationalist Spain Francoist Spain (), also known as the Francoist dictatorship (), or Nationalist Spain () was the period of Spanish history between 1936 and 1975, when Francisco Franco ruled Spain after the Spanish Civil War with the title . After his death in ...

and

Nazi Germany Nazi Germany, officially known as the German Reich and later the Greater German Reich, was the German Reich, German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country, transforming it into a Totalit ...

during the late 1930s. ''Cinema and the Swastika: The International Expansion of Third Reich Cinema'' p.47 It is takes its title from the 1903

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by Antonio Álvarez Alonso. In 1955 it was remade as a Spanish musical film ''

Sighs of Triana ''Sighs of Triana'' (Spanish: ''Suspiros de Triana'') is a 1955 Spanish musical film directed by Ramón Torrado and starring Paquita Rico, Antonio Riquelme and Juan Calvo (actor), Juan Calvo. It was shot in Gevacolor.Castro de Paz & Pérez p.89 In ...

''.

Cast

* Miguel Ligero as Relámpago *

as Sole *

as Carlos Cuesta * Concha Catalá as Dolores *

Alberto Romea Alberto Romea (16 January 1882 – 14 April 1960) was a Spanish actor. Romea appeared in more than fifty films during his career including '' Lola, the Coalgirl'' (1952).Mira p.249 Selected filmography * ''El fantasma del castillo'' (1911) * ''Ga ...

as Freddy Pinto * Pedro Fernández Cuenca as El empresario * Fortunato García as Gerente del hotel * Manuel Pérez as Botones * José Escandel as Agente artístico * Juean Calvo as Unknown role

References

Bibliography

* De España, Rafael. ''Directory of Spanish and Portuguese film-makers and films''. Greenwood Press, 1994. * Pavlović, Tatjana (ed.) ''100 Years of Spanish Cinema''. John Wiley & Sons, 2009. * Peiró, Eva Woods. ''White Gypsies: Race and Stardom in Spanish Musical Films''. University of Minnesota Press, 2012. * Winkel, Roel Vande & Welch, David. ''Cinema and the Swastika: The International Expansion of Third Reich Cinema''. Palgrave MacMillan, 2011.

External links

* 1939 films 1939 comedy films Spanish comedy films 1930s Spanish-language films Films directed by Benito Perojo German comedy films 1930s German films Films of Nazi Germany Films set in Seville {{1930s-Spain-film-stub