Rafael Alberti

El elefante del rey (2003)

North Sudan, summer 1923. King Alfonso XIII of Spain captures an enormous African elephant, an apparently irrelevant act that, however, will be paramount to understand the Spain of 20th century; an animal from far lands that will become a symbol of the Second ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Víctor García León
CAST:  Juan Echanove  •  Leonor Watling  •  José Antonio San Juan  •  Nacho Vigalondo

North Sudan, summer 1923. King Alfonso XIII of Spain captures an enormous African elephant, an apparently irrelevant act that, however, will be paramount to understand the Spain of 20th century; an animal from far lands that will become a symbol of the Second ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Víctor García León
CAST:  Juan Echanove  •  Leonor Watling  •  José Antonio San Juan  •  Nacho Vigalondo

Después de… Segunda parte: atado y bien atado (1983)

A history of the Spanish Transition told in first person by the main protagonists: on the one hand, the politicians, idealistic or merely opportunistic, who brought it to a successful conclusion in the tribunes and offices; on the other hand, the citizens who, in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Cecilia Bartolomé  •  José Juan Bartolomé
CAST:  José Ángel de Juanes  •  Rafael Alberti  •  Cristina Almeida  •  Aurora Bautista

A history of the Spanish Transition told in first person by the main protagonists: on the one hand, the politicians, idealistic or merely opportunistic, who brought it to a successful conclusion in the tribunes and offices; on the other hand, the citizens who, in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Cecilia Bartolomé  •  José Juan Bartolomé
CAST:  José Ángel de Juanes  •  Rafael Alberti  •  Cristina Almeida  •  Aurora Bautista

Buñuel (1984)

Completed a year after his death in 1983, this program presents the definitive biography of Spain’s renowned Surrealist film maker and iconoclast, Luis Buñuel. Using photographs, film excerpts, and numerous interviews with Bunuel, the video chronicles his early ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rafael Cortés
CAST:  Luis Buñuel  •  Rafael Alberti  •  Hernando Viñes  •  José Luis Sáenz de Heredia

Completed a year after his death in 1983, this program presents the definitive biography of Spain’s renowned Surrealist film maker and iconoclast, Luis Buñuel. Using photographs, film excerpts, and numerous interviews with Bunuel, the video chronicles his early ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rafael Cortés
CAST:  Luis Buñuel  •  Rafael Alberti  •  Hernando Viñes  •  José Luis Sáenz de Heredia

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DIRECTION:  Fernando Birri
CAST:  Rafael Alberti

Defensa de Madrid (Segunda parte) (1937)

Documentary short made during the Spanish Civil War.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ángel Villatoro
CAST:  Rafael Alberti  •  Louis Aragon  •  Andrés Iduarte  •  Gastón Lafarge

Documentary short made during the Spanish Civil War.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ángel Villatoro
CAST:  Rafael Alberti  •  Louis Aragon  •  Andrés Iduarte  •  Gastón Lafarge

Murilo Mendes: A Poesia em Pânico (1977)

Short film about the life and work of the poet Murilo Mendes.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexandre Eulálio
CAST:  Rafael Alberti  •  Murilo Mendes  •  Rodrigo Santiago

Short film about the life and work of the poet Murilo Mendes.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexandre Eulálio
CAST:  Rafael Alberti  •  Murilo Mendes  •  Rodrigo Santiago