Emilio Santiago

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Welcome Mr. Marshall! (1953)

A small Spanish town, Villar del Río, is alerted to the upcoming visit of American diplomats and its ruling townsmen begin preparations to impress the American visitors, in the hopes of benefiting under the Marshall Plan. Hoping to demonstrate the side of Spanish ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luis García Berlanga
CAST:  José Isbert  •  Lolita Sevilla  •  Alberto Romea  •  Manolo Morán

A small Spanish town, Villar del Río, is alerted to the upcoming visit of American diplomats and its ruling townsmen begin preparations to impress the American visitors, in the hopes of benefiting under the Marshall Plan. Hoping to demonstrate the side of Spanish ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luis García Berlanga
CAST:  José Isbert  •  Lolita Sevilla  •  Alberto Romea  •  Manolo Morán

Merry Christmas (1954)

A marriage without great financial resources and bad luck wins a little lamb in a raffle. Once they have decided to have it for dinner on Christmas Eve, the couple warn that their children have grown too fond of the animal, now christened as Bolita.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Juan Antonio Bardem
CAST:  Julia Martínez  •  Bernard Lajarrige  •  Pilar Sanclemente  •  Carlos Goyanes

A marriage without great financial resources and bad luck wins a little lamb in a raffle. Once they have decided to have it for dinner on Christmas Eve, the couple warn that their children have grown too fond of the animal, now christened as Bolita.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Juan Antonio Bardem
CAST:  Julia Martínez  •  Bernard Lajarrige  •  Pilar Sanclemente  •  Carlos Goyanes

This is Madrid (1953)

In Madrid during the fifties' the calm life from some neighbors will be changed since the arrival of Antonio, a man without scruples who lives running the risk.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luis Marquina
CAST:  Rafael Arcos  •  Susana Canales  •  Francisco Bernal  •  José Suárez

In Madrid during the fifties' the calm life from some neighbors will be changed since the arrival of Antonio, a man without scruples who lives running the risk.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luis Marquina
CAST:  Rafael Arcos  •  Susana Canales  •  Francisco Bernal  •  José Suárez

Hollyhock (1954)

Malvaloca, dancer and singer, go to Las Canteras when she finds out that Salvador, her exboyfriend has been hurt. Salvador's college, Leonardo, goes with her and falls in love. They start a relation.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ramón Torrado
CAST:  Matilde Artero  •  Inocencio Barbán  •  Francisco Bernal  •  Paquita Rico

Malvaloca, dancer and singer, go to Las Canteras when she finds out that Salvador, her exboyfriend has been hurt. Salvador's college, Leonardo, goes with her and falls in love. They start a relation.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ramón Torrado
CAST:  Matilde Artero  •  Inocencio Barbán  •  Francisco Bernal  •  Paquita Rico

La Cruz de Mayo (1955)

Coral is a girl who works in a Seville ceramics factory to raise her family, but her greatest illusion is to sing. She is chosen for her good voice and qualities to go to an art academy. That's the beginning of a great success in her career and an advantageous contract.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Florián Rey
CAST:  Xan das Bolas  •  Gracia de Triana  •  Félix Briones hijo  •  Miguel Ligero

Coral is a girl who works in a Seville ceramics factory to raise her family, but her greatest illusion is to sing. She is chosen for her good voice and qualities to go to an art academy. That's the beginning of a great success in her career and an advantageous contract.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Florián Rey
CAST:  Xan das Bolas  •  Gracia de Triana  •  Félix Briones hijo  •  Miguel Ligero

El Lazarillo de Tormes (1959)

An adaptation of the anonymous sixteenth century novel Lazarillo de Tormes (1554), it tells the story of Lazarillo, a poor boy who has to live by his wits after being sold to a series of cruel masters.  (more)

DIRECTION:  César Fernández Ardavín
CAST:  Marco Paoletti  •  Juanjo Menéndez  •  Juana Cáceres  •  Carlos Casaravilla

An adaptation of the anonymous sixteenth century novel Lazarillo de Tormes (1554), it tells the story of Lazarillo, a poor boy who has to live by his wits after being sold to a series of cruel masters.  (more)

DIRECTION:  César Fernández Ardavín
CAST:  Marco Paoletti  •  Juanjo Menéndez  •  Juana Cáceres  •  Carlos Casaravilla

Strange Voyage (1964)

In a small town near Madrid, Paquita and her brother Venancio, both single and with a childish personality, live under the shadow of their bossy older sister, Ignacia, a grumpy old maid.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fernando Fernán Gómez
CAST:  Carlos Larrañaga  •  Tota Alba  •  Lina Canalejas  •  Jesús Franco

In a small town near Madrid, Paquita and her brother Venancio, both single and with a childish personality, live under the shadow of their bossy older sister, Ignacia, a grumpy old maid.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fernando Fernán Gómez
CAST:  Carlos Larrañaga  •  Tota Alba  •  Lina Canalejas  •  Jesús Franco

Don Quixote (1947)

The old hidalgo Don Alonso Quijano, maddened by the excessive reading of books on chivalry and determined to become a famous and heroic knight-errant, leaves his village and sets out on the road in search of adventure, accompanied by his faithful friend Sancho Panza.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rafael Gil
CAST:  Rafael Rivelles  •  Juan Calvo  •  Fernando Rey  •  Manolo Morán

The old hidalgo Don Alonso Quijano, maddened by the excessive reading of books on chivalry and determined to become a famous and heroic knight-errant, leaves his village and sets out on the road in search of adventure, accompanied by his faithful friend Sancho Panza.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rafael Gil
CAST:  Rafael Rivelles  •  Juan Calvo  •  Fernando Rey  •  Manolo Morán

La becerrada (1963)

San Ginés de la Sierra is a small village lost in the mountains in southern Spain. It is known throughout the region for two peculiar characteristics: its "persistent" drought and a "Home of the Vanquished". This "home" is an institution that houses some twenty old ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  José María Forqué
CAST:  Fernando Fernán Gómez  •  Amparo Soler Leal  •  Nuria Torray  •  María José Alfonso

San Ginés de la Sierra is a small village lost in the mountains in southern Spain. It is known throughout the region for two peculiar characteristics: its "persistent" drought and a "Home of the Vanquished". This "home" is an institution that houses some twenty old ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  José María Forqué
CAST:  Fernando Fernán Gómez  •  Amparo Soler Leal  •  Nuria Torray  •  María José Alfonso

Correo de Indias (1942)

A Dutch sailing ship finds the wreckage of a Spanish mail ship, which has collided with an iceberg. Inside, the bodies of a man and a woman are found embraced.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edgar Neville
CAST:  Conchita Montes  •  Armando Calvo  •  Julio Peña  •  Juan Calvo

A Dutch sailing ship finds the wreckage of a Spanish mail ship, which has collided with an iceberg. Inside, the bodies of a man and a woman are found embraced.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edgar Neville
CAST:  Conchita Montes  •  Armando Calvo  •  Julio Peña  •  Juan Calvo

El fantasma y doña Juanita (1945)

Fearing that her niece Rosita will abandon her true love and enter into a marriage of convenience, doña Juanita tells her the story of when, many years ago, she fell in love with an accountant who worked in a circus.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rafael Gil
CAST:  Antonio Casal  •  Mary Delgado  •  Juan Espantaleón  •  Juan Calvo

Fearing that her niece Rosita will abandon her true love and enter into a marriage of convenience, doña Juanita tells her the story of when, many years ago, she fell in love with an accountant who worked in a circus.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rafael Gil
CAST:  Antonio Casal  •  Mary Delgado  •  Juan Espantaleón  •  Juan Calvo

An Ordinary Woman (1949)

A woman who has walked out of an unhappy marriage is unsuccessful trying to earn herself a new living and gets mixed with a man who is a murderer and tries to incriminate her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rafael Gil
CAST:  María Félix  •  António Vilar  •  Mary Delgado  •  Juan Espantaleón

A woman who has walked out of an unhappy marriage is unsuccessful trying to earn herself a new living and gets mixed with a man who is a murderer and tries to incriminate her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rafael Gil
CAST:  María Félix  •  António Vilar  •  Mary Delgado  •  Juan Espantaleón

Puebla de las mujeres (1953)

A young man arrives at Puebla de las Mujeres, a village of Andalusia with the tradition that man that arrives, man that marries there. The foreigner is going to solve some issues of interest of an aunt who lives in the village. Soon as he arrives all women mobilize ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Antonio del Amo
CAST:  Marujita Díaz  •  María Dolores Albert  •  Rubén Rojo  •  Margarita Alexandre

A young man arrives at Puebla de las Mujeres, a village of Andalusia with the tradition that man that arrives, man that marries there. The foreigner is going to solve some issues of interest of an aunt who lives in the village. Soon as he arrives all women mobilize ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Antonio del Amo
CAST:  Marujita Díaz  •  María Dolores Albert  •  Rubén Rojo  •  Margarita Alexandre

Fulano y Mengano (1957)

Eudosio and Carlos were imprisoned by mistake. Now out of prison, are trying to get a job and to adapt to a society that rejects them.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joaquín Romero Marchent
CAST:  José Isbert  •  Julia Martínez  •  Juanjo Menéndez  •  Antonio García Quijada

Eudosio and Carlos were imprisoned by mistake. Now out of prison, are trying to get a job and to adapt to a society that rejects them.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joaquín Romero Marchent
CAST:  José Isbert  •  Julia Martínez  •  Juanjo Menéndez  •  Antonio García Quijada

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DIRECTION:  Pedro Lazaga Sabater
CAST:  Germán Cobos  •  María Mahor  •  Roberto Rey  •  José María Lado

Anna Said Yes (1958)

Juan does not have a cent but lives beautifully. His nights of revelry and cabaret are famous in the night city environments. As heir to his old and very rich uncle Don Patricio, lives subsidized by creditors on account of his future inheritance. But John keeps a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pedro Lazaga Sabater
CAST:  Fernando Fernán Gómez  •  Analía Gadé  •  Elisa Montés  •  Antonio Ozores

Juan does not have a cent but lives beautifully. His nights of revelry and cabaret are famous in the night city environments. As heir to his old and very rich uncle Don Patricio, lives subsidized by creditors on account of his future inheritance. But John keeps a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pedro Lazaga Sabater
CAST:  Fernando Fernán Gómez  •  Analía Gadé  •  Elisa Montés  •  Antonio Ozores

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DIRECTION:  León Klimovsky
CAST:  Armando Calvo  •  Rosita Arenas  •  Tony Leblanc  •  Antonio Riquelme
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