Fernando Rey
Birthday: 1917-09-20
Place of Birth: A Coruña, Galicia, Spain
Biography: Fernando Rey (September 20, 1917 – March 9, 1994) — best known as Fernando Rey — was a Spanish film, theatre, and TV actor, who worked in both Europe and the United States. A suave, international actor best known for his roles in the films of surrealist director Luis Buñuel (Tristana, 1970; Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, 1972; That Obscure Object of Desire, 1977) and as a drug lord in The French Connection (1971), he appeared in more than 150 films over half a century. The debonair Rey was described by French Connection producer Philip D'Antoni as "the last of the Continental guys". He achieved his greatest notoriety after he turned 50: "Perhaps it is a pity that my success came so late in life", he told The Times of Madrid in 1973. "It might have been better to have been successful while young, like El Cordobes in the bullring. Then your life is all before you to enjoy it."
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Chimes at Midnight
Henry IV usurps the English throne, sets in motion the factious War of the Roses and now faces a reb...
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The French Connection
Tough narcotics detective 'Popeye' Doyle is in hot pursuit of a suave French drug dealer who may be ...
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1492: Conquest of Paradise
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The Great Swindle
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Violent Blood Bath
A notoriously harsh French judge, vacationing at a luxury resort, finds his holiday interrupted when...
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French Connection II
"Popeye" Doyle travels to Marseilles to find Alain Charnier, the drug smuggler that eluded him in Ne...
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The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
In Luis Buñuel’s deliciously satiric masterpiece, an upper-class sextet sits down to dinner but neve...
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Viridiana
Viridiana is preparing to start her life as a nun when she is sent, somewhat unwillingly, to visit h...
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Navajo Joe
The sole survivor of a bloody massacre vows revenge on his attackers and on the men who killed his w...
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That Obscure Object of Desire
After dumping a bucket of water on a beautiful young woman from the window of a train car, wealthy F...
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Caboblanco
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Angel of Death
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Guns of the Magnificent Seven
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Return of the Seven
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Attack of the Robots
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Tristana
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Face of Terror
A scientist develops a serum that can eradicate scar tissue. He tries it on a girl with a horribly d...
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The Last Days of Pompeii
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Compañeros
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Naked Tango
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Seven Beauties
Pasqualino Frafuso, known in Naples as "Pasqualino Seven Beauties" is a petty thief who lives off of...
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Illustrious Corpses
A detective is assigned to investigate the mysterious murders of some Supreme Court judges....
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Quintet
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Mission in Morocco
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Wrath of the Wind
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Tarot
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El señor de La Salle
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The Life and Times of Don Luis Buñuel
Made a year after Luis Buñuel's death in 1983 this is an illuminating portrait of the surreal and vi...
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The Desert of the Tartars
Lieutenant Giovanni Drogo is assigned to the old Bastiani border fortress where he expects an immine...
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A Town Called Bastard
A group of Mexican revolutionaries murders a town priest and a number of his christian followers. Te...
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Villa Rides
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The Hit
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The Murri Affair
Based on a true incident, this tells the story of a troubled young man who kills his sister's reacti...
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Legacy of the Incas
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Star Knight
A medieval alchemist (Klaus Kinski), knight (Harvey Keitel) and priest (Fernando Rey) mistake a flyi...
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Traffic Jam
A tremendous congestion hits the Rome highway ring. The biggest traffic jam ever seen lasts more tha...
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The Light at the Edge of the World
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The Price of Power
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Fall of a Body
The body of a young woman falls on the terrace of Martha, who intrigued, meets her neighbor. In cont...
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The Sow
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Voyage of the Damned
A luxury liner carries Jewish refugees from Hitler's Germany in a desperate fight for survival....
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Don Quixote
The old hidalgo Don Alonso Quijano, maddened by the excessive reading of books on chivalry and deter...
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White Fang
The wolf dog, White Fang, aids a reporter, a fur trapper, a nun, a young Eskimo boy and his father o...
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La duda
Don Rodrigo, who lives in America, returns to Spain at the death of his son. Once here he discovers ...
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High Crime
An Italian police inspector matches wits with a powerful European drug ring. As he comes closer to t...
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The Lovers of Toledo
Toledo, 1825. To save her fiancé, an opponent of the regime, the beautiful Inès agrees to marry the ...
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Comedians
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Airport
Different kind of people arrives to Madrid airport. Some goes with their heads and others just lande...
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Saving Grace
A newly-elected Pope Leo XIV finds himself accidentally locked out of the Vatican. Unknown to the ou...
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Bearn
Mallorca, 1865. Mr Bearns' funerals, "better to dye thant to mix blood". Juan Mayol, orphan unknow h...
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Amor en el aire
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Say it with Flowers
The action begins in black and white, like a memory. Klaus is a Nazi military who has just failed an...
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On the Far Side of the Tunnel
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Eugenia de Montijo
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Fuenteovejuna
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Eyes Behind the Wall
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Rebeldía
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El alcalde de Zalamea
Film version of the historic piece of Calderon de la Barca. An army officer faces the local authorit...
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The Adventurers
The wealthy playboy son of an assassinated South American diplomat discovers that his father was mur...
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Cold Eyes of Fear
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The Savage Guns
This Western is set in the Mexican valley of Sonora not that far south of the state of Arizona. It's...
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Monsignor
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Elisa, My Life
Elisa has not seen her father Luis for nine years, but she receives a telegram from her sister Isabe...
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Espionage in Lisbon
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Sonatas
In the fall of 1824 Javier Montenegro, Bradomin Marquis is spared death hanging by Captain Casares,...
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Poison at 2:30
Don Senen has spent inheritance Begoña sprees, his niece, who only had to administer. It remains to...
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The Woman with Red Boots
An elderly millionaire manipulates an avant-garde writer and a happily married man....
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Mi general
A group of generals of the army meet for a course about NATO and new weapons. In the beginning every...
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The Castilian
Also released as Valley of the Swords, this lugubrious US/Spanish co-production features the usual m...
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Backfire
A greedy gold smuggler hires a handsome hero to transport a stolen fortune to a new hideout accompan...
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The Palomos
Emilio and Virtudes Palomo are invited by Don Alberto, Emilio's boss, to a dinner at his chalet. Don...
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Pictures of Europe
What makes European cinema so special? Find out in Paul Joyce’s feature-length documentary, Pictures...
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Don Juan
Don Juan is arrested during one of his raids loving, just as he intended to seduce the daughter of t...
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Faustina
A conquering woman of love, power, and fame is challenged by the devil, as he too wants to conquer a...
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Madregilda
Madrid, Spain. On Monday, December 22, 1947, Charles Vidor's Gilda, starring Rita Hayworth and Glenn...
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The Revolt of the Slaves
A rich man's daughter (Rhonda Fleming) sides with a Christian rebel during the fall of the Roman Emp...
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Scheherazade
Sheherazade is promised to a powerful Sultan as a gift in exchange for free passage to the Holy Land...
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The Tunnel
A painter becomes obsessed and begins an affair with a mysterious woman who was touched deeply by on...
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A Strange Passion
French film based on the story Der Findling by german author Heinrich von Kleist....
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Locura de amor
The passion that Joan of Castile, daughter of the Catholic Kings and heir to the throne, feels for h...
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A Candidate for a Killing
A traveler becomes a target for various crime syndicates when it turns out he's a dead ringer for a ...
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Fantasmas en la casa
A young playwright meets a girl he was once in love with. The young woman lives in terror in a suppo...
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The New Cinderella
Antonio, the famous dancer is preparing a big performance for the TV. But he is missing a good femal...
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The Devil's Roundup
Divided in several episodes, this film presents different stories that share the fantasy theme....
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This Kind of Love
Hoping to avoid the fate of his anti-Fascist father, an Italian leaves his community to marry a nobl...
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Teresa
Teresa is a beautiful and intelligent young woman, desperately seeking to leave the grinding poverty...
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The Miracle of Marcelino
Left on the doorstep of a monastery as an infant, Marcelino was raised by the monks. He was well-car...
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Antony and Cleopatra
Adaptation of Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra, a historical drama that attempts to bring an epic ...
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Our Father
The story of a Spanish Cardinal who is told he only has one more year to live. He decides to return ...
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El Greco
Greek painter Domenikos Theotokopoulos (Mel Ferrer) woos a beauty (Rosanna Schiaffino) and faces the...
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A Matter of Time
During a press conference, international star Nina remembers simpler times, flashing back to her day...
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Esmeralda Bay
A priest secretly leads rebels in their struggle against the corrupt military dictatorship of the Ce...
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Smiling Maniacs
During an inquest, an ambitious judge finds out that a lot of high-rank politicians are corrupt to t...
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Chaste and Pure
Antonio is married to a very wealthy woman but the sole heir of the family fortune is his daughter. ...
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L'Atlantide
A mythical land who must be discover. Or invented. In an impressive library, two old men. One is a g...
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Manuela
In Seville during the 1970s, Manuela, a furtive hunter’s daughter, marries the servant of rich Don R...
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Land Raiders
An outlaw committing a string of robberies and murders manages to blame the crimes on Apaches, bring...
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Cristo
Cristo is the first feature film directed and produced by Margarita Alexandre and Rafael Torrecilla....
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Black Arrow
In 15th century England, a civil war called Wars of the Roses is being fought between two rival hous...
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Drums of Fire
In 1568, Saadi prince Abdelmalek is exiled from Morocco by his brothers, an event that is only the b...
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El Quijote de Miguel de Cervantes
Miniseries version of the first half of Cervantes' famous novel....
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A Estrangeira
The shady side of an Italian textile trade in northern Germany is the subject of this slow-paced but...
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White Sister
A strange love story between a devoted young nun and a young Marxist determined to help run the hosp...
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España insólita
"España insólita" is that different, unknown and humble Spain that does not appear on postcards or t...
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Honey
A surreal erotic fantasy about a young woman who checks into a bizarre, labyrinthine hotel....
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The Night Heaven Fell
Ursula finishes her studies and returns to her aunt Florentine and uncle, Ribera who is the count. S...
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The Singer from Mexico
Vincent Etchebar is spotted by the impresario Cartoni who gives him the opportunity to break into Pa...
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Lady of the Camelias
A young girl from the provinces, comes to Paris with one goal: to become a part of the rich bourgeoi...
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One Way
Story of a kind fisherman who wants to build himself a better future elsewhere. He crosses the bord...
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The Viscount
Inspector for a major insurance company, Clint de La Roche, known as "le vicomte", is enjoying a ple...
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La hora incógnita
A devastating atomic device is about to fall on a small town, which is evacuated. Only thirteen inha...
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Welcome Mr. Marshall!
A small Spanish town, Villar del Río, is alerted to the upcoming visit of American diplomats and its...
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Zampo y yo
Ana Belén, motherless and daughter of a powerful businessman, lives in a luxurious mansion; but she ...
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Canticle
While conducting interviews with women working in local brothels, Fernando, a journalist, meets Elis...
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Goliath Against the Giants
Muscleman fights sea monsters and Amazon warriors, then returns home to find a race of giants living...
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The Running Man
An Englishman with a grudge against an insurance company for a disallowed claim fakes his own death ...
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Paradise Hotel
A diverse group of guests gather in a small hotel in Paris to contemplate the state of their lives i...
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The Immortal Story
An aged, wealthy trader plots with his servant to recreate a maritime tall tale, using a local woman...
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Blood and Dust
The warlike and sentimental adventures of a young French knight who participates in the crusades....
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Striptease
A disillusioned and depressed film director is forced to confront his lack of humanity through his i...
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Pasodoble
A family, expelled from their shack, occupies the museum in Cordoba where once lived the prince who,...
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Der Marquis - der Mann, der sich verkaufen wollte
An eccentric marquis, for personal reasons, makes a deal with a man to kill him within six months. B...
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Samson and Gideon
Consisting of two segments, the film is centered on two great Israelite leaders found in the Book of...
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Agustina of Aragon
1808. During the Spanish Independence war the city of Zaragoza is besieged by French troops. Spanish...
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Looking for Jesus
An average Joe becomes the poster boy for a book about Jesus due to his Christ-like appearance, but ...
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Las últimas banderas
Two Spanish soldiers, good friends, have to fight on the battlefield during the Peruvian war of inde...
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Breath of Life
Set in Italy in 1946 just after World War 2, the film explores the lives and emotions of a group of ...
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The Rash One
Paco is the boy buttons a luxury hotel. Usually do small businesses with the resale of tickets to bu...
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Cabaret
A news story in the newspapers announces the investigation by the police of a major scam. Precisely,...
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Mare nostrum
The Spanish merchant "Mare Nostrum", captained by Ulises Ferragut, docked in September 1939 at the p...
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The Enchanted Forest
In Galicia, in northern Spain, Malvís, a frustrated day laborer who, fed up with his life, has becom...
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La pródiga
Spain, 1850. In the midst of the electoral campaign, three young men use all their strategies to pla...
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Los cuatro robinsones
Four friends pretend a cruise to escape their wives and go clubbing, but they are forced to go throu...
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Trágala, perro
Sister Patrocinio is a nun who is stigmatized by Christ in her hands and feet. Although some believe...
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Aventuras de Juan Lucas
Following his father's steps, Juan Lucas becomes the most famous highwayman in Sierra Morena mountai...
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The Ceremony
A man has an affair with his condemned brother's girlfriend while plotting his escape in Tangier....
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Black Sky
A woman who works as employee in a fashion store has to care for her ill mother. At the same time sh...
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Un marido de ida y vuelta
Adaptation of the eponymous play of Jardiel Poncela. A husband dominated by his overbearing wife die...
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Memorias de Leticia Valle
A fictionalized diary of an eleven-year-old girl who records an "inconceivable" seduction and scanda...
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The Desperate Ones
In 1941, two Polish brothers escape a Soviet gulag. Their only escape route is through the impossibl...
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Don Lucio and Brother Pío
Brother Pío, intending to collect charity for a group of nuns who run an orphanage, travels to Madri...
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La señora de Fátima
The story of the 1917 miracle of Fatima, in which the Virgin Mary appeared to three children--two gi...
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La laguna negra
In a village in the mountains of Urbión, brothers John and Martin, driven by greed and abetted by Ca...
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Los últimos de Filipinas
The Philippines, 1898, during the Spanish-American War. Fifty Spanish soldiers guarding the outpost ...
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El cianuro… ¿solo o con leche?
The argument between Enrique and Javier, his best friend and Marta's husband, his lover, ends with t...
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Run Like a Thief
The theft of a fortune in diamonds and the attempt by soldier of fortune Johnny Dent to outwit his p...
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Historia de la frivolidad
The Lecturer, leader of the Feminine League Against Frivolity, tells the history of eroticism and ce...
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Le avventure e gli amori di Miguel Cervantes
This epic Spanish biopic chronicles the life of Cervantes, Spain's great novelist, playwright and po...
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La moglie ingenua e il marito malato
A thief caught red-handed tells the landlord a very strange fact that happened to him looking throug...
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El Quijote desde la platea
How Don Quixote de la Mancha, the immortal character created by Miguel de Cervantes in 1605, has bee...
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Buñuel
Analysis of the work of Luis Buñuel in fifty mini chapters. A co-production of Arsenal Films, Barcel...
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After the Dream
Amós is a sailor and owner of a ship. He is impatient with the arrival of his uncle who returns from...
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Rustlers' Rhapsody
A singing cowboy roams the Wild West with his sidekick, dancing horse and fancy wardrobe....
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The Amazing Doctor G
Nefarious villain Goldginger is thwarted by bumbling secret agents Franco and Ciccio in his scheme t...
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Sevilla Penitente
First colour documentary about Seville's Holy Week, filmed for NO-DO...
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The Two Faces of Fear
Doctor Miguel Azzini is found shot dead dead. The police suspect his colleagues: Elena Carli, his ...
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The Assignment
A Swedish diplomat travels to a civil war in a Latin American country. His mission is to mediate bet...
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La Rana Verde
Cimera de los Infantes, Castile, Spain. The young men who meet every day in the bar La Rana Verde ar...
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Air Lashings
Alberto, "Zanahoria" and "Jabato" are three students of the Parachute School. They are the "lashing ...
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Siempre es domingo
In a sector of Madrid inhabited by families of a well-off class, a gang of boys and girls has contin...
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Aoom
The story concerns an actor who is unhappy with life and decides to separate from his body and integ...
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The Crime of Cuenca
Osa de la Vega, Cuenca, Spain, 1913. Gregorio and León, employees on the estate of the village's may...
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Reina santa
A virtuous Spanish princess becomes queen of Portugal, and soon is affected by the social struggles ...
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Scent of a Crime
Spain, 1950s. The corpse of an unknown person appears in the town square of Bocentellas, within the ...
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Parque de Madrid
In the Madrid of the fifties, during any day, whether by chance or fate, a series of characters live...
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Madrugada
A rich and famous painter dies leaving a secret that kept him apart from the woman he loved. Suspect...
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La vida en un bloc
Dr. Nicomedes Gutiérrez carefully points out to the last detail everything that happens in his life....
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¡Viva lo imposible!
Tired of the hardship imposed by his modest salary, Don Sabino selling their meager belongings and c...
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Revenge
After spending ten years in prison for a crime he did not commit, Juan is released....
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Don Quixote
Don Quixote, accompanied by Sancho Panza, wander the roads of Spain protecting the weak and doing go...
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Playa prohibida
After her father has been murdered, the beautiful but allegedly insane Isabella lives in the house o...
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Pero… ¡en qué país vivimos!
Antonio Torres, a serious singer of Spanish popular music, and Bárbara, a vivacious yé-yé singer, fa...
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Flamenco
Title changed to "Flamenco" when it was first released in the USA in 1954, this is a program of Span...
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Billete para Tánger
A complex espionage plot unfolds in the cosmopolitan city of Tangier....
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Speaking of Buñuel
Surrealist master Luis Buñuel is a towering figure in the world of cinema history, directing such gr...
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Torerillos, 61
This short film "Torerillos 61" is one of the first works of the master Patino, which tries to portr...
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My Son, the Hero
Krios, the youngest of the Titans, may be the least strong of the seven brothers whose strength come...
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Les paradoxes de Buñuel
Famed film director Luis Bunuel (1900-1983) is the subject of this French documentary, with anecdota...
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Playmate
The editor of a New York women's magazine is holding a "last romantic lover" contest to find out if ...
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