La Antorcha de los Éxitos: Cifesa (1932-1961)

October. 05,2022      
Rating:
4
Trailer Synopsis Cast

The amazing story of Cifesa, a mythical film production company founded in Valencia by the Casanova family that managed to dominate the box office during the turbulent times of the Second Spanish Republic, the carnage of the Civil War and the hardships of the long post-war period and Franco's dictatorship — and survive until the sixties, when Spain was timidly beginning to change.

Antonio Esquivias as  Self - Narrator (voice)
Fernando Fernández de Córdoba as  Self - Actor (voice) (archive footage)
Francisco Franco as  Self - Politician (archive footage)
Rafael Gil as  Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Cesáreo González as  Self - Film Producer (archive footage)
Luis Lucia as  Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Juan de Orduña as  Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

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Pretty Good

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Powerful

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One of my all time favorites.

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It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

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