La Antorcha de los Éxitos: Cifesa (1932-1961) (2022)

4.3/10 94 min Documentary History

Overview

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.

Cast

Antonio Esquivias

Self - Narrator (voice)

Fernando Fernández de Córdoba

Self - Actor (voice) (archive footage)

Francisco Franco

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Rafael Gil

Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Cesáreo González

Self - Film Producer (archive footage)

Luis Lucia

Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Juan de Orduña

Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Luis Carrero Blanco

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Recommendations

Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
Sad Hill Unearthed
Ronaldo
The Untold History Of The United States
Why We Fight: Prelude to War
Heart of a Dog
Cameraperson
Messi
Audrey
Downloaded
To Be Takei
Jodorowsky's Dune
Being James Bond
And the Oscar Goes To...
Capitalism: A Love Story
This Changes Everything
I Know That Voice
Side by Side
Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie
Red Army