Spanish films at Cannes competition
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- DirectorBenito PerojoStarsImperio ArgentinaAlfredo AlariaLola BeltránA girl is tormented by a song about her written by a seducer she had publicly shamed.She marries a small town innkeeper to escape the publicity.
- DirectorRamón TorradoStarsFernando GranadaPaquita RicoFernando Fernández de CórdobaRumbo is a nice and splendid young man of gypsy origin who is in Seville with Gabriel, an old friend who was saved from suicide thanks to his intervention, who got rich in Paris thanks to the money Rumbo gave him, to the point of become an important and millionaire banker in London, Buenos Aires and Seville. Shortly after meeting, Gabriel asks him to impersonate him on a journey that he must undertake.
- DirectorLuis EscobarStarsFrancisco RabalMayrata O'WisiedoRamón ElíasErnesto and Marta are a couple of newlyweds who have serious financial problems. One day they are visited by a neighbor asking them to keep a large sum of money at home until she goes to the bank the next day. But everything changes when, the next morning, they learn that the neighbor is dead and that the deceased's maid has been arrested suspected of having stolen the money. Ernesto and Marta then start to spend the money until a man appears who threatens to tell their secret if they do not give him a part of the money.
- DirectorJosé Antonio Nieves CondeStarsFernando Fernán GómezMaría Rosa SalgadoDina StenJavier is used to make the best of his military life. When a companion is killed in his place, he makes up his mind and enters religious life. Reencountering his rich and spoiled family will show him that not all the battles were fought during the war.
- DirectorRamón TorradoStarsPaquita RicoAlfredo MayoLina YegrosThe story of a gypsy girl and her relation with a painter whom she poses for.
- DirectorDaniel MangranéCarlos Serrano de OsmaStarsGustavo RojoLudmilla TchérinaFélix de PomésFilm freely inspired on old poems and legends about the Holy Grail and on the opera by Richard Wagner.
- DirectorJosé Antonio Nieves CondeStarsLuis PeñaMaría AsquerinoFrancisco ArenzanaThe struggles of a Spanish family as it emigrates from the country to Madrid circa 1950.
- DirectorJosé María ForquéPedro LazagaStarsPaquita RicoJosé María MompínRafael Luis CalvoStory of a young man who returns to his village home after twenty years to avenge the murder of his father. He is helped by a gypsy girl with whom he falls in love.
- DirectorLadislao VajdaStarsMirtha LegrandArmando CalvoAntonio CasalFrancisquita, owner of a pastry shop with her widowed mother, loves Fernando, but he only has eyes for Aurora, a temperamental artist. It's his father who courts Francisquita, despite her efforts to interest the son. Aided by Fernando's friend, she will follow the steps of the parallel story in the famed Zarzuela of the same name to make him jealous.
- DirectorEdgar NevilleStarsAntonio El BailarínPilar LópezLuz María LarraguivelTitle changed to "Flamenco" when it was first released in the USA in 1954, this is a program of Spanish songs and dances with the emphasis on "flamenco" or gypsy contributions. The USA version has an English narrative written by Walter Terry, the dance critic of the "New York Herald Tribune" newspaper. Heading the cast are Antonio (I), Pilar Lopez and Maria Luz, three of Spain's foremost dancers of the time, accompanied by members of the Ballet Espanol. Filmed in Cinefotocolor in which orange and blue dominated, a combination that should appeal to the fans of Auburn University athletic teams. Distributed in the USA by Martin J. Lewis.
- DirectorLuis García BerlangaStarsLolita SevillaManolo MoránJosé IsbertAfter finding out that North American people are visiting the Spanish villages, the citizens of Villar del Río start preparing themselves to welcome them when they arrive.
- DirectorLadislao VajdaStarsLuis MarianoLolita SevillaJosé IsbertFigaro, a singing barber, gets caught by some bandits who use his abilities to attract travelers and assault them. To escape justice he joins the army where he meets no other than the bandits. They are shipped to Puerto Rico and fight pirates, returning to Spain in acclaim. Now he will know the rich salons and the bright side of life.
- DirectorJuan Antonio BardemStarsElisa GalvéFernando ReyEmma PenellaAna Ruiz, a young actress who works in a traveling theater company, performs only small roles, but she hopes to succeed and puts her success before the love of Miguel. When the company decides to release "Heaven is not far" by Ernesto Sánchez Blasco, Ana hopes to get the leading role.
- DirectorRafael Romero MarchentStarsManolo EscobarTessa HoodManolo Gómez BurManolo, a tourist guide in Granada, owns a small bit of land he refuses to sell. Margaret arrives in Spain to convince him, but as he continues to refuse she decides to charm him; eventually he shares his motive: a treasure.
- DirectorLadislao VajdaStarsRafael RivellesAntonio VicoJuan CalvoMarcelino is an orphan who grows up in a monastery. One day when he eats his small meal in a room full of old things, he gives a piece of his bread to an old wooden Jesus figure--which actually takes the bread and eats it. Getting a wish granted for his donation Marcelino wishes to see his mother.
- DirectorLadislao VajdaStarsDomingo OrtegaAntonio BienvenidaMaría AsquerinoSellout in the bullring of Las Ventas in Madrid. A luxury poster is about to deal a cattle from Antonio Pérez Tabernero. A spontaneous jumps into the ring, the wife of one of those bullfighters is expecting a child secretly, one of the matadors is prey to nerves during slaughter, some spectators are cheering and discussed among themselves - Halfway between documentary and fiction, carries out this production which, as its title suggests, revolves around a bullfight.
- DirectorJosé Luis Sáenz de HerediaStarsMaría FélixFernando Fernán GómezFernando ReyA conquering woman of love, power, and fame, is challenged by the devil, as he too, wants to conquer all.
- DirectorJuan Antonio BardemStarsCarmen SevillaRaf ValloneJorge MistralIn rural Spain, sister of an ex con convinces him to take revenge against the local who tipped off the authorities about the man's whereabouts, which led to his subsequent arrest. Unfortunately, she soon falls in love with the snitch.
- DirectorMichael PowellStarsAnthony SteelLudmilla TchérinaAntonio El BailarínAustralian famer Kit Kelly and his new bride Anna are driving through Europe when they help a stranded motorist. They discover he is Antonio, a famous dancer. Upon learning that Anna was a ballerina before she married, Antonio attempts to persuade her to join his company.
- DirectorCarlos SauraStarsManuel ZarzoLuis MarínÓscar CruzA bunch of scoundrels and members of the Spanish youth, who until now have not paid attention more than in the police stations. They are a group of friends who survive as they can in the suburbs of Madrid.
- DirectorLuis García BerlangaStarsCassenJosé Luis López VázquezElvira QuintilláIn a small Spanish town, a group of old ladies decides to celebrate Christmas Eve with a "seat a poor man at your table" dinner: each wealthy household of the town will have a homeless person dining with them that night. The celebrations also include a parade, and in its midst is Plácido, the humble owner of a three-wheeler, whose family is forced to live in a public lavatory because they lack the money to pay rent, and who must pay the second bill on his vehicle before midnight or else he will lose it.
- DirectorFrancisco RegueiroStarsSimón AndreuMarta del ValEnriqueta CarballeiraA couple of young university students decide to spend the day in Toledo, in order to forget a little of the routine in which they are. At nine o'clock in the morning, José Luis waits at the Atocha station for his girlfriend, Mari Carmen. The couple has deceived their families, who have told that they will eat in the Faculty. The journey is eternal and the stay in the city, rather than surprise them, as they expected, immerses them, even more, in the monotony in which they live. Without friends, without relatives and without university partners, the couple will spend twelve hours in Toledo, half a day of tenderness in the rain and the December sun that will help them to know themselves better.
- DirectorManuel SummersStarsMaría José AlfonsoAlfredo LandaPilar Gómez FerrerRocío, daughter of a humble Andalusian family, is very happy because the end of the mourning that she has to save for the death of her grandmother arrives. At last she will be able to marry with Rafael, her boyfriend, since they had to postpone the wedding due to granny's death. But next day, her grandfather eats too much at a baptism, and dies of indigestion. Again, Rocío has to mourn and postpone the wedding.
- DirectorManuel SummersStarsSonia BrunoMaría MassipJosé Antonio AmorPablo, a young draftsman, falls in love with Angela, a co-worker, while Blanca, his wife, is with the children outside Madrid.
- DirectorJuan Antonio BardemStarsMelina MercouriHardy KrügerJames MasonVincent, a young man from Paris, arrives at the small Spanish village of Caldeya. where his has been loaned a home by his friend, Reginald. He meets Pascal Regnier, a novelist engaged in pursuits of drinking and love affairs, who spends his summers in Caldeya with his son, Daniel. Regnier introduces Vincent to Jenny, local nightclub owner, who has already received a wire from Reginald asking her to look after his friend. Vincent and Jenny fall in love and plan a trip to Barcelona together, a trip they take in spite of Reginald's arrival. However, the shadow of Reginald comes between them and they accept the fact that their love is doomed to failure.