
Directing
Juan de Orduña
Born 1900-12-26 · Madrid, Spain
Juan de Orduña y Fernández-Shaw (Madrid, December 27, 1900-id., February 3, 1974) was a Spanish film director and actor. Born into a family of aristocrats, he studied law. His artistic career as an actor began in the twenties, joining Emilio Thuiller's theater company. In the following years he took part in numerous silent plays. He participated as a leading actor in the first sound film of Spanish cinema, El misterio de la Puerta del Sol (1929). After the arrival of sound films, his presence in front of the camera became less frequent, although he would still participate in films of certain renown such as Nobleza baturra (1935), by Florián Rey. His career as a director stood out especially in the decade following the end of the Spanish Civil War, when he became one of the most prolific filmmakers of the time and also one of the public's favorites.
Acting credits
Five friends living in Madrid decide to spend a weekend camping together in the mountains.
Sábado, sabadete
1983
8.5During the third Carlist war on Basque soil, Zalacaín, no frowns that his great enemy of the people pretend to love his sister, but he lives the reverse situation, in love with his sister.
Zalacaín el aventurero
1955
No synopsis available yet.
The Girl
1925
A love story between a gypsy woman and a nobleman, who disguises himself as a gypsy under the name Andrés Caballero to test the sincerity of her declarations of love. Based on the novel of the same name by Miguel de Cervantes.
La gitanilla
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10.0Rocío Dalbaicín is a singer who returns to Spain after a long stay in America. Now, she triumphs again in Barcelona, but various love problems await her there.
Rocío Dalbaicín
1927
9.0Two navy ensigns, Manuel d'Astures and the Viscount of Brazza, nicknamed Boy, return to Spain after a long mission at sea. The latter is surprised to find his father with a woman he hates instantly. Soon afterward, he falls for a countess, whose lavish lifestyle ruins him. Unfortunately, the lender from whom he has just borrowed money is murdered and Boy is suspected.
Boy
1926
6.5No synopsis available yet.
The Unruly Girl
1924
No synopsis available yet.
An Adventure Worth a Movie
1928
5.6A young woman abandoned by her lover sells her body to his mentor, a renowned sculptor.
Pilar Guerra
1926
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Students and Seamstresses
1927
5.9Pompeyo and Rodolfo work in a newspaper, but they dream of becoming film actors, so they go to a casting for an American film that will be shot in Madrid for a few days; but things will not turn out as they expect…
The Mystery of Puerta del Sol
1930
2.8Women from the different Spanish regions dress in their traditional costumes to attend the triumphal parade celebrating the victory of Francisco Franco and the rebel side over the Second Republic in 1939; the deeds of past heroes are remembered; and a patriotic poem by Nicaraguan poet Rubén Darío is recited.
Ya viene el cortejo…
1939
7.2Aragón, Spain, early 20th century. María del Pilar is a honest girl whose good name is dirtied when an old suitor seeking revenge accuses her of losing her virginity outside of marriage. The scandal soon spreads throughout the countryside.
Nobleza baturra
1935
4.2On an island buffeted by storms, the seamen are confined with no desire to abandon the life by the sea. They spend days and nights drunk in the tavern. The young woman who serves them has one desire: to go far away. This sets the stage for a musical in the open, and will frame a story of love and adventure, reminiscent of the director's film Aoom.
To the Devil, with Love
1972
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Flora y Mariana
1942
10.0Original adaptation of the novel by its director, Alejandro Pérez Lujín, centered on the university adventures of a young man studying abroad who stays in a boarding house known as The House of Troy.
La casa de la Troya
1925
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Leyenda rota
1940
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Fin de curso
1943
4.3The 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.
La Antorcha de los Éxitos: Cifesa (1932-1961)
2022
8.0Father Juan is a humble priest in a small 19th-century village in Salamanca. The quiet, even somber life of this village is recounted by the priest, who is always concerned for the well-being of his parishioners and the condition of the church, which is beginning to show its age.
El cura de aldea
1936
Behind the camera
8.0Arriving at a Guinean Christian mission, a young priest is told by his elder ones the story of Father Javier, another young missioner who restlessly fought to convert a villain not only for God's sake, but also for sentimental reasons.
White Mission
1946
8.0Arriving at a Guinean Christian mission, a young priest is told by his elder ones the story of Father Javier, another young missioner who restlessly fought to convert a villain not only for God's sake, but also for sentimental reasons.
White Mission
1946
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Serenata española
1947
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Serenata española
1947
7.0Isabel and Gonzalo, a marriage of high society, see how their happiness is endangered due to the frequent love affairs of the husband, that will eventually lead them to interact with a pair of cynical thieves dedicated to blackmail Isabel and to defraud Gonzalo in his business
Autumn Roses
1943
8.5During the third Carlist war on Basque soil, Zalacaín, no frowns that his great enemy of the people pretend to love his sister, but he lives the reverse situation, in love with his sister.
Zalacaín el aventurero
1955
9.0Nora leaves the convent where she has been raised to marry a relative. Just arrived she has an accident resulting in total amnesia. Her identity mistaken a new life begins for her, where she will encounter love, adventure and even crime.
Tuvo la culpa Adán
1944
9.0Nora leaves the convent where she has been raised to marry a relative. Just arrived she has an accident resulting in total amnesia. Her identity mistaken a new life begins for her, where she will encounter love, adventure and even crime.
Tuvo la culpa Adán
1944
8.0No synopsis available yet.
La revoltosa
1969
A love story between a gypsy woman and a nobleman, who disguises himself as a gypsy under the name Andrés Caballero to test the sincerity of her declarations of love. Based on the novel of the same name by Miguel de Cervantes.
La gitanilla
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7.5No synopsis available yet.
El caserío
1972
No synopsis available yet.
An Adventure Worth a Movie
1928
5.6A spaghetti western in which three adventurers team up during the Mexican Revolution. Mary O'Donnell, a radical Irish journalist, wants to foment a peasant revolt in Mexico. She enlists the help of a seedy bandit, Lozoya, by saving him from a death sentence in Utah. They meet a man calling himself Prince Dmitri Vassilovich Orlowsky, who claims to be a Russian prince, not to mention a man of the cloth. Wallach pretends to be a Mexican folk hero. The trio crosses the border, the two men seeking a cache of gold while O'Donnell pursues her revolution.
Don't Turn the Other Cheek
1971
5.6A spaghetti western in which three adventurers team up during the Mexican Revolution. Mary O'Donnell, a radical Irish journalist, wants to foment a peasant revolt in Mexico. She enlists the help of a seedy bandit, Lozoya, by saving him from a death sentence in Utah. They meet a man calling himself Prince Dmitri Vassilovich Orlowsky, who claims to be a Russian prince, not to mention a man of the cloth. Wallach pretends to be a Mexican folk hero. The trio crosses the border, the two men seeking a cache of gold while O'Donnell pursues her revolution.
Don't Turn the Other Cheek
1971
5.51808. During the Spanish Independence war the city of Zaragoza is besieged by French troops. Spanish forces under General Palafox are scarce. Brave Agustina doesn't hesitate to lead the battle and even fire a cannon to stop the invaders when others run away. Based on historical facts.
Agustina of Aragon
1950
5.51808. During the Spanish Independence war the city of Zaragoza is besieged by French troops. Spanish forces under General Palafox are scarce. Brave Agustina doesn't hesitate to lead the battle and even fire a cannon to stop the invaders when others run away. Based on historical facts.
Agustina of Aragon
1950
3.3Madrid in the 1870s. Amidst political intrigues against King Amadeo de Saboya, wealthy and strong-willed countess Curra de Albornoz makes her own way in spite of her son and husband, considering her indiscretions as merely trifles ("pequeñeces") until tragedy strikes her. Period drama with a luxurious production design.
Pequeñeces
1950
5.3The passion that Joan of Castile, daughter of the Catholic Kings and heir to the throne, feels for her husband, Philip the Handsome, sovereign of the Netherlands and son of Maximilian of Austria and Mary of Burgundy, is not reciprocated. Her temperament, her jealousy and an unexpected tragedy will throw Joan into the dark realm of madness and obsession with death, the only realm where she will be a true queen…
Locura de amor
1948
6.7The life and tribulations of Carmelist nun Teresa de Jesús, who had transcendental experiences. She would write several works and would reform the Carmelist order.
Teresa de Jesús
1961
5.3Susana is an unappreciated, naive and somewhat clumsy orphan who has lived since she was a child at doña Engracia's house, because her mother died a few days after she was born. In this house, which also houses three nephews of doña Engracia without a penny to one's name, Susana is the maid of all. Economic necessities lead Engracia to rent a room. Felipe, a handsome man with a bad reputation, will reply to the ad.
La tonta del bote
1970
8.1Province of Valencia, Spain, 19th century. Tonet lives an intense love story with Neleta, whom he has known since childhood, but is forced to leave her to serve in the war in Cuba.
Reeds and Mud
1954
8.1Province of Valencia, Spain, 19th century. Tonet lives an intense love story with Neleta, whom he has known since childhood, but is forced to leave her to serve in the war in Cuba.
Reeds and Mud
1954
6.5Once the Spanish Civil War is over, the sons of the wealthy classes, who support politically and militarily the new regime, are preparing to begin their ascent in the social and economic sphere.
Porque te vi llorar
1941
6.5Once the Spanish Civil War is over, the sons of the wealthy classes, who support politically and militarily the new regime, are preparing to begin their ascent in the social and economic sphere.
Porque te vi llorar
1941