Fernando Sánchez Polack

Acting

Fernando Sánchez Polack

Born — Died

1920-08-11 — 1982-01-24

Place of birth

Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Known for

Acting

Credits

62 titles

Fernando Sánchez Polack (11 August 1920 – 24 January 1982) was a Spanish actor. He appeared in more than 110 films and television shows between 1959 and 1982, mostly of them as a supporting character in Spaghetti Western films. He starred in the 1966 film La caza, which won the Silver Bear for Best Director at the 16th Berlin International Film Festival.

Known for

Film credits

1970s · 28 titles

Vengeance of the Zombies poster
4.4

An Indian mystic uses magical chants to raise women from the dead, then sends them out to perform revenge killings for him.

Vengeance of the Zombies

1973

The Cannibal Man poster
6.1

A young man, Marco, working as a butcher, accidentally kills a taxi driver. His girlfriend Paula wants to go to the police so he has to kill her too. He then has to kill his brother, his brother’s fiancée and his father, who have become suspicious. He gets rid of the bodies by taking them to a slaughter house.

The Cannibal Man

1972

Wrath of the Wind poster
5.2

A mute gunslinger takes on an oppressive landlord in 19th century Valencia and falls in love with a local woman.

Wrath of the Wind

1970

A Drama of Jealousy (and other things) poster
7.2

Construction worker Oreste and young fiancee Adelaide meet Nello, a cook in a pizzeria. This love triangle often goes to communist rallies, and enjoys the filthy beaches of Ostia. Will the hostile environment pave a way to jealousy?

A Drama of Jealousy (and other things)

1970

Murder in a Blue World poster
4.7

Set in the future, the story follows a nurse who tries to bring her own style of relief to people condemned to die. Her identity is a mystery and she may not be quite what she seems.

Murder in a Blue World

1973

Curse of the Devil poster
5.5

An ancient curse causes the ancestor of a witch hunter to turn into a bloodthirsty werewolf.

Curse of the Devil

1973

Pancho Villa poster
4.9

In 1916, during the Mexican Revolution, General Pancho Villa manages to escape from the clutches of General Goyo, his greatest enemy, only to face an even greater problem when he meets McDermott, a mysterious adventurer who promises to get him weapons and ammunition for his troops.

Pancho Villa

1972

The Kidnapping poster
4.7

Inspired by the famous Patty Hearst case, this thriller centers around a young woman who's kidnapped and brainwashed by a crime ring and ends up succumbing to Stockholm Syndrome.

The Kidnapping

1976

The House of Doves poster
5.0

The widow Alexandra and her schoolgirl daughter Sandra live together in a luxurious villa in Spain. When Fernando, an old love of Alexandra's, appears in town the two rekindle their love affair until Alexandra finds that he is being paid to be the companion of a rich older woman

The House of Doves

1972

La lozana andaluza poster
5.3

In 16th century Rome, Rampín, a friendly and shameless rogue, exploits his arts of deception. He lives with his aunt, Napolitana, a pimp dedicated to the same trades as his nephew. With the arrival of a beautiful Andalusian, Lozana, her fortune enters their house by making her the most beautiful courtesan in Rome. Lozana and Rampín reach an agreement: he will be at her service, taking her lovers home, and she will treat him like a king and give him the best, something that others will never have. But one fine day, Don Sancho, a handsome Spaniard, falls in love with her.

La lozana andaluza

1976

A Man Called Autumn Flower poster
5.5

During the Primo de Rivera dictatorship, young, wealthy Lluis de Serracant leads a double life: by day he's a lawyer, and by night he's a transvestite performer known to his fans as "Flower of Autumn".

A Man Called Autumn Flower

1978

Los días del pasado poster
6.5

A woman arrives in town to work as a teacher. It is the time of the 'maquis', the anti-Franco guerrilla that fights with little hope in some regions of Spain just after the end of the civil war. She has a love affair with one of the guerrillas, but their relationship will have an impossible future because of the past.

Los días del pasado

1977

The Mummy's Revenge poster
5.6

Paul Naschy has a duel role as Amenhotep/Assad Bey, an ancient egyptian mummified Pharaoh, and the high priest who brought him back to life. In order For Amenhotep to achieve immortality, Assad Bey has to kidnap nubile young virgins in Victorian London for blood sacrifices.

The Mummy's Revenge

1975

Seven Days in January poster
6.2

After the death of Franco, the nostalgic fascist regime attempts to preserve the 1936's order.

Seven Days in January

1979

Twenty Thousand Dollars for Every Corpse poster
8.0

Dale and Helen Brais are a marriage of farmers who subsist on what little they manage to get from their land. One stormy night, a stranger enters their home to rob and Dale kills him incidentally. The intruder is Red Burket, head of a band that is dedicated to sabotage the new railway line and there is a bounty on his head of $20,000. What seems the solution to the problems of the couple becomes the beginning of a nightmare.

Twenty Thousand Dollars for Every Corpse

1971

The King is the Best Mayor poster
2.0

The action occurs in early 12th century Galicia during the reign of Alfonso VII. Sancho de Roelas, a nobleman who has fallen on hard times, announces to his lord Tello de Neira his intention to marry Elvira de Olite, also of impoverished noble lineage. Don Tello offers to be best man at the wedding but on seeing Elvira falls in love with her beauty and kidnaps her. She refuses to have sex with him and Sancho travels to Leon to get Alfonso's help. Alfonso finally comes to Tello's manor-house incognito and – after revealing his identity and finding out that Tello has raped Elvira – forces him to marry Elvira. He then executes Tello, restoring Elvira's honour and endowing her with half Tello's estate.

The King is the Best Mayor

1974

Exorcism's Daughter poster
4.3

Tania, an asylum patient, is under the doctor's care while suffering raging behavioral effects that follow the death of her exorcised mother.

Exorcism's Daughter

1971

La Sabina poster
5.8

English scholar visits a small Spanish town in the Andalusian mountains to investigate the disappearance of another English scholar long ago. He learns of the legend of Sabina, a mysterious dragon woman who becomes his obsession.

La Sabina

1979

The Ancines Woods poster
4.8

Benito Freire, a pedlar in a small village in northern Spain suffers from epileptic seizures and rumours start to spread that he may be a werewolf and responsible for a series of killings. The local Abbot is called upon to form a team to investigate, in an effort to halt the harrowing murders.

The Ancines Woods

1970

Más fina que las gallinas poster
4.8

No synopsis available yet.

Más fina que las gallinas

1977

Transplant poster
6.8

To satisfy his wife, an elderly man has to have a penis transplant and is willing to pay a lot to do so. Three men are selected, who, for different reasons, are forced to accept; but giving up one's manhood can be more complicated than expected.

Transplant

1970

Cuando los niños vienen de Marsella poster
5.2

No synopsis available yet.

Cuando los niños vienen de Marsella

1974

Love Letters of a Nun poster
4.0

Spain 1640, the reverend superior nun Mariana, attends the death of her younger sister, Isabel's husband, who is overcome with hopelessness and heartache. Isabel then kisses and caresses the cadaver's exposed body as if he were still alive. Mother Mariana

Love Letters of a Nun

1978

La leyenda del alcalde de Zalamea poster
8.5

No synopsis available yet.

La leyenda del alcalde de Zalamea

1973

Pim, pam, pum… ¡fuego! poster
5.6

Spain, 1940s. While returning to Madrid by train, Paca, a chorus girl who aspires to join a prestigious company, meets Luis, a young man of helpless appearance.

Pim, pam, pum… ¡fuego!

1975

Donde hay patrón... poster
5.9

No synopsis available yet.

Donde hay patrón...

1978

Solo ante el Streaking poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Solo ante el Streaking

1975

Manuela poster
5.2

In Seville during the 1970s, Manuela, a furtive hunter’s daughter, marries the servant of rich Don Ramón, who is in love with her. With her natural beauty and sensuality, she attracts all sorts of passions, along with the conflicts that derive from them.

Manuela

1976

1960s · 29 titles

A Fistful of Dollars poster
7.8

The Man With No Name enters the Mexican village of San Miguel in the midst of a power struggle among the three Rojo brothers and sheriff John Baxter. When a regiment of Mexican soldiers bearing gold intended to pay for new weapons is waylaid by the Rojo brothers, the stranger inserts himself into the middle of the long-simmering battle, selling false information to both sides for his own benefit.

A Fistful of Dollars

1964

The Ugly Ones poster
5.9

Escaped outlaw Jose Gomez returns to his home town pursued by bounty killer Luke Chilson. The towns people protect Gomez, unaware, at first, that he is now a changed and dangerous man.

The Ugly Ones

1966

The Hunt poster
7.0

Three veterans of the Spanish Civil War go rabbit hunting. While doing so, old wounds open up.

The Hunt

1966

Death Knows No Time poster
4.7

Forced to abandon their land that was sold to the United States, a group of Mexicans turns into bandits. Their leader, Rojas, with the help of Trevor organizes a big robbery. But, caught by the sheriff, he is condemned to 20 years of prison. Threatening to torture Rojas' son, Trevor learns where the money is hidden, not realizing that Rojas' revenge would be so ruthless...

Death Knows No Time

1968

Peppermint Frappé poster
6.6

Julián, a middle-aged single doctor, is reunited with Pablo, a childhood friend who has just married Elena, a beautiful young woman.

Peppermint Frappé

1967

No disponible poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

No disponible

1969

Jesse James' Kid poster
NR

Bill James is still a child when his father, Jesse James, is killed by his cousin Bob. Twenty years later, now with his father's image, his face causes him much trouble, because nobody can forgive him for looking like the man who, for so many years, had been the terror of the whole countryside.

Jesse James' Kid

1965

Find Me That Girl poster
5.2

Sixteen-year-old Marisol sings her way across Spain with her father, chasing dreams and survival. On a sunlit campsite in Mallorca, she meets two students and dares to perform at a bullfighting event—hoping to be discovered. When talent scout Mr. Morrison sees her spark, he whisks her into a new world of ambition and refinement, determined to transform her into “a lady with great talent.” But as Marisol rises, she must decide what she's willing to leave behind to become the star she’s always dreamed of being.

Find Me That Girl

1964

Weeping for a Bandit poster
5.8

José María "El Tempranillo" fleeing from justice, takes refuge in Sierra Morena. After a period of hard learning, he becomes the leader of a group of bandits.

Weeping for a Bandit

1964

Blood in the Bullring poster
7.5

Like every night, Manuel remembers the old days of glory, when after the war he was a famous bullfighter. He and his friend Juan were the fashionable couple. Now Juan is a prominent businessman in bullfighting. But Manuel's feelings toward him have changed radically: an inexplicable hated seizes him when someone mentions his name. It has been more than twenty years since that afternoon, when Manuel was bullfighting and fell to the ground.

Blood in the Bullring

1969

La venganza de Don Mendo poster
6.5

Don Mendo, Marquess of Cabra, gallant and dashing knight of medieval Castilian, is also a virtuous mandoline player and a specialist in climbing towers. But he has a bad run, all played and all lost at seven-thirty (card game), and lost his honor playing in his latest escalation of love to the apartment of his beloved and beautiful Magdalena. Don Nuño Manso de Jarama, father of Magdalena, has pledged the hand of his daughter to the Duke of Toro, and surprises Don Mendo in the room of Magdalena. To save the honor of his beloved one, Don Mendo says that no love has led him to the Tower, but he has climbed to steal. Magdalena is clean of all suspicion, and he is condemned to die buried in the castle wall. The Marquess of Moncada and other noble gentlemen, all friends of Don Mendo, facilitate his escape.

La venganza de Don Mendo

1961

Nine Letters to Berta poster
7.2

Lorenzo is a young man returns to Spain after spending some time in England, where he fell in love with Berta, the daughter of Spanish immigrants. Lorenzo writes several letters to her trying to convey the beauty of the world her parents left behind.

Nine Letters to Berta

1966

El balcón de la Luna poster
7.3

The lives of 3 singers during their last few months working at a venue called "The Moon's Balcony"

El balcón de la Luna

1962

Stress Is Three poster
6.0

​Set over the course of a single day, three people embark on a car trip from Madrid to Almería. Antonio is a successful industrialist who is dismayed that his personal life does not reflect his glittering career. He is increasingly insecure about his faltering marriage to Teresa, whom he suspects is having an affair with his best friend, also named Antonio.

Stress Is Three

1968

With the East Wind poster
6.1

The life of Sebastián, a 28-year-old Roma, changes drastically after he kills a man. From that moment, he must flee, experiencing the torments of loneliness, guilt, and the rejection of his people.

With the East Wind

1967

Novios 68 poster
5.5

Comedy that chronicles the ups and downs in dating of several people in Spain in 1968.

Novios 68

1967

La dinamita está servida poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

La dinamita está servida

1968

The Angel poster
9.5

A Spanish singer, known as "El Ángel", owner of a nightclub, lives a double life as an expert in alarms for gangs of thieves. In his last robbery, he betrays his partners, and his lover is kidnapped and he is blackmailed. Thinking that she has betrayed him, he abandons her to her fate. Finally, she committed suicide. El Ángel reconsiders his life and decides to become a monk. But his former life will meet him within the walls of the monastery.

The Angel

1969

Django Does Not Forgive poster
7.0

A halfbreed seeks revenge for the death of his sister, who kills herself after being raped by an officer of the Canadian Mounted Police. He gets involved in the historical revolt of halfbreeds and Indians led by Louis Riel in 1885 against the Canadian government.

Django Does Not Forgive

1966

They Paid with Bullets: Chicago 1929 poster
5.8

Country bumpkin Frank runs into a gangland shooting, driving the victims to the gang's headquarters. He soon earns a place in Erik's mob. Syndicate head Big John wishes to unite the four gangs in Chicago, but Erik defies them, wishing to remain independent. An assassination attempt forces him to reconsider, and his gang isn't impressed with what they take for his cowardice. This is the point that allows the ambitious Frank to muscle in on Erik's mob, and his moll, Lucie. Frank's first move is to hire outside pros, and shoot up a casino of Big John's, challenging the entire syndicate. Erik, meanwhile, harbors feelings of revenge.

They Paid with Bullets: Chicago 1929

1969

El niño y el potro (Más allá de río Miño) poster
6.7

No synopsis available yet.

El niño y el potro (Más allá de río Miño)

1969

Los dinamiteros poster
5.8

Doña Pura, don Benito and don Augusto are three venerable old people who usually coincide each month in the queues of the mutuality windows to collect their pension, an opportunity they take advantage of to talk about life. When they learn that the old don Felipe, an acquaintance, is very sick and is alone and without money for a decent funeral, they decide to ask for a loan to help him, but, as they do not grant it, they decide to rob the savings bank. To do this, they will plan everything thoroughly and manufacture a homemade explosive.

Los dinamiteros

1964

Two Violent Men poster
9.0

Two violent men bent on revenge in the old west.

Two Violent Men

1964

Bewitched Love poster
5.9

This tragic drama is based on the ballet by famed composer Manuel De Falla. A young woman is caught between the violent struggle of two rival suitors who love her passionately. Candelas (La Polaca) is pursued by kind-hearted Antonio (Antonio Gades) and the evil diablo Diego (Rafael Cordova). Lucia (Morucha) is the cryptic gypsy fortune teller, with Fernando Sanchez Polack as Candela's beloved father.

Bewitched Love

1967

Posición avanzada poster
7.0

During the Spanish Civil War, a command takes the night to reach an advanced position, surrounded by the enemy, to protect the ford of a river. The next day, soldiers from both sides arrange a truce for fishing trouts and exchange cans and cigarettes. But foreign forces relieve the besiegers during the night and kill an unsuspecting soldier who was waving to return to fishing. While the position is strengthened, a soldier escapes to the nearby village to see his family.

Posición avanzada

1966

Shadow of Death poster
4.9

The film begins when a stranger arrives in town. He takes quickly to his former mistress, Denise, who is happily married to John, and has an affair with his identiske twin brother Peter. They plan together to drive John crazy. After unsuccessful attempts to blackmail the couple receive the stranger, Gert, to help them with their evil plan.

Shadow of Death

1969

El arte de vivir poster
6.3

After graduating in Economics, Luis is seeking to burst through in life. His partner Ana sees how his way of being is changing by the standards of his company into a different person. Ana tries to draw his attention in a failed suicide attempt.

El arte de vivir

1966

Nuevo en esta plaza poster
7.2

Film that tells the biography of the great bullfighter Sebastian Palomo Linares Linares, with the very skilled actor who plays the character. Palomo Linares belongs to a poor family but with great human values​​. He, like many others of his age, has a dream: to be a bullfighter. He works as an apprentice shoemaker fights secretly at night in the meadows. After a career of suffering and obstacles, the boy never lost hope, typical of his strong Christian convictions, and became a teacher, finally achieving success in the sand. The film shows with particular clarity the great Spanish tradition, as is the art of bullfighting.

Nuevo en esta plaza

1966

Crónica de nueve meses poster
6.2

Three couples, three journeys, one life-changing moment. From newlyweds Alejandro and Mercedes to seasoned partners Margarita and Enrique, and hopeful dreamers Inés and Luis, each pair faces the joy, chaos, and wonder of expecting their first child. As cravings kick in, names are debated, and families react, their stories unfold with humor and heart. Different paths, different personalities—but when labor begins, every heartbeat races the same.

Crónica de nueve meses

1967

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