Rafael Calvo

Acting

Rafael Calvo

Born — Died

1886-11-25 — 1966-01-01

Place of birth

Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Known for

Acting

Credits

41 titles

Known for

The Miracle of Marcelino poster
7.4

Left on the doorstep of a monastery as an infant, Marcelino was raised by the monks. He was well-cared for but lonely and missed having a mother. One day he found a special friend in the forbidden attic, hanging on a cross. A friend that would repay Marcelino's kindness by granting him one heart-felt wish.

The Miracle of Marcelino

1955

Pilar Guerra poster
5.6

A young woman abandoned by her lover sells her body to his mentor, a renowned sculptor.

Pilar Guerra

1926

You Have to Marry the Prince poster
9.0

Tomson, a financial adviser, is called to the aid of the country of Sylvania by the Grand Duke Constantino, known as "Tino." Tomson refuses to aid Tino until the Duke's son Alexis is married. However, Alexis, a romantic, is not interested in the blue-blooded types that his father has selected for him. Instead he wants fate to intercede. Upon learning this, Tomson plans a wife-hunting trip to Paris, "the beauty mart of the world."

You Have to Marry the Prince

1931

Do You Know Your Wife? poster
10.0

At a big party, Robert Felton, now a woman-hater, right to the core - this all due to a failed marriage and disastrous love affairs - talks to Heriberto Drake. Heriberto who is happily married, bets Felton that the next woman who walks into the room, whoever she is, won't let Felton kiss her for 48 hours. Felton takes the bet. Suddenly, a very beautiful and sexy woman walks in. It's Heriberto's wife, Laura Darke. Spanish language version of “Don’t Bet on Women”.

Do You Know Your Wife?

1931

Law of the Harem poster
9.0

When Renée Duval, a Frenchwoman who had been on her way to Venice, is discovered by Al-Hadi, an Arabian prince in the wreckage of an ambushed caravan it is just the beginning of a breathless adventure that will put both their lives at risk!

Law of the Harem

1931

Bound for Cairo poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Bound for Cairo

1935

Film credits

1950s · 17 titles

The Miracle of Marcelino poster
7.4

Left on the doorstep of a monastery as an infant, Marcelino was raised by the monks. He was well-cared for but lonely and missed having a mother. One day he found a special friend in the forbidden attic, hanging on a cross. A friend that would repay Marcelino's kindness by granting him one heart-felt wish.

The Miracle of Marcelino

1955

El final de una leyenda poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

El final de una leyenda

1951

El rey de Sierra Morena poster
10.0

José María, popularly known as "El Tempranillo" throws himself into the mountains after killing his father's murderer.

El rey de Sierra Morena

1950

Em Nar, la ciudad de fuego poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Em Nar, la ciudad de fuego

1952

Fedra, the Devil's Daughter poster
7.0

Estrella, a wild young woman, is lusted after by every man and therefore hated by the female community.

Fedra, the Devil's Daughter

1956

Condemned to Hang poster
6.1

Andalusia, Spain, 19th century. The roads are infested with bandits who sow panic among travelers. Although most of them are ruthless killers, Lucero is a true champion of the disinherited.

Condemned to Hang

1953

El correo del rey poster
8.0

King Charles V sent his confidant, Don Fernando,from France to the Spanish Court carrying an important documentation. However, the frigate where he travels is sunk by the British and all the sailors perish. Don Fernando manages to save his life reaching the island of Menorca where he is helped by a humble fisherman

El correo del rey

1951

No artwork available
7.0

The struggles of a newly married couple to achieve marital and economic stability.

Date With My Old Love

1950

Yo no soy la Mata-Hari poster
8.0

After the execution of the spy Mata-Hari, the secret service takes the opportunity to arrest some of her collaborators. To arrest one of the ringleaders, they use his girlfriend Niní, a naive dancer. The girl, tired of being manipulated by everyone, decides to become agent X25.

Yo no soy la Mata-Hari

1950

Servicio en la mar poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Servicio en la mar

1950

Sangre en Castilla poster
10.0

During the war against Napoleon the brave Therese of Pinorrey is erected as Alcaldesa in Castilla, Spain

Sangre en Castilla

1950

Viento del norte poster
8.0

Álvaro, a serious and stern man, owner of a stately Galician manor house, leads a monotonous life devoted to studying and managing his property. But one day he falls in love with his maid Marcela, who was abandoned at the manor by her mother, an unmarried woman with a bad reputation. Only the old woman who took care of her treated her with affection; everyone else believes she is cursed and blames her for all sorts of misfortunes. Despite everything, Álvaro marries her. However, the gossipmongers continue to slander her, making the marriage so unhappy that Álvaro also begins to suspect her.

Viento del norte

1954

Fail in Communism poster
6.7

The story of two students in a school of terrorism installed in the south of France and considered a "sanctuary" and not by the Virgin of Lourdes, sent to Spain to fulfill a dark mission that failed dismally when mistaken for a priest with his link.

Fail in Communism

1956

Quema el suelo poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Quema el suelo

1951

Sin uniforme poster
9.0

Several different people meet in Tangier, where they will have to join efforts to survive.

Sin uniforme

1950

Como la tierra poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Como la tierra

1954

Señora ama poster
5.3

A wealthy couple is hampered by having no children. The sister-in-law feels attracted to the husband and marries his brother. Tension raises between them when the wife feels ill.

Señora ama

1955

1940s · 8 titles

The Crime of Bordadores Street poster
6.4

Madrid, late 19th century. A wealthy woman is found murdered in her home and her maid seems to be the main suspect; but her statement further entangles the case.

The Crime of Bordadores Street

1946

Un viaje de novios poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Un viaje de novios

1948

Aventuras de Juan Lucas poster
6.5

Following his father's steps, Juan Lucas becomes the most famous highwayman in Sierra Morena mountains, also helping local resistance against Napoleonic troops. In love with Ana, a Count's daughter, his hopes seem to have no future.

Aventuras de Juan Lucas

1949

Heroes del 95 poster
6.5

No synopsis available yet.

Heroes del 95

1947

The Siege of the Alcazar poster
5.9

Set during the Spanish civil war, the story of a commander of a fort Alcazar in Toledo, faithful to general Franco.

The Siege of the Alcazar

1940

Alhucemas poster
10.0

In 1922, Infantry Captain Fernando Salas, arriving from Madrid, joins, without much enthusiasm, a battalion ruled by Commander Almendro, a tough veteran of the African war who soon notices a clear lack of military vocation in the new recruit.

Alhucemas

1948

Marianela poster
5.7

Marianela is an orphan young girl living in a small village where she guides the blind young son of a rich country man. She is secretly in love with him, knowing that he loves her only because he can't see her ugly face. But one day a famous doctor appears and promises to operate him so he can see. His father is happy to know this way he will be able to marry his rich cousin. Nela gets desperate knowing his luck will turn into her disgrace when he finally sees her face.

Marianela

1940

Sancta Maria poster
7.0

Nadia, a young Soviet journalist who is passing through Pompeii, discovers the power that comes from the Catholic faith when the painter she loves, Paolo, and who saved her from drowning during the shipwreck of the cruise in which they met, is at the gates of death because of a serious illness whose symptoms are similar to those of leprosy.

Sancta Maria

1942

1930s · 10 titles

You Have to Marry the Prince poster
9.0

Tomson, a financial adviser, is called to the aid of the country of Sylvania by the Grand Duke Constantino, known as "Tino." Tomson refuses to aid Tino until the Duke's son Alexis is married. However, Alexis, a romantic, is not interested in the blue-blooded types that his father has selected for him. Instead he wants fate to intercede. Upon learning this, Tomson plans a wife-hunting trip to Paris, "the beauty mart of the world."

You Have to Marry the Prince

1931

Do You Know Your Wife? poster
10.0

At a big party, Robert Felton, now a woman-hater, right to the core - this all due to a failed marriage and disastrous love affairs - talks to Heriberto Drake. Heriberto who is happily married, bets Felton that the next woman who walks into the room, whoever she is, won't let Felton kiss her for 48 hours. Felton takes the bet. Suddenly, a very beautiful and sexy woman walks in. It's Heriberto's wife, Laura Darke. Spanish language version of “Don’t Bet on Women”.

Do You Know Your Wife?

1931

Law of the Harem poster
9.0

When Renée Duval, a Frenchwoman who had been on her way to Venice, is discovered by Al-Hadi, an Arabian prince in the wreckage of an ambushed caravan it is just the beginning of a breathless adventure that will put both their lives at risk!

Law of the Harem

1931

Bound for Cairo poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Bound for Cairo

1935

La verbena de la Paloma poster
5.7

A young printer's relationship with his girlfriend is in trouble after she accepts another suitor's invitation to the fair. This adaption of a popular operetta aims to please with a simple storyline and goofy slapstick.

La verbena de la Paloma

1935

There Were Thirteen poster
7.1

This is the Spanish-language version, with a different cast and crew, of the Charlie Chan film Charlie Chan Carries On, in which Charlie sets out to discover the killer of an American found dead in a London hotel room.

There Were Thirteen

1931

Slaves of Fashion poster
10.0

A woman owning a small dressmaker's shop decides to reopen it in Broadway in luxury at all expenses, trusting merely on the cards'premonitions. She wants her little children to pair with the richest boys. Her husband, who discouraged her, dies and the business soon takes flight.

Slaves of Fashion

1931

Shadows of the Circus poster
10.0

Nick, the "swing" man in a trapeze troupe, loves Greta Nelson, the girl in the act; and Tony, the "flyer," incurs his enmity as Greta seems to favor him; thus Nick fails to catch Tony, and Tony is killed. Ned Lee, a novice, reports for the next engagement. Meanwhile, Greta discovers that Nick purposely dropped Tony, and, frightened, she seeks refuge with Ned, with whom she falls in love. Greta remains with the act to protect Ned, and when the jealous Nick plots to kill him in a similar manner, Ned swings past him and hangs by his feet. After the show, a fight results in Nick's dismissal and the reunion of the lovers. Spanish language version to 1929's Halfway to Heaven.

Shadows of the Circus

1931

Nuestro culpable poster
6.0

A burglar with a big heart is arrested in a banker’s house for a theft he did not commit.

Nuestro culpable

1938

Prim poster
6.5

No synopsis available yet.

Prim

1931