Lamberto V. Avellana

Lamberto Avellana’s English-language film based on Nick Joaquin’s play about a painter, a painting, two sisters, and a crook.

The true story of George Tweed, an American sailor who became the only serviceman on the island of Guam to avoid capture by the Japanese during the early years of World War II.

Hassan (P. Ramlee) is 10 when his father died. His mother had died when he was younger. His late father's boss feels sorry for Hassan and adopts him. However, Hassan's foster father's own child, Aziz (Jins Shamsudin) is jealous of Hassan and hates him. When both of them have fully grown up, Aziz and Buang (Salleh Kamil) always bully Hassan. At the same time, Salmah (Saadiah) has developed a crush towards Hassan, fuelling Aziz's fury. When the Second World War is approaching, the Royal Malay Regiment begins recruiting young soldiers.

One of the first colored films to be produced in the Philippines.

A war hero forced to participate in a smuggling ring meets a prostitute in the postwar ruins of Manila.

A spoiled man gets punished by his father and gets disinherited, so he learns the value of hard work and money.

Lamberto Avellana’s English-language film based on Nick Joaquin’s play about a painter, a painting, two sisters, and a crook.

Lamberto Avellana’s English-language film based on Nick Joaquin’s play about a painter, a painting, two sisters, and a crook.

Hassan (P. Ramlee) is 10 when his father died. His mother had died when he was younger. His late father's boss feels sorry for Hassan and adopts him. However, Hassan's foster father's own child, Aziz (Jins Shamsudin) is jealous of Hassan and hates him. When both of them have fully grown up, Aziz and Buang (Salleh Kamil) always bully Hassan. At the same time, Salmah (Saadiah) has developed a crush towards Hassan, fuelling Aziz's fury. When the Second World War is approaching, the Royal Malay Regiment begins recruiting young soldiers.

One of the first colored films to be produced in the Philippines.

A war hero forced to participate in a smuggling ring meets a prostitute in the postwar ruins of Manila.

A spoiled man gets punished by his father and gets disinherited, so he learns the value of hard work and money.

Hassan, the son of a tribe chief of the Badjaos, a pagan, sea-dwelling Filipino tribe, meets and falls for Bala Amai, the niece of the chief of the Tausugs, an Islamic, land-dwelling tribe. Although the Hassan is willing to give up his lifestyle for Bala Amai and vice versa, the Tausugs plot to break up the union of the happy couple.

The story of the life and death of Macario Sakay, the President of the Tagalog Republic and one of the last Filipino generals to surrender to the American forces during the American colonial period.

Lamberto Avellana's adaptation of the Solomon and Sheba mythos.

A hotheaded man becomes a firefighter and is morally tested by other firefighters to join them in an illegal racket.

A hotheaded man becomes a firefighter and is morally tested by other firefighters to join them in an illegal racket.

A story about Kulas whose land papers were stolen by the Spaniards and he went and got it back, but by doing so made him a wanted man so he left to live in the mountains and became a rebel captain and fought the Spaniards.

A Filipino drama film by Lamberto V. Avellana.

The 1952 Lamberto Avellana film "Sa Paanan ng Nazareno" from LVN Pictures which depicts a story of a struggle and hope surrounding the image of Nuestro Padre Jesus Nazareno of Quiapo.

Korea is a 1952 Philippine war film about the Korean War directed by Lamberto V. Avellana. Produced by LVN Pictures, the film is considered to be lost. Benigno Aquino Jr. wrote the script who based it on his experiences in the war as a correspondent.

Carding, the anti-Japanese guerrilla turned Huk rebel when his family's land is taken over by the greedy landlord while Maxie, the communist recruiter who assures Carding that only a communist can be a true Filipino; however it was Jesus, Carding's brother-in-law who shoots Carding in the arm foiling his attempt to escape the military.

A story about a farmer who had his parents killed and also abused by the Japanese occupation forces escapes joins the guerrilla and became a leader of a group.

“Waywaya” is derived from “Waywaya” an Ilocano term meaning freedom. The film is adapted from the short story of the same title, an adventure-laden story of two Northern Luzon tribes. It stars Amy Austria and Ace Vergel.

A story about Manuel a sickly musician who meets Shelly a beautiful store manager.

A trilogy featuring Nora Aunor giving life to the stories of 3 women: Fe - an emerging movie Superstar who has an invalid husband, Esperanza - a young wife living in a middle class neighborhood in the city & Caridad - a young novice who was seduced by the devil himself.

Interpol follows a fat man from Tokyo to Hong Kong to Manila as he takes care of business for an opium empire.

Lapu-Lapu who defeated Spanish invaders on then land of Mactan.

This strikes straight at the heart because it is a tender story of four people, each deserving a Purple Heart.

This documentary paints the life of former Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay (1953-1957), from being a simple mechanic, a wartime guerilla leader, and as president of the Philippines, leading up to his death in a plane crash in Mount Manunggal, Cebu.

A documentary on the Boy General Gregorio Del Pilar and his last stand at Tirad Pass

A man and a woman fight for the freedom of their country Marking with his gun Yay with her typewriter. Thrown together by a cause greater than either of them they share the suffering of the flesh and the spirit among the country's guerrilla fighters. They emerge, out of the crucible of war, heroes-and lovers.

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RUGGED in action, RAW in romance.

A coming-of-age story of a barrio lass in a patriarchal archipelago.

Celing and her younger brother Piding are recently orphaned and they come to Manila to find work in the home of their late parents' mansion landlord. But they are treated miserably by the landlord's ill-tempered wife, Doña Esperanza. They decided to leave home until they meet Victor, a carnival worker.

Cristina, a pretty young neighborhood girl, is pursued by the mysterious Satur, a wealthy but mysterious young man. Cristina, however, is engaged to Sendong, a young farmer. When Cristina's mother is taken suddenly ill and there appears to be no hope of recovery, Satur says that can cure her in exchange for Cristina being promised to him. Desperate, Cristina agrees and her mother pulls through. Cristina and Sendong soon find out that she may have well made a deal with the devil.

A heart-touching story about the hardship of a grandmother and her two parentless grandkids.

A documentary on the life of Emilio Aguinaldo, his role in the Philippine Revolution and the loss of political influence in the years after