Germán Cobos

Acting

Germán Cobos

Born — Died

1927-07-07 — 2015-01-12

Place of birth

Sevilla, Andalucía, Spain

Known for

Acting

Credits

65 titles

Germán Sánchez Hernández-Cobos (7 July 1927 – 12 January 2015) was a prolific Spanish actor in a variety of European films. Son of the stage actor Fernando Cobos, he spent part of his childhood in San Sebastian. He began studying Architecture and in 1949 he joined the Teatro Español Universitario (TEU), when he had already developed a vocation for acting. After moving to Madrid, where he enrolled in the School of Dramatic Art and the Official School of Cinematography, he made his first screen role in 1951, in Juan de Orduña's film La leona de Castilla. Shortly afterwards he was hired as a young leading man in the comedy company of Lilí Murati, a Hungarian actress who had settled in Spain. He…

Known for

Film credits

1990s · 8 titles

Against the Wind poster
4.3

Juan flees Madrid and an incestuous relationship with his sister, Ana, working at a mine on the Andalucian coast. When his friendship with Rosario, a local shop girl, becomes romance, Ana shows up wanting to rekindle their affair. He resists at first, but she stays, asserting that Juan is the only man she can ever love. Juan distances himself from Rosario. The mine has problems: high cancer rates in the area caused by poorly stored radioactive waste. A foreign safety engineer, Petersen, tries to connect with Ana, is rebuffed, but lets her stay in his sea-front bungalow. Juan seeks her out to demand she leave, only to argue with Petersen. Death, desire, and longing play out.

Against the Wind

1990

Mouth to Mouth poster
5.4

For financial reasons, an aspiring actor begins working for a phone-sex enterprise. Through his new line of work, he develops relationships with two regular clients: Bill, an elderly homosexual, and Amanda, a mysterious femme fatale.

Mouth to Mouth

1995

El día que nací yo poster
4.6

A gypsy who sells fish in a market, sings on weekends in a tablao. One day, a professor, exiled in Cádiz for her political ideas, offers the cantaora a job.

El día que nací yo

1991

Más allá del jardín poster
5.0

Palmira, a woman belonging to the Sevillian aristocracy, as well known for her decrepitude and hypocrisy as the rest of her population, enters into an emotional crisis when she reaches maturity.

Más allá del jardín

1996

Linked poster
5.7

Antonio and Concha, a couple who are constantly fighting about money, win the Christmas Lottery first prize. Concha, who is very bossy, starts making decisions about how they're going to spend it. But Antonio is fed up with her, he just wants to go to Brazil, lay in the sun, and never see her again. So he starts to plan how to get rid of her...

Linked

1996

Spanish Actress for Russian Minister poster
6.8

A love story between a mythical Russian minister and an opportunist TV series actress.

Spanish Actress for Russian Minister

1990

El crimen de Don Benito poster
4.4

July 18, 1902. A woman and her daughter are brutally murdered in the Extremaduran town of Don Benito. Everybody knows the depraved town boss was responsible, but nobody dares to declare against him.

El crimen de Don Benito

1991

La viuda del capitán Estrada poster
3.7

Adaptation of a novel by Pedro García Montalvo that tells a story of destructive passion conditioned by social components that takes place during the 1940s.

La viuda del capitán Estrada

1991

1980s · 5 titles

1970s · 7 titles

Cria! poster
7.5

Ana, an eight-year-old girl living in Madrid with her grandmother and two sisters, mourns the death of her mother.

Cria!

1976

Reverend's Colt poster
5.4

Reverend Miller arrives in Tucson where he wants to build a church. But on the very day of his arrival a gang carries out a raid on the bank and the people of Tucson, who are suspicious of the new reverend because he carries a gun, immediately blame him for the robbery. The sheriff saves him from lynching by putting him in jail. Then he asks the priest to find the gang and the booty; thus Miller becomes the Reverend Colt. His exceptional skill means that he can shoot hats off people's heads and their pistols from their pockets, but he never kills.

Reverend's Colt

1970

Hidden Pleasures poster
5.8

Eduardo, a wealthy banker who has a pastime for hiring young street hustlers to keep his bed warm, spots Miguel, a handsome teen who has a penchant for women and motorcycles.

Hidden Pleasures

1977

Alone in the Small Hours poster
6.3

Jose, a journalist and radio broadcaster, runs a daily program which has garnered a huge national audience as a satirical chronicle of Spanish society in the democratic transition of the late 1970s. Married and separated from Elena, Jose has two children, whom he only sees from time to time. Then he meets Maite, younger than him, outgoing and more open-minded than he wants. The emotional shock caused by his relationship with these two women will change his pessimistic view of life.

Alone in the Small Hours

1978

The Lively Vampires of Vögel poster
5.0

The town of Vögel, in Transylvania, stands under the ruins of the old castle where the vampire lord tortured his prisoners and drank their blood. A group of stranded entertainers take shelter in the remote European castle and the Count is naturally delighted to receive them…

The Lively Vampires of Vögel

1975

Sexy Cat poster
5.8

A movie crew shooting a film featuring a comic-strip hero named The Sexy Cat finds itself stalked by a serial killer who begins murdering the cast and crew.

Sexy Cat

1973

Foul Play poster
5.1

A workshop employee decides to take advantage of a long weekend to go to Torremolinos to have fun and chat up foreign tourists.

Foul Play

1977

1960s · 27 titles

Blood Calls to Blood poster
5.8

In a frontier town between the USA and Mexico, Sancho and his gang assault a monastery, kill a few monks who try to oppose the invasion of the sacred building, and get away with a work of art in gold and diamonds. Andrej, a lonesome cowboy, is informed of his brother's death, one of the monks, and starts a search for the gang. Among the lawless and godless men, a fight for getting the better part of the loot is taking place and blood is flowing as much as bullets.

Blood Calls to Blood

1968

Taxi for Tobruk poster
7.1

During World War II, French Commandos join forces with a German officer in order to survive the African desert.

Taxi for Tobruk

1961

The Lovely Lola poster
6.5

"La Bella Lola" is a struggling singer trying to make a living for herself and her sister Ana in late 19th Century Spain. Lola is having an affair with Gabriel, a rich and influential older man who gives her jewelry and supports her singing career. Things change rapidly when Lola meets and falls in love with young playboy Javier, although the romance is doomed from the start. Javier belongs to an aristocratic family and has a bright future as a politician.

The Lovely Lola

1962

Massacre at Fort Grant poster
3.8

Story of a group of settlers and how they had to take refuge in a fort when they were attacked by Indians, as told by the only survivor

Massacre at Fort Grant

1964

Blueprint for a Massacre poster
9.0

A series of incidents involving aircrafts belonging to NATO nations indicates a systematic sabotage.

Blueprint for a Massacre

1967

Quinto: Fighting Proud poster
5.8

A gang of outlaws gather at a desert saloon after robbing a bank. However, the loot is missing and paranoia sets in, as the outlaws start knocking each other off

Quinto: Fighting Proud

1969

¡Se armó el belén! poster
6.2

An old priest, who has old ideas, is intended to exercise the apostolate in a neighborhood in the suburbs of Madrid. There the revolutionary climate and anti-religious character of the congregation thwarts all his attempts to attract them. The Archbishop admonishes him and asks to renew his methods, using the example of a young priest of a modern parish. The old priest tries to apply in his environment what he has seen in the parish model, setting off a chain of events.

¡Se armó el belén!

1969

Algunas lecciones de amor poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Algunas lecciones de amor

1966

Fistful of Diamonds poster
10.0

Tough guy Callahan steals a case of diamonds in this Euro action film

Fistful of Diamonds

1967

Wanted poster
5.9

A local sheriff is unjustly accused of murder in a small town and forced to flee. He gets rid of his enemies one by one and tries to prove his innocence.

Wanted

1967

El Secreto del capitán O'Hara poster
6.0

A court-martialed soldier saves a fort and the major who had dishonestly testified against him from an Indian attack.

El Secreto del capitán O'Hara

1968

The Castilian poster
10.0

Also released as Valley of the Swords, this lugubrious US/Spanish co-production features the usual mid-1960s "tax shelter" international cast. Broderick Crawford plays a despotic 10th century Spanish king who, in cahoots with the invading Moors, has banished handsome Castilian nobleman Spartaco Santoni. With the surreptitious aid of Crawford's daughter Teresa Velasquez, Santoni assembles an army to march against the Moors. In keeping with the 13th century epic poem from which this film was derived ("El Poema de Fernan Gonzales") Santoni's path is smoothed by the celestial intervention of patron saints Milan and Santiago. Among the big names picking up a few tax-free dollars in The Castilian are Cesar Romero, Linda Darnell, Alida Valli and Fernando Rey.

The Castilian

1963

Un paso al frente poster
7.0

Rafael, Miguel and Gabriel are three boys of different social status, who come to the call of the Flags of Hunters Parachute enroll in their ranks. Between them comes a great friendship and starring a host of incidents, until Rafael starts a relationship with Milagros, an attractive girl of Alcala.

Un paso al frente

1960

At Five in the Afternoon poster
5.5

A critical view of the world of bullfighting based on the antagonism between two bullfighters who take part in a bullfight that is crucial to both their careers. One is already in decline and fearful; the other is at the peak of his career.

At Five in the Afternoon

1961

Destino: Barajas poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Destino: Barajas

1965

Forty Years of Dating poster
9.3

1910's. A young notary is unfaithful to his fiancée and their engagement is about to finish...

Forty Years of Dating

1963

El halcón de Castilla poster
6.0

Adventure film of Spanish production that follows point by point the parameters set by other literary characters, such as "El Zorro" or "El Coyote". José María Elorrieta, director with extensive experience in western spaghetti, is in charge of the direction and the script, in this film starring a gallant who was fervid among the female audience, Germán Cobos ("La patrulla", "La vida es maravillosa"). Shot on a small budget and with no other pretense than to entertain, "El falcón de Castilla" had considerable box office success.

El halcón de Castilla

1967

Brillante Porvenir poster
6.2

Antonio, a young man with a modest job in a small town, leads a monotonous existence until he is transferred to Barcelona to work in an architecture studio. From that moment, a new life opens before his eyes. He befriends Lorenzo, one of his classmates. Lorenzo is more experienced than Antonio and shows him a new, more sophisticated life in which Antonio feels out of place. Also, Antonio falls in love with Lorenzo's sister.

Brillante Porvenir

1965

Julieta engaña a Romeo poster
7.0

Roberto decides to ask for permission at the office because he suspects his wife has a lover and wants to catch her. A friend of the protagonist offers to investigate the woman with the intention of giving sufficient evidence of thedeception. However, he soon discovers that his wife knows his plans.

Julieta engaña a Romeo

1965

I tromboni di Fra' Diavolo poster
5.8

No synopsis available yet.

I tromboni di Fra' Diavolo

1962

El amor empieza en sábado poster
6.7

No synopsis available yet.

El amor empieza en sábado

1961

Abuelita Charlestón poster
8.0

A comedy fantasy film involving a love potion.

Abuelita Charlestón

1962

Desperate Mission poster
7.0

A nuclear scientist is kidnapped by Chinese communists in Hong Kong. A Japanese group of judo experts kidnaps him from the kidnappers, but before they can contact the American agent who has been assigned with overseeing the scientist's transfer back to the USA, the agent is killed. The American secret service send their top man to Hong Kong as his replacement, with the mission of locating the scientist. But there are TWO rival gangs of baddies who are also looking for the same target, so our hero has to assume a different identity to infiltrate them.

Desperate Mission

1965

Hand of the Assassin poster
7.7

A group of people take shelter from the storm in an old spa served by a marriage and a servant. It is a very diverse group, highlighting a man who, with his wife, carrying a briefcase full of money. At night, at dinner in honor of the newcomers is a power outage and shortly afterwards, they realize that the man with the briefcase has been murdered.

Hand of the Assassin

1967

Pariahs of Glory poster
5.7

During World War II a young Frenchmen sees his brother killed in Alsace by a German officer. He vows revenge on all Germans, but after the War he is conscripted into the French Army and sent to Indochina. There he meets his brother's killer under strange circumstances.

Pariahs of Glory

1964

Lola Colt poster
5.9

A traveling "corps de ballet" is stranded in a small Western town, where the town is being terrorized by an outlaw named El Diablo. In order to hold the town at bay, he is holding several citizens as hostages. In an exciting turn of events, a medical student and Lola Colt, one of the dancers, rebel against El Diablo in an attempt to rescue the hostages.

Lola Colt

1967

Matrimonios separados poster
6.5

In a police station in Madrid, four married couples receive shocking news.

Matrimonios separados

1969

1950s · 12 titles

Soledad poster
5.8

Soledad and Miguel are two young people in a romantic relationship. Don Ramón, a wealthy stranger, arrives in their small town and marries Soledad. Miguel leaves town and wanders aimlessly throughout the region with a peddler.

Soledad

1959

Marta poster
NR

There is open hatred between the Balmer and Lafuente families. The daughter of one of them attempts reconciliation, but love affairs, fights, and murders fueled by jealousy follow one after another....

Marta

1955

The Star of Africa poster
6.7

Biographic movie of the German fighter ace, who was killed in a plane crash after over 150 kills in North Africa.

The Star of Africa

1957

The Sword and the Cross poster
5.4

Sold as slaves to a wealthy Roman, Lea and Esther, two Carthaginian sisters, are offered as gifts to the ambitious daughter of a proconsul and end up involved in spite of themselves in a dangerous game of power.

The Sword and the Cross

1956

The Devil Made a Woman poster
6.4

Antonio is the leader of an underground armed group fighting in the village of Ronda against Napoleon's troops which have imposed French rule in 1808 Spain. Micaela is madly in love with Antonio but he is devoted to Carmen, the region's most beautiful gypsy who lives and sings at a local inn.

The Devil Made a Woman

1959

Totò, Vittorio and the Doctor poster
5.4

The fake private detective Mike Spillone is hired by two old ladies to find out if Brigitte, the wife of their nephew Otello Bellomo, has a lover. Brigitte is a physician but the two aunts are unaware of the fact. While investigating, Mike and his assistant Johnny discover Brigitte with a prospective patient, the marquis De Vitti who was shot by the husband of the woman he tried to seduce. Afterwards Spillone finds her with her husband who he believes to be her lover.

Totò, Vittorio and the Doctor

1957

Judas' Kiss poster
9.5

The story of Judas's betrayal of Christ.

Judas' Kiss

1954

Female Three Times poster
8.0

The Russian women's basketball team faces to the American team for the championship of the world, in Rome. Upon arriving at the 'Eternal City', the Russian athletes find ways to evade the strict surveillance and meet some Italian guys. After many persecutions, the Russians are confined by their guardians under the promise that, if they win, they can stay and live in Italy. But as they conquer the championship, their guards forget the promises and put them on a plane to Moscow.

Female Three Times

1957

La Leona de Castilla poster
5.8

Crown of Castile, 1520. The Comuneros rise up against Charles I, king of Castile and Aragon and emperor of the Hispanic Monarchy. While Juan de Padilla, leader of the uprising, and his captains, Juan Bravo and Francisco Maldonado, fight against the imperial armies, his wife, María de Pacheco, rules the city of Toledo, capital of the rebels.

La Leona de Castilla

1951

Retorno a la verdad poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Retorno a la verdad

1956

Susanna tutta panna poster
6.8

A young Milanese pastry chef, Susanna, is working in the pastry shop of her family. She has to defend herself from both a jealous boyfriend, and competition from other pastry chefs who want to know the recipe of the famous cream cake that bears her name.

Susanna tutta panna

1957

La patrulla poster
6.7

Madrid, 1939, at the end of the Spanish Civil War. Five infantry soldiers of the victorious side take a photograph of themselves somewhere in the defeated city, promising to meet again ten years later at the same place.

La patrulla

1954

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