Miguel Mihura

Writing

Miguel Mihura

Born 1905-07-21 · Madrid, Madrid, España

Miguel Mihura Santos (Madrid, July 21, 1905-Madrid, October 28, 1977) was a Spanish playwright, cartoonist and journalist. Mihura was also the screenwriter of more than twenty-five films, including Bienvenido Mr. Marshall, directed by Luis García Berlanga in 1952.

Acting credits

Behind the camera

Welcome Mr. Marshall! poster
7.4

A small Spanish town, Villar del Río, is alerted to the upcoming visit of American diplomats and its ruling townsmen begin preparations to impress the American visitors, in the hopes of benefiting under the Marshall Plan. Hoping to demonstrate the side of Spanish culture with which the visiting foreign officials would be more familiarized, the Castilian citizens don unfamiliar Andalusian costumes, hire a renowned flamenco performer, and re-decorate their town in Andalusian style, meantime waiting for their uncertain arrival.

Welcome Mr. Marshall!

1953

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

La bella Dorotea

1967

Marry Me, Maribel poster
5.3

Maribel (Natalia Dicenta) is a prostitute working in Madrid in the late fifties. One night he meets Marcelino (Carlos Hipolito), shy and quiet man who falls for her. For Maribel is in principle a client more, but gradually begins to feel attracted to the shy provincial, owner of a chocolate factory in Soria. Pili (Nathalie Seseña), Rufi (Mireia Ros) and Nini (Malena Alterio), the companions of Maribel, truculent by nature suspicious of this relationship and begin to suspect that the provincial could be a murderer. When Maribel Marcelino asks her to marry him, they intervene and away from Marcelino and his "strange family". Adapted from the play "Maribel and the Strange Family" by Miguel Mihura.

Marry Me, Maribel

2003

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

La tetera

1979

Amor es... veneno, Carlota poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Amor es... veneno, Carlota

1981

Ninette poster
5.2

Andrés, a dowdy Spaniard, goes to Paris on holiday, hoping to meet a pretty French girl. His wishes may come true after meeting Ninette, his landlord's sensual and possessive young daughter.

Ninette

2005

My Beloved Juan poster
7.0

The strange disappearance of the dogs of his neighbors leads Juan to investigate the case on his own. It ends up finding out that the author of the robberies is a young woman called Eloísa, the cocky daughter of a scientist who uses dogs to create an antidote against sleep. Juan and Eloísa fall in love, but he will ask her to leave her luxurious mansion to live only with his salary.

My Beloved Juan

1950

Un bigote para dos poster
10.0

Enriqueto, the proud owner of a splendid mustache, feels his heart divided between the kindly Manolita and the feckless Lilí. (A redubbed version of the Austrian film Immortal Melodies —Unsterbliche Melodien, 1935—, an operetta based on the life of the Austrian composer Johann Strauss, the Waltz King; with a new humorous plot and new music and songs. The original soundtrack was lost around 1949; only a 2014 subtitled version is preserved.)

Un bigote para dos

1940

Un bigote para dos poster
10.0

Enriqueto, the proud owner of a splendid mustache, feels his heart divided between the kindly Manolita and the feckless Lilí. (A redubbed version of the Austrian film Immortal Melodies —Unsterbliche Melodien, 1935—, an operetta based on the life of the Austrian composer Johann Strauss, the Waltz King; with a new humorous plot and new music and songs. The original soundtrack was lost around 1949; only a 2014 subtitled version is preserved.)

Un bigote para dos

1940

Les Trois Chapeaux claques poster
5.0

For 7 years Don Dionisio has been engaged to Marguerite, a young girl from a good family. Every year he comes from the distant village where he is a civil servant to spend a day with his beloved. But that evening is the last time he moves in with Don Rosario, the innkeeper: the next day he marries Marguerite. But the arrival of a troupe of music hall artists who settle in the neighboring rooms and the meeting with the pretty Paula, will disturb his projects ...

Les Trois Chapeaux claques

1962

Ni pobre, ni rico, sino todo lo contrario poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Ni pobre, ni rico, sino todo lo contrario

1944

La decente poster
4.6

No synopsis available yet.

La decente

1971

Melocotón en almíbar poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Melocotón en almíbar

1960

Me quiero casar contigo poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Me quiero casar contigo

1951

Siempre vuelven de madrugada poster
9.0

A good-for-nothing young man and his friend are involved in a woman's death. To escape Police and wanting a change he goes to the small country village he used to visit with his family. Yet his past will find him there.

Siempre vuelven de madrugada

1949

El puente de la paz poster
6.8

No synopsis available yet.

El puente de la paz

1958

The Sunless Street poster
5.8

Mauricio is a Frenchman who arrived in Barcelona fleeing from justice. He takes refuge in a hostel in Chinatown and falls in love with Pilar, the niece of the owner. When a murder is committed in the neighborhood, Mauricio becomes the prime suspect.

The Sunless Street

1948

Maribel and the Strange Family poster
5.3

The life of Maribel, a disilluisoned prostitute working the Madrid of 1960, suddenly changes when a simple man that she meets by chance without knowing her profession, decides that she is the woman of her life and that he wants to marry her and to meet his odd family.

Maribel and the Strange Family

1960

3 citas con el destino poster
6.2

The story unfolds through the twists and turns of a strange curse attributed to a jewel that, passed from hand to hand, carries a deadly destiny. Its theme spans the three countries where it was filmed (Spain, Mexico, and Argentina), beginning in Spain and then moving to Mexico. The jewel, which takes on the character of another figure in the narrative as it travels through different parts of the world, arrives in Buenos Aires. The film ultimately presents the jewel's final destination in Mexico, where its owner dies, like others who were also marked by its malevolent influence.

3 citas con el destino

1954

Pecadora poster
9.0

A tango singer is involved in the death of a lender.

Pecadora

1956

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Viva lo imposible

1973

Carlota poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Carlota

1958

The Case of the Man Dressed in Violet poster
NR

Laughter and warm fuzzies guaranteed! This movie strikes the perfect balance between comedy and heart, delivering memorable moments that will leave you smiling.

The Case of the Man Dressed in Violet

1969

Three Top Hats poster
NR

Zarzuela based on the play with the same name by Miguel Mihura. European premiere. Broadcast live from El Teatro de la Zarzuela on November 27, 2019.

Three Top Hats

2019