Antonio Drove

Directing

Antonio Drove

Born 1942-11-01 · Madrid, Spain

Antonio Drove (Madrid, November 1, 1942 - Paris, September 24, 2005) was a Spanish film director and screenwriter. He began his studies in Industrial Engineering, abandoning them to devote himself to cinema, enrolling in the Escuela Oficial de Cine (Official Film School). He was part of the Argüelles School, together with Luis Revenga, Antonio Franco, José María Carreño, Miguel Marías and Manolo Marinero, who met at the end of the 1960s in the cafeteria La Verdad, and in the cinemas of this neighborhood. The writer Antonio Martínez Sarrión defined him as follows: "The funambulist, the illusionist, the Fregoli of the group was Drove, personification and sign of the noble and ancient art of inventing entertainment". He also wrote in the magazine Nuestro cine and in El Mundo. He also made a documentary on Luis Buñuel. He has German ancestors.

Acting credits

Behind the camera

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

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

The Tunnel poster
5.1

A painter becomes obsessed and begins an affair with a mysterious woman who was touched deeply by one of his works.

The Tunnel

1988

The Tunnel poster
5.1

A painter becomes obsessed and begins an affair with a mysterious woman who was touched deeply by one of his works.

The Tunnel

1988

B. Must Die poster
4.5

In a fictitious South American country there's lots of political tension, the labor-unions have all their members on strike. The public demands the return of politician B. from exile. However private trucker Pal can't afford to strike, so he's beaten up and his truck burned. In the headlines he's described as strike-breaker. This is only part of an intrigue which shall get him to murder B.

B. Must Die

1975

The Truth on the Savolta Affair poster
5.5

Barcelona between 1917 and 1923. Is the era of gangsterism, during which gunmen clash between anarchists and thugs paid by The Patronal showed a shocking number of deaths. The confrontation between anarchists and workers of the factory owners Savolta arms worsens when Savolta family decides to end the rebellion hiring murderers hired and plotting to hide their illegal transactions with Germany. Adapted from the novel by Eduardo Mendoza.

The Truth on the Savolta Affair

1980

The Truth on the Savolta Affair poster
5.5

Barcelona between 1917 and 1923. Is the era of gangsterism, during which gunmen clash between anarchists and thugs paid by The Patronal showed a shocking number of deaths. The confrontation between anarchists and workers of the factory owners Savolta arms worsens when Savolta family decides to end the rebellion hiring murderers hired and plotting to hide their illegal transactions with Germany. Adapted from the novel by Eduardo Mendoza.

The Truth on the Savolta Affair

1980

La caza de brujas poster
6.0

When, in a very strict Catholic school, a teacher enters a bathroom and surprises two students engaged in forbidden sexual practices, some of their classmates do not know whether to remain silent or rat out their own friends when questioned by school authorities.

La caza de brujas

1967

La caza de brujas poster
6.0

When, in a very strict Catholic school, a teacher enters a bathroom and surprises two students engaged in forbidden sexual practices, some of their classmates do not know whether to remain silent or rat out their own friends when questioned by school authorities.

La caza de brujas

1967

La leyenda del alcalde de Zalamea poster
8.5

No synopsis available yet.

La leyenda del alcalde de Zalamea

1973

Tocata y fuga de Lolita poster
4.8

Carlos, a widower in his forties, lives with his daughter Lolita and his sister Merche. He is a candidate to Spanish Court's Proctor, so frequently travels outside Madrid. During one of those trips, he is forced to return at home precipitously, because his sister informed him that Lolita has left the house to live with some friends.

Tocata y fuga de Lolita

1974

Tocata y fuga de Lolita poster
4.8

Carlos, a widower in his forties, lives with his daughter Lolita and his sister Merche. He is a candidate to Spanish Court's Proctor, so frequently travels outside Madrid. During one of those trips, he is forced to return at home precipitously, because his sister informed him that Lolita has left the house to live with some friends.

Tocata y fuga de Lolita

1974

Mi mujer es muy decente, dentro de lo que cabe poster
4.3

No synopsis available yet.

Mi mujer es muy decente, dentro de lo que cabe

1975

To the Devil, with Love poster
4.2

On an island buffeted by storms, the seamen are confined with no desire to abandon the life by the sea. They spend days and nights drunk in the tavern. The young woman who serves them has one desire: to go far away. This sets the stage for a musical in the open, and will frame a story of love and adventure, reminiscent of the director's film Aoom.

To the Devil, with Love

1972

Nosotros que fuimos tan felices poster
8.3

After a long absence, Ulises, a theatrical author, returns to his home to be with his wife, Carlota, and their son. However, upon arriving in Madrid he discovers that Carlota has become a great theater actress and that she is sentimentally united to Miguel, a renowned playwright who copies the comedies that Ulysses himself had written.

Nosotros que fuimos tan felices

1976

¿Qué se puede hacer con una chica? poster
8.0

Íñigo and Waldo are two friends who share their cinephilia. But one day, at a party, Íñigo meets a girl.

¿Qué se puede hacer con una chica?

1970

¿Qué se puede hacer con una chica? poster
8.0

Íñigo and Waldo are two friends who share their cinephilia. But one day, at a party, Íñigo meets a girl.

¿Qué se puede hacer con una chica?

1970