
Acting
Ana Mariscal
Born 1923-07-31 · Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Ana María Arroyo Mariscal (31 July 1923 – 28 March 1995) better known as Ana Mariscal was a classic Spanish film actress, director, screenwriter and film producer. She also acted in Argentinean films. She was involved in well over 50 films between 1940 and 1968, frequently starring in films she also wrote and directed. She is iconic to 1940s and 50s Spanish cinema. Her brother Luis Arroyo (1915–1956) was also an actor and film director.
Acting credits
5.3Don Cándido is a modest old office clerk who makes his first pool coming off of a bad streak at work. He has thirteen hits and wins a considerable sum of money. This causes him to be blinded by ambition, changing his character, spreading his newfound hobby to his family, and gambling becoming the center of his life.
La quiniela
1960
6.3Tribute to Segundo de Chomón. Semi-documentary featuring short films and appearances by actors who explain his works, such as Inma de Santis, Jesús Gúzman, and Ana Mariscal.
Cinematógrafo 1900
1979
7.3Trini, a gipsy girl, and her uncle Regalito are tried for the theft of several hams. Some time later, she presents herself, disguised as a maid, at the house of her former prosecutor, who ends up falling in love with her.
Morena clara
1954
6.8No synopsis available yet.
Un día perdido
1955
9.0No synopsis available yet.
¡Culpable!
1945
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Vértigo
1950
8.0In the biography of John of Austria the Spanish hero of Flanders, brother of Philip II, as an argument, the tape is a praise of Spain Emperor Charles V and the values of Franco.
Jeromín
1953
8.0When a concert pianist is crippled in a car accident, his wife turns to gambling and gets in over her head.
Bacará
1955
7.0Alegría meets a famous bullfighter and they fall in love. But Mari Paz, the bullfighter’s girlfriend, devises a scheme to break up their romance.
Patio andaluz
1958
4.5No synopsis available yet.
Vidas cruzadas
1942
6.7Emilia Bonelli is an overly ambitious and driven woman. This dominant personality trait has its effects on her henpecked husband Luigi, and her daughter Carla. Circumstances ultimately lead to the courtroom and an aloof judge in the persona of Andrea Morandi.
The Magistrate
1959
6.0A young musician and dreamy, called "Ernesto", is forced to live in Madrid to die his father, in the house of executor of the testament, "don Julio Villamil", who is married to actress Teresa Labisbal, of which "Ernesto Acedo" was enamored platonic. Although the conduct of the young is flawless, a third person causes slander which oblige "don Julio" to fight in mourning to death.
The Great Galeoto
1951
6.9On New Year's Eve 1899, Soledad is peddling violets in a Madrid busy street when she meets aristocrat Fernando. The couple falls in love but their different social backgrounds threatens the relationship. Fernando is under constant pressure from his older brother Alfonso who reminds him of his duties including his engagement to Magdalena, a countess. Disregarding all social conventions and scandalizing high society, Fernando sets up Soledad in a plush apartment and announces their marriage plans.
The Violet Seller
1958
5.9A Spanish music hall performer gets caught up in espionage during the First World War.
Queen of the Chantecler
1962
8.0A married couple with three daughters abandons the idea of divorce when a supposed son of the husband appears.
Hay que bañar al nene
1958
7.5The troubling attraction of a young decorator, Agnès, on a small Spanish island, for a man everyone distrusts, whose wife has mysteriously disappeared.
The Other Woman
1964
5.0The troubled story of the Churruca family, a noble lineage of brave seamen, descendants of Cosme Damián Churruca, the Spanish hero of the Battle of Trafalgar; from the Spanish-American War (1898) to the end of the Spanish Civil War (1936-39). (In 1950, a new cut of the film was released with less ideological depth and ten minutes shorter.)
Raza
1942
Father Carlos, a Basque priest, decides to leave voluntarily as a missionary to a village lost in the Philippines. From the first moment, their biggest aspiration would be to reconstruct an ancient mission. But to do so, he will have to face numerous difficulties.
¡Aquellas palabras!
1949
10.0Two Communist agents plot an attack on a dam in Spain.
Occidente y sabotaje
1963
6.2Shortly before leaving his small town to go to the big city to study, young Daniel recalls his childhood, surrounded by family and friends.
El camino
1964
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Cabeza de hierro
1944
7.0Rafael is an aspiring bullfighter who seems more interested in the world of song. However, his father, Mr. Manuel, a good man although somewhat stubborn, will do everything possible to dress himself up. This will lead to a confrontation between father and son.
Feria en Sevilla
1962
10.0Juan is a veteran workshop instructor with no formal education, but a lifetime of practical experience working on aircraft engines alongside engineers. His company sends him from Madrid to train at the Universidad Laboral in Córdoba. There, the master craftsman takes a young student under his wing. Disheartened by how poorly his first exams went, he considers giving up. But Juan advises him not to and helps him in every way he can. The two become friends, but one day the young man discovers the real reason behind Juan’s interest.
¡Hola, muchacho!
1961
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Amore di ussaro
1940
Behind the camera
5.3Don Cándido is a modest old office clerk who makes his first pool coming off of a bad streak at work. He has thirteen hits and wins a considerable sum of money. This causes him to be blinded by ambition, changing his character, spreading his newfound hobby to his family, and gambling becoming the center of his life.
La quiniela
1960
10.0Two Communist agents plot an attack on a dam in Spain.
Occidente y sabotaje
1963
10.0Two Communist agents plot an attack on a dam in Spain.
Occidente y sabotaje
1963
10.0Two Communist agents plot an attack on a dam in Spain.
Occidente y sabotaje
1963
6.2Shortly before leaving his small town to go to the big city to study, young Daniel recalls his childhood, surrounded by family and friends.
El camino
1964
6.2Shortly before leaving his small town to go to the big city to study, young Daniel recalls his childhood, surrounded by family and friends.
El camino
1964
6.2Shortly before leaving his small town to go to the big city to study, young Daniel recalls his childhood, surrounded by family and friends.
El camino
1964
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Los duendes de Andalucía
1966
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Los duendes de Andalucía
1966
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Los duendes de Andalucía
1966
7.0Rafael is an aspiring bullfighter who seems more interested in the world of song. However, his father, Mr. Manuel, a good man although somewhat stubborn, will do everything possible to dress himself up. This will lead to a confrontation between father and son.
Feria en Sevilla
1962
10.0Juan is a veteran workshop instructor with no formal education, but a lifetime of practical experience working on aircraft engines alongside engineers. His company sends him from Madrid to train at the Universidad Laboral in Córdoba. There, the master craftsman takes a young student under his wing. Disheartened by how poorly his first exams went, he considers giving up. But Juan advises him not to and helps him in every way he can. The two become friends, but one day the young man discovers the real reason behind Juan’s interest.
¡Hola, muchacho!
1961
8.0No synopsis available yet.
El paseíllo
1968
8.0No synopsis available yet.
El paseíllo
1968
7.0The sailor Quico Carola, alleged war hero of the Francoist side, emigrated to America and amassed a great fortune. Fifteen years later he returns to Ferrera (Asturias), his homeland, in search of a wife who makes him forget his late girlfriend. There he will see his old friends and Armandina, the widow of a Republican shot during the Spanish civil war.
Con la vida hicieron fuego
1959
7.0The sailor Quico Carola, alleged war hero of the Francoist side, emigrated to America and amassed a great fortune. Fifteen years later he returns to Ferrera (Asturias), his homeland, in search of a wife who makes him forget his late girlfriend. There he will see his old friends and Armandina, the widow of a Republican shot during the Spanish civil war.
Con la vida hicieron fuego
1959
7.0Filmed during Ana Mariscal's tour of various locations in the north of the peninsula to present her first feature film, "Segundo López, aventurero urbano", shows a day in the life of the city of Santiago de Compostela, with special attention to a liturgy celebrated in its cathedral and following its very young and wild altar boy, although also showing part of the daily practice of a disenchanted Pharmacy student and configuring the physiognomy of a city marked by rain, the University and the power of the Catholic Church.
Misa en Compostela
1954
7.0Filmed during Ana Mariscal's tour of various locations in the north of the peninsula to present her first feature film, "Segundo López, aventurero urbano", shows a day in the life of the city of Santiago de Compostela, with special attention to a liturgy celebrated in its cathedral and following its very young and wild altar boy, although also showing part of the daily practice of a disenchanted Pharmacy student and configuring the physiognomy of a city marked by rain, the University and the power of the Catholic Church.
Misa en Compostela
1954
7.0Filmed during Ana Mariscal's tour of various locations in the north of the peninsula to present her first feature film, "Segundo López, aventurero urbano", shows a day in the life of the city of Santiago de Compostela, with special attention to a liturgy celebrated in its cathedral and following its very young and wild altar boy, although also showing part of the daily practice of a disenchanted Pharmacy student and configuring the physiognomy of a city marked by rain, the University and the power of the Catholic Church.
Misa en Compostela
1954
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Vestida de novia
1967
7.6Segundo López, a mature and very humble man who has arrived in Madrid from Cáceres, his homeland, meets Francisca, with whom he falls in love, and El Chirri, a roguish street urchin with whom he will have adventures all over the huge and hostile city.
Segundo López, Urban Adventurer
1953
7.6Segundo López, a mature and very humble man who has arrived in Madrid from Cáceres, his homeland, meets Francisca, with whom he falls in love, and El Chirri, a roguish street urchin with whom he will have adventures all over the huge and hostile city.
Segundo López, Urban Adventurer
1953
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Juego de niños
1959