Writing
Pedro Calderón de la Barca
Born — Died
1600-01-17 — 1681-05-25
Known for
Writing
Credits
7 titles
Known for
NRIn this adaptation of the Spanish Golden Age allegory, two artists known as The Auteur and The World challenge six humans to embody culture-transcending archetypes in a show that represents life.
The Great Theatre of the World
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Based on Pedro Calderón de la Barca's play.
The Mayor of Zalamea
1914
7.6A baroque mix of revolutionary politics, pop culture and semiotics loosely based on the play by Pedro Calderón de la Barca. A young prince learns that life is just a dream from which we wake when we die. And that dreams may be as real as life.
Life Is a Dream
1987
NRNo synopsis available yet.
La Vida es Sueño
1967
NRA philosophical allegory regarding the human situation and the mystery of life. The story focuses on the fictional Segismundo, Prince of Poland, who has been imprisoned in a tower by his father, King Basilio, following a dire prophecy that the prince would bring disaster to the country and death to the King. Basilio briefly frees Segismundo, but when the prince goes on a rampage, the king imprisons him again, persuading him that it was all a dream.
La vida es sueño
2001
8.5No synopsis available yet.
La leyenda del alcalde de Zalamea
1973
Behind the camera
NRIn this adaptation of the Spanish Golden Age allegory, two artists known as The Auteur and The World challenge six humans to embody culture-transcending archetypes in a show that represents life.
The Great Theatre of the World
—
Based on Pedro Calderón de la Barca's play.
The Mayor of Zalamea
1914
7.6A baroque mix of revolutionary politics, pop culture and semiotics loosely based on the play by Pedro Calderón de la Barca. A young prince learns that life is just a dream from which we wake when we die. And that dreams may be as real as life.
Life Is a Dream
1987
NRNo synopsis available yet.
La Vida es Sueño
1967
NRA philosophical allegory regarding the human situation and the mystery of life. The story focuses on the fictional Segismundo, Prince of Poland, who has been imprisoned in a tower by his father, King Basilio, following a dire prophecy that the prince would bring disaster to the country and death to the King. Basilio briefly frees Segismundo, but when the prince goes on a rampage, the king imprisons him again, persuading him that it was all a dream.
La vida es sueño
2001
8.5No synopsis available yet.
La leyenda del alcalde de Zalamea
1973
6.0The King of Poland abandons his newborn son after predicting a prophecy that would cause destruction in the country in the future.
The Prince in Chains
1960