
Acting
Marisa de Leza
Madrid, Spain
Acting credits
6.1An engrossing spectacle set in the 4th-century BC, in which Alexander of Greece leads his troops forth, conquering all of the known world, in the belief that the Greek way of thinking will bring enlightenment to people. The son of the barbaric and ruthless King Philip of Macedonia, Alexander achieved glory in his short but remarkable life.
Alexander the Great
1956
6.3The everyday stories of a parish priest and his sheep, some more troublesome than others, in Madrid's El Rastro neighborhood.
Día tras día
1951
6.0Three men plan a jewelry heist abroad the Andalusia express train.
Andalusia Express
1956
7.5No synopsis available yet.
Altas variedades
1960
6.1In 1939, in a French prison camp, José Garcés of the defeated Spanish Republican army raises the spirits of his fellow prisoners by telling the story of the year he was 8 years old, 1911, in a small town in northeastern Spain. He was a rascal, baffling his father, always in trouble, and in love with Valentina, a neighbor girl. On his roof top at night he sends semaphore messages to her. He writes poems. He gets them into trouble, killing her father's breeding pigeons. When the two families camp at a decaying castle, his tutor, a sympathetic priest, tells him about the most valiant men, the saints, the heroes, and the poets. Already a poet, he learns a lesson about being a hero.
Valentina
1982
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Juzgado permanente
1953
NRA lonely writer one day meets a prostitute to whom he offers his money in exchange for her time and friendship. However, she begins to tire of him when his economy declines, so he must get money at all costs. Pilot episode of a series that was not broadcast at the time by TVE.
El guión
1970
7.2A farm family moves into a city maybe at the end of the Spanish Civil War. They move in with the sister of the farmers wife. In the city everything is illegal or immoral or both.
Surcos
1951
4.0Toledo, 1825. To save her fiancé, an opponent of the regime, the beautiful Inès agrees to marry the chief of police.
The Lovers of Toledo
1953
6.9While Rodolfo tries to become a lyric singer, his lifestyle deeply annoys his father-in-law.
Mi permette babbo!
1956
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Destino: Barajas
1965
5.8An elderly man returns to his native town with the hope of finding his childhood love.
First and Last Love
2002
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Fuego en la sangre
1953
7.3Julia, an only child of an affluent, bank owning family living in Madrid, escapes from her family to get over her grief that her boyfriend has been imprisoned. Julia is a well educated woman, having studied in Switzerland and England, who wants to become a writer. Julia drives to a little village in Asturias called "Corralbos del Sella" and there she stays in a mansion "llendelabarca" of an old childhood friend "Pilara" she had spent many a happy summer with. Also living there is Pilara's mother in law Tia Gala, and her grandson Juanito. Julia's relationship with caretakers, teacher and priest makes Julia, a woman of the spanish capital, perhaps for the first time to not feel so alone.
You're the One
2000
6.5Based on the eponymous play Ricardo López Aranda. It narrates the life of the components of a large family for a whole day, with their problems and illusions.
Cerca de las estrellas
1963
6.7Madrid, 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
7.0No synopsis available yet.
La gran coartada
1963
9.0At the end of the eighteenth century, the young Diego Corrientes quarrels with the tyrannical count of Albanes, who, after arresting Diego, orders him to be spanked. Accused of murder and in love with the count's girlfriend, he flees to the mountains and forms a band.
Diego Corrientes
1959
5.7An Italian city, 1860. During the carnival, Fortunato de Bettini mocks his friend Montresor who, humiliated, plans an elaborate and cruel revenge.
El barril de amontillado
1950
7.5No synopsis available yet.
Vuelo 971
1953
6.8A group of married couples intend to celebrate their traditional joyous dinner together. The festivities turn sour when an anonymous telephone caller informs the husbands that one of the wives is guilty of adultery. But...which one?
Wedding Dinner
1962
6.5Irene lives with Mateo, his father, and her son David, 22 years old. Living together is harmonious and happy, but there is a conflict: David, a brilliant student of architecture, has decided to go and live with his girlfriend Clara, a supermarket cashier. Despite its liberal way of thinking, Irene cannot understand such an unequal relationship. However, David finds in his grandfather the necessary complicity to carry out his plans. Mateo is a old and vital octogenarian despite his tough history: he was a child during the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939), and he lost his house and all his family. But none of that could finish with his energy and desire to live. One day, however, Mateo arrives with terrible news.
Something to Remember Me By
2005
8.0No synopsis available yet.
La frontera del miedo
1958
7.0In the Madrid of the fifties, during any day, whether by chance or fate, a series of characters live all kinds of stories, funny stories and some not so, in one of the most beautiful parks that exist in the city, the Retiro park, known as Parque de Madrid.
Parque de Madrid
1959