
Known for
5.9Vicente Blasco Ibáñez wrote in 1898 "La barraca" (The Shack), a novel with some cultural significance among Spanish literature for reflecting rural life at the end of 19th century with specific local color. In 1979, León Klimovsky directed an adaptation in the form of a miniseries. The shack referred to in the title is a barraca, a typical building of the Valencian Community that served as housing for farmers in irrigated farming areas.
The Shack
1979
4.0No synopsis available yet.
Segunda Enseñanza
1986
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
6.1In 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
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
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
Film credits
2000s · 3 titles
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
5.8An elderly man returns to his native town with the hope of finding his childhood love.
First and Last Love
2002
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
1960s · 6 titles
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Destino: Barajas
1965
7.5No synopsis available yet.
Altas variedades
1960
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
7.5No synopsis available yet.
El traje de oro
1960
7.0No synopsis available yet.
La gran coartada
1963
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
1950s · 20 titles
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
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
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Fuego en la sangre
1953
6.9While Rodolfo tries to become a lyric singer, his lifestyle deeply annoys his father-in-law.
Mi permette babbo!
1956
6.0Three men plan a jewelry heist abroad the Andalusia express train.
Andalusia Express
1956
8.0No synopsis available yet.
La frontera del miedo
1958
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
8.0After the execution of the spy Mata-Hari, the secret service takes the opportunity to arrest some of her collaborators. To arrest one of the ringleaders, they use his girlfriend Niní, a naive dancer. The girl, tired of being manipulated by everyone, decides to become agent X25.
Yo no soy la Mata-Hari
1950
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Juzgado permanente
1953
10.0No synopsis available yet.
El sol sale todos los días
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
6.6In the late nineteenth century, Miguel Velasco, the son of a wealthy Spanish immigrant established in Mexico, comes to Madrid, where he falls in love with Celia, a chorus girl working at the Apollo theater.
Teatro Apolo
1950
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
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
6.2Drama film directed and written by Miguel Contreras Torres.
Under the Sky of Spain
1953
7.5No synopsis available yet.
Vuelo 971
1953
5.0Spanish bullfighter and a Mexican one have a friendly rivalry spanning decades.
Tercio de quites
1951
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
6.2The everyday stories of a parish priest and his sheep, some more troublesome than others, in Madrid's El Rastro neighborhood.
Día tras día
1951
10.0Vallina is a small town where its entire relationship with the outside revolves around the platform, in which only two trains stop leaving mail as well as a freight train. After forty years of service, the station chief retires. The town prepares a tribute and when the party is at its peak, the Talgo train appears. To the surprise of all, the station chief displays the red flag and stops the train that the neighbors have always seen pass like a meteor. But that action will not be well received by the management and the chief is punished. The people's response is immediate and popular mobilization arises
El andén
1957
Series credits
5.9Vicente Blasco Ibáñez wrote in 1898 "La barraca" (The Shack), a novel with some cultural significance among Spanish literature for reflecting rural life at the end of 19th century with specific local color. In 1979, León Klimovsky directed an adaptation in the form of a miniseries. The shack referred to in the title is a barraca, a typical building of the Valencian Community that served as housing for farmers in irrigated farming areas.
The Shack
1979
4.0No synopsis available yet.
Segunda Enseñanza
1986

