Alfonso Paso

Writing

Alfonso Paso

Born — Died

1926-09-12 — 1978-07-10

Place of birth

Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Known for

Writing

Credits

47 titles

Alfonso Paso (12 September 1926 – 10 July 1978) was a Spanish dramatist. He wrote over a hundred plays, mainly light comedies, sometimes laced with black humour and tragedy. There were also police dramas and examples of what he called "social theatre". He was known for the well crafted complexity of his plots and for the originality of his situations and characters. Alfonso Paso Gil was born into a "theatre dynasty" in Madrid. His father was the Zarzuela playwright and librettist Antonio Paso y Cano (1878–1950). His mother was the actress Juana Gil. Early on he abandoned a career as an aeronautical engineer and turned to the study of Philosophy and Literature, graduating in 1952 and focusi…

Known for

Film credits

Behind the camera

Find Me That Girl poster
5.2

Sixteen-year-old Marisol sings her way across Spain with her father, chasing dreams and survival. On a sunlit campsite in Mallorca, she meets two students and dares to perform at a bullfighting event—hoping to be discovered. When talent scout Mr. Morrison sees her spark, he whisks her into a new world of ambition and refinement, determined to transform her into “a lady with great talent.” But as Marisol rises, she must decide what she's willing to leave behind to become the star she’s always dreamed of being.

Find Me That Girl

1964

Blocked paths poster
6.5

After committing a crime, four fugitives intend to cross the border just to find the roads are blocked.

Blocked paths

1955

Cursed Mountains poster
6.4

A small Spanish town is divided between the upper and lower parts. In the wealthy upper part, all the women are barren. Juan from the poor lower part falls in love with Luz, a pretty girl from the upper side: a girl who must of course be barren.

Cursed Mountains

1955

Los extremeños se tocan poster
5.8

No synopsis available yet.

Los extremeños se tocan

1970

Los extremeños se tocan poster
5.8

No synopsis available yet.

Los extremeños se tocan

1970

Dormir Y Ligar: Todo Es Empezar poster
5.8

No synopsis available yet.

Dormir Y Ligar: Todo Es Empezar

1974

Amor a la española poster
4.0

The adventures of a group of Spaniards to win the favors of the numerous young foreigners who spend the summer in the city.

Amor a la española

1967

Marisol rumbo a Río poster
5.4

Separated by continents, twin sisters Marisol and Mariluz live worlds apart—one in Madrid with her struggling mother, the other in Rio under the care of a wealthy uncle. When Marisol’s mother sacrifices everything to reunite the family in Brazil, their arrival threatens a sinister scheme: Mariluz’s governess and her lover are plotting to steal the uncle’s fortune. With the truth unraveling and danger closing in, the twins must fight not just for reunion—but for survival.

Marisol rumbo a Río

1963

Celos, amor y Mercado Común poster
7.7

The film follows the adventures of several couples in Spain in the early 70s, whose stories intermingle: Luis is an unfaithful husband to his wife Juana, Felipe is a plumber who seeks extra-spousal adventures to hidden from his wife, Rosario, who works as an assistant. Ramón is a pathological jealous whose obsession is that his girlfriend Charity confess the hypothetical adventures he had with other men before meeting him, Irene is a jealous wife of her husband, Carlos, whose professional life gives him numerous opportunities for infidelity, Domin he is a pimp who frequents the brothels of Madrid .

Celos, amor y Mercado Común

1973

Celos, amor y Mercado Común poster
7.7

The film follows the adventures of several couples in Spain in the early 70s, whose stories intermingle: Luis is an unfaithful husband to his wife Juana, Felipe is a plumber who seeks extra-spousal adventures to hidden from his wife, Rosario, who works as an assistant. Ramón is a pathological jealous whose obsession is that his girlfriend Charity confess the hypothetical adventures he had with other men before meeting him, Irene is a jealous wife of her husband, Carlos, whose professional life gives him numerous opportunities for infidelity, Domin he is a pimp who frequents the brothels of Madrid .

Celos, amor y Mercado Común

1973

Los que tocan el piano poster
7.6

Cayetana, her boyfriend Paco and Venancio, her foster brother, commit small thefts and, from time to time, spend a few days in jail. Until they meet with Federico, a thief who has traveled abroad and convince them that using European methods success is guaranteed. Paco then decides to act scientifically and seizes a hospital surgical equipment. When they want to realize, poor Venancio is forced to give an injection to a dentistry patient and, even worse, Paco has to pull out a tooth. And all that, before entering the operating room

Los que tocan el piano

1968

El alcalde de Zalamea poster
7.8

Film version of the historic piece of Calderon de la Barca. An army officer faces the local authority that intends to judge him for having stained the honor of a young girl

El alcalde de Zalamea

1954

No somos ni Romeo ni Julieta poster
5.5

No synopsis available yet.

No somos ni Romeo ni Julieta

1969

No somos ni Romeo ni Julieta poster
5.5

No synopsis available yet.

No somos ni Romeo ni Julieta

1969

Vamos por la parejita poster
4.8

Antonio Garisa is Juan Fernández Arriaga, a typicall spanish man fifty years ago. He's married and has five girls, but he is unhappy because all he wanted was a boy (in spanish argot, "ir por la parejita" means trying to have a couple of children, girl and boy). He only has women and they have only girls. During the film he prays, he tries to have a boy to give him his surname "Fernández". Garisa is one of the best actors of Spanish Comedy, maybe too understimate because the kind of cinema made in Spain during Franco's government.

Vamos por la parejita

1969

Usted puede ser un asesino poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Usted puede ser un asesino

1977

Aquellos tiempos del cuplé poster
7.0

Mercedes Pavón, a famous singer of cuplés is harassed by three men totaly different.

Aquellos tiempos del cuplé

1958

Ohnsorg Theater - Oh, diese Eltern! poster
NR

The perfectly healthy widow Lieselotte Ölkers and the widower Walter Johannsen meet in Dr. Bolt's waiting room. While chatting about incurable diseases, incompetent doctors and ineffective medication, they become closer. Their children think this late love is silly childishness. Sex and love in old age? Impossible. A vehement argument between young and old begins.

Ohnsorg Theater - Oh, diese Eltern!

1984

Estoy hecho un chaval poster
5.9

Juan, a 65-year-old accountant, is going to be a father. At the same time, he's going to retire. Needing extra money, he tries all kinds of jobs, with no success. But his wife saves the day, with her embroidery which sells well in Germany.

Estoy hecho un chaval

1977

Susanna and Me poster
7.0

An expulsive star of a variety theatre cannot decide between the love of an honest archaeology professor and the love of an extravagant official who turns himself into a cabaret comedian in his sparetime.

Susanna and Me

1957

Los derechos de la mujer poster
3.4

Juan marries prestigious lawyer María José. As she won't give up her career to become a housewife, during their wedding night Juan pretends to leave his job and acts out the role of a traditional housewife himself.

Los derechos de la mujer

1963

Una tal Dulcinea poster
5.0

Spain TV film

Una tal Dulcinea

1965

El abuelo tiene un plan poster
5.8

Leandro Cano, grandfather of many grandchildren, coincides in the clinic of Dr. Bolt with Elena, a lady already advanced in years. The doctor makes every effort to make them meet, and thus overcome their feelings of loneliness.

El abuelo tiene un plan

1973

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Vamos a contar mentiras

1972

Enseñar a un sinvergüenza poster
5.0

Rosana is an attractive teacher who is losing his youth with such discipline in the study. When suddenly bursts into his life a perfect cheeky who lives of game and odd jobs as photographer, but wants to acquire a little culture for personal reasons. So he hires the services of the best teacher of the place ...

Enseñar a un sinvergüenza

1970

The New Cinderella poster
5.9

Antonio, the famous dancer is preparing a big performance for the TV. But he is missing a good female dancer. One day he sees a girl dancing in the streets but when he is going to talk to her she runs away. She lost one of her shoes and this will be the only hint Antonio will have to find her. She is the new Cinderella.

The New Cinderella

1964

Una tal Dulcinea poster
5.3

A history professor is married with a beautiful woman but she is intellectually not able to follow her husband. Therefore she seeks her own pleasures and amusements without him.

Una tal Dulcinea

1963

40 grados a la sombra poster
5.5

Three men, one scorching Madrid summer, and wildly different escape plans. Evaristo braves the beach chaos with his wife Filomena, dreaming of peace amid tortilla brawls and crowded sands. Máximo retreats to the mountains with his entire clan—mother-in-law included—hoping nature will soothe the family storm. Meanwhile, Jacinto, a gym owner turned solo “rodríguez,” stays behind in the city, savoring his freedom while the family suns in Benidorm.

40 grados a la sombra

1967

Préstamela esta noche poster
5.4

Manolo is the trusted servant of a famous tenor, Riccardi, an international opera singer. Although his life is overshadowed by the fame of his master, one day his luck changes. In a short time, two unusual events occur: he falls in love and an eccentric inventor offers him the deal of a lifetime...

Préstamela esta noche

1978

Cuatro noches de boda poster
7.5

After getting married in a church in Madrid, four couples, who have already left behind the anxiety of the chaotic wedding preparations, face the joys and disappointments of the honeymoon trip.

Cuatro noches de boda

1969

¡Adiós, Mimí Pompón! poster
7.5

The famous couplet singer Mimi Pompon leaves everything to marry Heriberto Promenade, a wealthy merchant of Limoges with five marriages behind her. Of course Mimi has also been widowed five times. Saintpaul, an astute police, suspicious of so many accidental deaths and closely monitor both the mansion. Gradually, we discover that Heriberto, fearing that their wives may betray him, the killer, always with the complicity of her mother.

¡Adiós, Mimí Pompón!

1961

De espaldas a la puerta poster
7.0

Inspector Simón and Inspector Arévalo investigate the stabbing of a nightclub employee.

De espaldas a la puerta

1959

Cómo casarse en siete días poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Cómo casarse en siete días

1971

Navidades en junio poster
6.5

Comedy by Tulio Demicheli about Christmas in June.

Navidades en junio

1960

There Is Someone Behind the Door poster
6.0

For medical advice, Carlos and his wife, Julia go on vacation to a fashion beach. The hotel gets a new host, Roldós, known seducer of scandalous history that lives in the suite next to the couple. Julia hears a piano melody and below the door finds a message asking her to meet in one place. Faced with this audacity, Julia reacts with dignity but curiousity as well. The recklessness of the seducer gets to the point that Carlos realizes this 'relationship' causing a scene of jealousy. Blinded by deception, the follows the supposed rival and Julia and the other people in the hotel heard gunshots. An inspector arrives to investigate the disappearance of Roldós and all suspicion falls on Carlos.

There Is Someone Behind the Door

1960

Doctor, me gustan las mujeres, ¿es grave? poster
10.0

Carlos, a university professor, is admired and praised above all by people who see in him the ideal person to fill the best positions.

Doctor, me gustan las mujeres, ¿es grave?

1974

Ligue Story poster
6.5

No synopsis available yet.

Ligue Story

1972

Ligue Story poster
6.5

No synopsis available yet.

Ligue Story

1972

Merry Christmas poster
5.2

A marriage without great financial resources and bad luck wins a little lamb in a raffle. Once they have decided to have it for dinner on Christmas Eve, the couple warn that their children have grown too fond of the animal, now christened as Bolita.

Merry Christmas

1954

La mujer es un buen negocio poster
5.4

No synopsis available yet.

La mujer es un buen negocio

1977