
Acting
Alberto Closas
Born — Died
1921-10-30 — 1994-09-19
Place of birth
Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Known for
Acting
Credits
62 titles
Alberto Closas Lluró was a prolific Spanish film actor who appeared in the Argentine cinema in the 1940s and 1950s and in Spanish cinema after 1955. His family emigrated to Argentina in 1936 during the Spanish Civil War where in 1942 he acted in his first film Nada más que amor. He made over 90 film and television appearances and continued to appear on Spanish television until his death in September 1994 from lung cancer.
Known for
9.0This is the story of Manolo Beltra, a mid-aged, unbelieving foul-mouthed but cherished. He is a TV presenter, famous for his participation in a program called "El humor es algo maravilloso". With life more or less settled, a series of events will break this situation and he will have to rethink his way of thinking and deal with his existence.
Gatos en el Tejado
1988
7.1A couple having an affair strike a bicyclist with their car and do not offer aid out of fear of their relationship being exposed.
Death of a Cyclist
1955
6.3A fencing master in pre-revolution Spain is hired to teach fencing to a beautiful young woman. Although he has never taught a woman before he is fascinated by her and agrees. She wishes to learn a particular thrust which he is famous for. When a local nobleman becomes involved with her the intrigue begins.
The Fencing Master
1992
10.0Film set in the seaport, where two men fight for the love of a beautiful young girl.
The Crossroads
1947
NRActors and actresses rehearse William Shakespeare's play "As You Like It" in a theater: it tells the story of characters exiled in a beautiful forest, through their love stories, especially the one that unites Rosalinda with Orlando. Rosalinda is an active and lively woman who knows what she wants: the love of the noble but somewhat clumsy Orlando. To this end, she will disguise herself as a man and, together with her cousin Celia and the jester Petra, they will experience a series of adventures in the forest of Arden.
Rosalinda
2020
5.8In the 18th century in Madrid, the Marquess of Esquilache, King Charles III of Spain's former minister, bans on wearing the popular wide collar with a long coat and brimmed hat. Along with other measures provoke a massive riot in the city.
Esquilache
1989
Film credits
1980s · 4 titles
5.8In the 18th century in Madrid, the Marquess of Esquilache, King Charles III of Spain's former minister, bans on wearing the popular wide collar with a long coat and brimmed hat. Along with other measures provoke a massive riot in the city.
Esquilache
1989
6.0Adapted from the novel by Juan Marse, the film shows two distant worlds in the Spain of the 50's, the suburban and the bourgeois, which are related through two characters, Manolo Reyes, vulgar motorcycle thief who aspires to escape poverty and Teresa Serrat, university student of bourgeois extraction seduced by the revolutionary cause.
Últimas tardes con Teresa
1984
A man visits his brother and his wife who live in a remote house and conflicts begin to arise between them
De halcones y palomas
1986
6.3Pepe, married to Amparo has fallen madly in love with Mónica, who happens to be the wife of his best friend Luis. Love affairs abound in this screwball comedy in which everyone is unhappy with their respective marriages and dream of the then imminent approval of divorce in Spain .
El divorcio que viene
1980
1970s · 5 titles
6.0Sequel to "The Great Family" and "Family and one more". A widower and the godfather of his 16 children, aged two, wistfully contemplate the past. The father was left alone in the family home, but loneliness overwhelms him so he decides to spend some time at home for each of their children, most of whom are married. But the experience ends up being disastrous.
La familia bien, gracias
1979
5.1In Spain of 1972 a student couple decides to test the marriage before marrying in reality in order to prevent a irremediable failure. But this was like a revolution for the catholic society of this time.
Experiencia prematrimonial
1972
6.0No synopsis available yet.
Dos hombres y, en medio, dos mujeres
1977
10.0A man and his daughter, tired of fights and routines, miss school and work the same day.
La rabona
1979
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Bodas de cristal
1975
1960s · 20 titles
8.3Taxi driver Tadeo is about to encounter a busy shift. Throughout the day heterogeneous characters get into his taxi and the most varied situations arise. One of them leaves a baby in the taxi and Tadeo must find out where the little one belongs. He tackles this daunting task while keeping in the back of his mind that at the end of the day he has an appointment with a mysterious woman who apparently needs to tell him something very important.
El taxi de los conflictos
1969
7.5Like every night, Manuel remembers the old days of glory, when after the war he was a famous bullfighter. He and his friend Juan were the fashionable couple. Now Juan is a prominent businessman in bullfighting. But Manuel's feelings toward him have changed radically: an inexplicable hated seizes him when someone mentions his name. It has been more than twenty years since that afternoon, when Manuel was bullfighting and fell to the ground.
Blood in the Bullring
1969
6.5The life of the family inordinate surveyor Carlos Alonso has undergone several changes over the course of the years: the birth of child number 16, little Maria, coincided with the death of the mother, who left behind a hollow refillable. The grandfather also died. The Godfather pastry married, and the boys have been growing rapidly ...
The Family and One More
1965
5.5In this crime-thriller, Rome proves to be an unhappy destination for an American couple when the husband is kidnapped and his wife begins a desperate search for him.
Assassination in Rome
1965
7.0Two unmarried siblings live together without problems until the day a friend leaves her baby in their apartment because she does not have time to take care of him.
La visita que no tocó el timbre
1966
7.2No synopsis available yet.
The Devil Also Cries
1965
5.6A group of pre-university boys and girls experience all kinds of problems and joys that arise in their lives. Among other worries, they have to deal with the pressure of their studies, difficulties with their families and, of course, their first loves.
Los chicos del Preu
1967
8.0Nine children, awarded for their exemplary or heroic conduct by the radio program 'Operación Plus Ultra' in association with the Iberia Airline, meet in Madrid,. Chaperoned by Juan Aguilera, radio announcer, they start a journey together to different places from the Vatican, where they meet the Pope, to Sitges
Operación Plus Ultra
1966
5.8Two friends plan a weekend of partying while their wives go to a mountain resort; but everything gets complicated when a corpse appears in the pantry, apparently out of nowhere.
Usted puede ser un asesino
1961
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Operación: Embajada
1963
6.6Carlos Alonso and Mercedes Cebrián are parents of fifteen children of different ages.
The Big Family
1962
6.7Comedy consists of three stories about the sudden death of three husbands: a newly married man dies as a result of the excessive enthusiasm of his wife ("Honeymoon"), another because of a fling with a girl too fiery ("The Anniversary" ), and finally, a husband dies because of his greed and stinginess ("Portrait of Regino").
Las viudas
1966
6.5Comedy by Tulio Demicheli about Christmas in June.
Navidades en junio
1960
6.5A salesman discovers that his wife has died under strange circumstances. Examining these circumstances, it becomes obvious to him that they were mainly caused by himself.
Muere una mujer
1964
8.0Bilbao in the fifties. To continue the family marine tradition, El Viejo, an old sailor, forces his grandson Luiso to follow the profession of their ancestors as skipper of the ship Maria.
María, matrícula de Bilbao
1960
7.5No synopsis available yet.
El traje de oro
1960
5.5Fulbert is a sidewalk artist who is duped into working for a counterfeiter. He accompanies a woman posing as a grieving widow on a trip to Spain in a hearse. Unaware she is the mistress of a notorious gangster, Fulbert is chased by thugs.
Funny Money
1966
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Un día es un día
1968
6.7After seeing that Nelson kisses his lover, Barlow poisons him. But it turns out that Nelson comes back to life when he was about to be buried. From that moment, Barlow does not stop chasing him to finish his work.
De cuerpo presente
1967
6.0An inexperienced and naive thief, Susan, associated with two other thieves of the same character meets a skilled thief and elegant, Alberto. The rivalry between them arising initially manifested in the fact that Alberto always robs his opponents of stealing the product. But the love that seems to come between the expert professional and amateur cause an awkward turn of events. Based on the book "All right, Susan?" of Carlos Llopis.
Casi un caballero
1964
1950s · 21 titles
7.1A couple having an affair strike a bicyclist with their car and do not offer aid out of fear of their relationship being exposed.
Death of a Cyclist
1955
6.0Dr. Nicomedes Gutiérrez carefully points out to the last detail everything that happens in his life. Doctor in a small village, he is in love with the village teacher, but, before getting married, he decides to treat himself to having his last fling.
La vida en un bloc
1956
6.2Five men commit a robbery and flee each one for his side. Later they meet in a place to distribute the millions. While they wait for Juan, who is the one who takes the booty, each of them is imagining what it is going to do with his part. But the wait is doing long billiard cue to him and they are becoming nervous thinking that his companion will never appear, remembering they knew since him and since the things were happening up to the current moment.
Fifth District
1958
10.0An obsessed woman desperately fights to overcome the past that binds her.
La dama del mar
1954
6.5Mercedes is a very simple girl from Valladolid who marries a plenipotentiary minister. They are in America with the mission to seize some oil concessions. Patricio is forced to seduce the wife of a Chancellor as Mercedes, casually gets more information of the diplomat.
Una muchachita de Valladolid
1958
10.0To save her businesses from ruin, a woman about to marry must find another woman a husband.
Cuidado con las mujeres
1951
8.0A store clerk, a detective, the robbery of a necklace and a murder.
La vendedora de fantasías
1950
10.0Due to something very strange, a woman transforms from a housewife into a vedette.
Mi mujer está loca
1952
8.0A businessman forces a simple man to become a boxer, swimmer, and runner.
Champion by force
1950
NRA rumbera who is left for dead on her wedding day returns as a ghost.
Mi viudo y yo
1954
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Un tesoro en el cielo
1957
No synopsis available yet.
Pies descalzos (El derecho de todos)
1950
6.2After serving their sentence, three prisoners, a doctor, a civil servant and a thief, leave jail. During the train trip they do together to return home, they analyze their respective lives. The doctor has been required to perform an operation on a child abandoned by his father, a millionaire.
We Are All Necessary
1956
7.0A woman finds the opportunity to change her life when she meets and falls for a man who lives in a cabin far from the city.
Romance en tres noches
1950
6.5Charo is a fashion model, in love with enigmatic Adolfo. The fashion house where she works is ruined. In a parade, an English lady confuses her with a countess and invites her to spend some days in Estoril. There, Charo will try to save the company from bankruptcy.
Una gran señora
1959
8.0No synopsis available yet.
La fierecilla domada
1956
NRA professional thief rents a room in the house of a downtrodden lady to observe the bank he will assault.
The Honorable Tenant
1951
6.0The extramarital love of a doctor and a woman who ends up killing her husband.
En carne viva
1955
NRTwo husbands use a shy teacher to cover up their infidelities, but the one out of naivety makes wives and lovers meet.
El otro yo de Marcela
1950
5.0Pedro and Julian, two friends entomologists are in love the same woman, Adela, who decides to marry Peter. Julian attends the marriage, but acts against women as her own husband. The passion that unites the two friends, entomology, leads them to conclude a treaty. The woman, however, is not comfortable with the life she has lived and want to abandon them. Discovered that she suffers from the disease, makes men willing to please her in everything, without her knowing the reason for his change of attitude.
El baile
1959
7.0A couple of thieves with a worldwide reputation start a dispute over a valuable necklace in a transalpine train.
Tren internacional
1954
1940s · 8 titles
10.0Film set in the seaport, where two men fight for the love of a beautiful young girl.
The Crossroads
1947
7.5A woman who misses her husband, who died in prison, is disputed between wine growers.
María Rosa
1946
9.5A woman saves her daughter from making the same mistake that cost her happiness years ago.
Historia de una mala mujer
1948
7.0It is about the love affair between an aristocratic lady and a lackey.
El pecado de Julia
1947
7.0First feature film by Chilean director Patricio Kaulen.
Nada más que amor
1942
7.0In a fishing village a young woman carries the guilt of her married sister, passing through the mother of her son.
La honra de los hombres
1946
8.7The sometimes profound, sometimes slightly sordid tale of Elena, a famous concert pianist who, as a child, was sexually assaulted by a circus clown while the music of Manuel de Falla "Ritual Dance of Fire" could be heard from the circus tent. Since that time, Elena has gone into hysterics every time she hears that composition. Making matters worse, the lascivious clown is now her business manager.
Dance of Fire
1949
9.0Two rival families, a son and a daughter unaware of that and a flood that arrives.
La gran tentación
1948
