Mariano Azaña

Acting

Mariano Azaña

Acting credits

Mi calle poster
6.6

Life events around a city street and its residents are told along the years while time goes by, wars break out and end and life evolves.

Mi calle

1960

The Miracle of Marcelino poster
7.4

Left on the doorstep of a monastery as an infant, Marcelino was raised by the monks. He was well-cared for but lonely and missed having a mother. One day he found a special friend in the forbidden attic, hanging on a cross. A friend that would repay Marcelino's kindness by granting him one heart-felt wish.

The Miracle of Marcelino

1955

Las de Caín poster
7.8

Adapted from a comedy of the brothers Alvarez Quintero, raised in a spirit rather routine and a remarkable lack of imagination. The minor nature of the adapted work greatly limited their chances, but there was no resolution film the slightest hint of creativity, merely a recreation under the sign of awkwardness.

Las de Caín

1959

Fray Escoba poster
7.3

No synopsis available yet.

Fray Escoba

1961

Historias de Madrid poster
6.0

Dawn in Madrid. In the Plaza de la Cibeles begins the daily grind. The statue of the goddess, from its source in the center of the square tells the story of a man, petty speculator, owner of an old building that is going to ask Saint Nicholas for his cooperation to make it sink, and thus be able to lift a twelve-story modern building. But the inhabitants of the block have also implored the Saint to prevent this from happening.

Historias de Madrid

1958

Uncle Hyacynth poster
6.7

Hyacinth, a former matador who lives miserably with his nephew Pepote, receives a letter reminding him that, as agreed a few days before, he must participate in a bullfight to be held that same afternoon.

Uncle Hyacynth

1956

¿Dónde vas, Alfonso XII? poster
6.3

Alfonso de Borbón and his cousin María de las Mercedes de Orleans fall in love and, although both families do not maintain good relationships, young people marry when Alfonso became king of Spain.

¿Dónde vas, Alfonso XII?

1959

The Little Nightingale poster
5.6

Joselito is a child whose mother left town when he was just a baby and whose father has died. He lives with his grandfather, the bellringer of the town, and his best friend is the sexton. He enjoys singing and has not lost hope of someday meeting her mother.

The Little Nightingale

1957

María, matrícula de Bilbao poster
8.0

Bilbao 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

An Almost Decent Girl poster
8.0

An almost decent girl is a German-Spanish Romance of Ladislao Vajda from 1963. In Spain he was entitled Una chica casi formal on.

An Almost Decent Girl

1963

...And She Chose Hell poster
7.0

In Western Germany, two brothers and their organization help people escape to non-communist Germany. A policeman chasing them falls in love with the sister and feels divided between love and duty.

...And She Chose Hell

1957

Afternoon at the Bulls poster
5.3

The bullfight is about to begin. On the bill are announced the toreros Ricardo Puente, Juan Carmona and Rondeño II, who will take the alternative. Puente is an old bullfighter, famous in earlier times, who, now bitter and full of resentment, lives with Paloma, a woman who is not resigned to continue being the lover of a man who has fallen into oblivion. Carmona, the fashionable bullfighter, has an important contract to fight in America, but his wife Isabel wants him to reject the offer. Anamaría, Carmona's sister, hopes that her brother will approve her relationship with Rondeño II; but Carmona opposes because he considers him a bad bullfighter. In a fourth, hopeful and exciting plot, a young amateur bullfighter has a plan to sneak into the ring and fight a bull, hoping for public acclaim for his feat of bravery.

Afternoon at the Bulls

1956

Como dos gotas de agua poster
6.8

The lawyer Angela Goñi is working in two cases at once: an man that wants to take to Pilo, a young orphan, tp a protection child school. And Mili, another young woman neglected by his father, a businessman, whose aunt Teresa wants to claim through the courts. Taking advantage of the amazing similarity between the girls, the lawyer makes many things to try to resolve the situation as happy as possible.

Como dos gotas de agua

1964

No artwork available
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Savior

1959

I Was a Parish Priest poster
7.4

A young priest encounters major problems in the diocese where he must preach the word of the Lord, mainly as a result of hatred caused by differences in classes

I Was a Parish Priest

1953

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

Isidro el labrador poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Isidro el labrador

1964

Manolo guardia urbano poster
6.1

Manolo, a cheerful and kind traffic policeman is happy at the birth of his first child, after twenty years of marriage. His happiness contrasts with the restlessness of Paloma, a girl who they have adopted, who fears losing the love that until now she has enjoyed

Manolo guardia urbano

1956

El grano de mostaza poster
7.3

Evelino Galindo, the serious owner of a porcelain store, argues with the womanizer jeweler Orcajo for an insignificant game of dominoes. Evelino, enraged, challenges him the next day to a duel in the gym. But after meditating a bit he starts to get scared. That is why, with the help of his friend Leoncio, he sharpens his wit to find a way to escape from combat. However, the situation is becoming more complicated.

El grano de mostaza

1962

Hermano menor poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Hermano menor

1952

The Other Life of Captain Contreras poster
8.0

During archaeological excavations in the crypt of Santo Tomé (Toledo, Spain), a sarcophagus is discovered containing the incorrupt body of Captain Contreras, a man in a state of suspended animation since 1650, due to a potion someone forced him to ingest to prevent further illness. The audacious journalist Cornejo intends to exploit this discovery, with the help of Paca Revilla, a careless woman, and an unscrupulous doctor. The controversy surrounding the authenticity of Contreras's body reaches the ears of several American universities, which purchase the Captain's remains.

The Other Life of Captain Contreras

1955

Pasión en el mar poster
6.0

A young fisherman wishing for a better life will become a smuggler and even involve his friends if necessary. He will make it even worse with his improper concern for his brother's beautiful wife.

Pasión en el mar

1956

Segundo López, Urban Adventurer poster
7.6

Segundo López, a mature and very humble man who has arrived in Madrid from Cáceres, his homeland, meets Francisca, with whom he falls in love, and El Chirri, a roguish street urchin with whom he will have adventures all over the huge and hostile city.

Segundo López, Urban Adventurer

1953

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Hace cien años

1950