Acting
Manuel Bronchud
Born — Died
1923-12-21 — 2013-12-10
Place of birth
Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Known for
Acting
Credits
60 titles
Known for
7.2A television reporter and cameraman follow emergency workers into a dark apartment building and are quickly locked inside with something terrifying.
[REC]
2007
5.0Without a family, penniless and separated from her sister, a beautiful chaste woman will have to cope with an endless parade of villains, perverts and degenerates who will claim not only her treasured virtue but also her life.
Marquis de Sade: Justine
1969
6.7In the harsh post-war years' Catalan countryside, Andreu, a child that belongs to the losing side, finds the corpses of a man and his son in the forest. The authorities want his father to be made responsible of the deaths, but Andreu tries to help his father by finding out who truly killed them. In this search, Andreu develops a moral consciousness against a world of adults fed by lies. In order to survive, he betrays his own roots and ends up finding out the monster that lives within him.
Black Bread
2010
5.0Crime drama centering on a gang of rapists, the aftermath of their crimes on the victims and the gang members being brought to justice.
The Dawn Rapists
1978
5.8During his childhood, a boy sees four men drown his father; now, the grown young man makes it his business to kill each member of the foursome. His last killing presents him with some challenges, as his victim is only wounded. He kidnaps the man's daughter and goes to a hideout. In the meantime, an ex-cop has been tracking them down.
Summertime Killer
1972
5.8A pair of sexy bisexual nurses live in an apartment building, one floor up from a middle-aged couple and their son Albert, who is busy putting his new science project—a periscope—to good use by spying on the lingerie-wearing lovelies. Meanwhile, Albert’s mother is being even naughtier than her precious boy, sneaking off for some extra-marital action while her hair-obsessed husband is at the salon, having his follicles tended to. There are multiple versions of this movie - the original softcore version as well as a harder one with inserts of intimate close-ups performed by body-doubles.
And Give Us Our Daily Sex
1979
Film credits
2000s · 2 titles
7.2A television reporter and cameraman follow emergency workers into a dark apartment building and are quickly locked inside with something terrifying.
[REC]
2007
6.5The story of a boy with a peculiar family (mother obsessed with food, father admitted to an asylum), and member of a gang where girls are prohibited and whose leader is a petty tyrant. Our protagonist will get into trouble when he disobeys the gang's law regarding girls, and will be considered a "treitum", a traitor.
Treitum
2001
1990s · 2 titles
5.7The mutilated body of a six year old girl is found in a water hole. The girl is identified as the missing daughter of Claudia. However, only two peices of evidence could be used to identify her; a bracelet with her name on it near the crime scene, and the fact that her right leg was three inches longer than her left. All other methods of identification were removed from her body. Five years later Claudia, now addicted to tranquilizers, receives a phone call from someone claiming to be her daughter, asking for her mother to come find her before 'they' kill her. Other mysterious clues show up, further indicating that Claudia's daughter is indeed still alive, and very much in danger. Claudia, a run-down ex-cop, and a parapsychology reporter put together the clues to discover Angela's whereabouts
The Nameless
1999
6.3Clementina befriends Lola’s nerdy lawyer, Valerio, and slowly a romance develops between them. Meanwhile, old fisherman and model-maker Colo has found a consignment of drugs floating in the sea and tries to get rid of them to raise money to save Lola’s house. The adventure element of pic is in a smuggling gang’s attempt to recover the drugs.
The Color of the Clouds
1997
1980s · 9 titles
5.5While the Torete rob banks, the Heifer, another delinquent who has not noticed it, enters the same place to rob him. After failing the coup, both decide to associate.
The Latest Scams of El Torete
1980
5.3A group of generals of the army meet for a course about NATO and new weapons. In the beginning everything is normal but as the time passes they behave more and more like school children.
Mi general
1987
4.0Spain, 1950s. The corpse of an unknown person appears in the town square of Bocentellas, within the mythical territory of Región. The inhabitants will ask for help to Captain Medina, young officer in command of a nearby military fort, until the arrival of the judge.
Scent of a Crime
1988
4.0No synopsis available yet.
Victòria! 2: La disbauxa del 17
1983
10.0After the end of the Spanish Civil War, General Antonio Escobar Huerta stoically awaits his execution, accused of military treason and sentenced to death for having sworn allegiance to the Republic. Despite being a man of deep religious convictions, Antonio Escobar decided to make an oath honoring the legally constituted government of the Second Spanish Republic against the military uprising led by Francisco Franco and supported by the Catholic Church. While waiting for his execution in prison, he recalls the beginning of the Civil War, the years of battles during which he ascended to the rank of General, and his own decisions, of which he has no regrets. With a clear conscience, Escobar waits his own execution with the calm of those who know they have done their duty. "If my life and that of all who have fallen serves to avoid this from happening again, our blood will not have been in vain" - Antonio Escobar Huerta.
Memorias del general Escobar
1984
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Victòria! 3: El seny i la rauxa
1984
8.0A young woman wins 200 million pesetas at the 'quiniela' football pool with 14 successfull 'aciertos' and begins to help everybody with the fortune.
La gran quiniela
1984
3.3Adrián, a businessman who runs his wife's family industry, begins an affair with Marisa, an employee at his office. Marisa tries to blackmail her mature boss who has fallen into her trap. But the plot takes an unexpected turn, and it turns out that he is the one who dominates the situation and uses the young woman for his own benefit.
La amante ingenua
1980
9.0In the middle of the first world war, Barcelona is the center of multiple operations related to war, although Spain is a neutral country.
Victòria! La gran aventura d'un poble
1983
1970s · 28 titles
5.0Crime drama centering on a gang of rapists, the aftermath of their crimes on the victims and the gang members being brought to justice.
The Dawn Rapists
1978
5.8During his childhood, a boy sees four men drown his father; now, the grown young man makes it his business to kill each member of the foursome. His last killing presents him with some challenges, as his victim is only wounded. He kidnaps the man's daughter and goes to a hideout. In the meantime, an ex-cop has been tracking them down.
Summertime Killer
1972
5.8A pair of sexy bisexual nurses live in an apartment building, one floor up from a middle-aged couple and their son Albert, who is busy putting his new science project—a periscope—to good use by spying on the lingerie-wearing lovelies. Meanwhile, Albert’s mother is being even naughtier than her precious boy, sneaking off for some extra-marital action while her hair-obsessed husband is at the salon, having his follicles tended to. There are multiple versions of this movie - the original softcore version as well as a harder one with inserts of intimate close-ups performed by body-doubles.
And Give Us Our Daily Sex
1979
4.2Julian is a womanizer who has affairs with several girls at once. To escape the clutches of a cuckolded husband, he is forced to dress as a woman and join a women's professional football team, posing as a famous athlete in Argentina. This is the beginning of a series of deranged adventures.
La liga no es cosa de hombres
1972
4.0Through various episodes we are shown sexual repression and desire at the same time, in the Spanish of yesteryear.
forty years without sex
1979
5.8Steve McGowan has proposed to avenge the death of his father, murdered by one of the followers of Chief Miller. This engages the services of a famous gunslinger called Sabata and instructs him to kill Steve. The fate joins Steve and the Mexican bandit Leon Pompero, and together they decide to defeat the murderous gunman.
Dig Your Grave Friend... Sabata's Coming
1971
7.0The bizarre adventures of the three gunmen Western grosser, next to a delicate young.
Fat Brothers of Trinity
1973
6.3Spain, 1936. The Civil War breaks out. In a village near Barcelona, several families decide to continue living in their summer houses until the violence ends.
The Long Vacations of '36
1976
7.3A bounty hunter named Arizona helps a group of beleaguered farmers in their fight against a large landowner named Austin Styles and his gang of outlaws.
God in Heaven... Arizona on Earth
1972
6.5No synopsis available yet.
Robin Hood nunca muere
1975
4.6A convict is released and is mobbed by "Zorrita", an adventurer, accompanied by her close friend Barbara and a young millionaire, loaded with jewels and kilos. The convict is subject to the maximum erotic attacks, as they intend to involve him in the theft of the jewelry that a marquis of small stature keeps in a safe.
Cunning Young Vixen in a Bikini
1976
4.4A story of the sexual adventures of three fifteen year old girls: Elisa, Marian and Susi.
The Beginning at Fifteen
1978
7.2An army officer, after killing his own men, steals a chest with a hundred thousand dollars in gold.
Watch Out Gringo! Sabata Will Return
1972
6.7A drug has been discovered, Liberxina 90, which will erase "establishment" conditioning from the human mind. It has fallen into the hands of some diversely anarchistic revolutionaries who spend most of the film discussing how and whether to use it; should they wait for the forces of "history" to undermine society or speed things up using the drug? They are finally forced into action by the police who are, somewhat ineptly, hunting them down.
Liberxina 90
1970
7.0After stealing money transported in a train, Sacramento, Big Jim and Tequila arribe to "La Paz" town. They rent a room there in order to hide the money but Sacramento and Big Jim, while Tequila is sleeping, run away with the money. Tequila follow them...
Now They Call Him Sacramento
1972
3.6Isabell runs a nursing home for wealthy women who are trying to detox from their various obsessions. Her lover, Serge Belaiev, a petty gangster, has pulled off a big hit but his partners have denounced him to the police in order to appropriate his share of the loot. Isabelle takes him in and hides him in an attic of this strange house. In love with Isabelle, Philippe Lansac, the owner of the place, decides to close the castle...
Versatile Lovers
1970
4.01939: The remains of the Spanish Republican Army crossed the French border. Among the exiles are Lluís Companys, President of the Generalitat de Catalunya, and also Aguirre, President of the Basque Government. After the invasion of France by Nazi troops, Companys will be arrested by the Gestapo and handed over to the Francoist authorities. Led by the Count of Mayalde, he is transferred to Madrid and later to Barcelona. After a summary trial, Companys is condemned to death and shot.
Companys, procés a Catalunya
1979
5.3Doc Saxon and his gang rob the Crown City bank but are double-crossed by Carrasco, a Mexican bandit, who steals the gold and leaves Doc and Donovan with nothing.
My Horse, My Gun, Your Widow
1972
8.0Alicia lives off the men she blackmails with the help of her neighbor, the young Moisés. His victims include his boss, a friend of his, Jaime, and Mr. Borrás. One day she is found dead on the landing of the stairs.
The Married and the Minor
1975
5.7This sequel to the popular spaghetti western "Clint the Stranger" was released four years after the success of the first film and essentially uses the same plot. George Martin returns as Clint (renamed Trinity in some countries), an ex-gunslinger desperately wanting to be forgiven and accepted by his family that he abandoned years earlier. One major differences in the plot when compared to the first film is the addition of Klaus Kinski as a ruthless bounty hunter. The bounty hunter tracks Clint down and forces him to return to his violent ways to protect himself and his family.
A Noose Is Waiting for You Trinity
1972
8.0The actual Viscount Arnau wants to acquire the power and fame that had their ancestors. For this reason decided to hav many children, preferably males, to revive the Empire.
Las correrías del Vizconde Arnau
1974
4.5Working-class dude grows up surrounded with petty delinquency and ghetto temptations; he marries a rich girl and faces the disapproval of her parents. Then the young couple plans a crime...
¿Y ahora qué, señor fiscal?
1977
6.3The film plunges into the intrigue of a love triangle in which is involved a former actress who has a relationship with her husband, a film producer, her lover, the screenwriter of the films he produces and a criminal lawyer.
Death of the Scorpion
1976
4.7Four women-one an alcoholic, one a former prostitute, one whose age hasn't forgiven her, and another whose boyfriend has dumped her-join forces to overcome their problems and find happiness.
Las marginadas
1977
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Un millón por tu historia
1979
6.4The film depicts ten years of Catalan history, from 1899 with the defeat of the Spanish side in the Cuban War of Independence to the Tragic Week 1909.
The Burned City
1976
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Guapa, rica y... especial
1976
NRA group of adolescents from the same school, although of different social classes, intervene between them. Oscar falls in love with Sandra until Diego seduces her and makes her pregnant...
Puberty, Adolescence, the Difficult Age
1977
1960s · 14 titles
5.0Without a family, penniless and separated from her sister, a beautiful chaste woman will have to cope with an endless parade of villains, perverts and degenerates who will claim not only her treasured virtue but also her life.
Marquis de Sade: Justine
1969
6.4Jorge Martin is relentlessly stalking a gang of outlaws led by the ruthless Slim who raped and murdered his bride.
Sartana Does Not Forgive
1968
6.5An aspiring young writer lives with his pregnant wife and works for a newspaper to provide for his growing family. When his sister-in-law comes to visit, there is a mutual attraction between the guest and the writer.
A Love Story
1967
6.0No synopsis available yet.
El primer cuartel
1966
NRNo synopsis available yet.
El castigador
1965
5.7An American adventurer who has a gambling den in Istanbul, who is suspected to be involved in the kidnapping of a nuclear scientist, but ultimately becomes self on the search for the disappeared and gets a striving for world domination secret organization.
That Man in Istanbul
1965
6.2No synopsis available yet.
La barca sin pescador
1964
4.0After spending five years in jail for a crime he did not commit, Jack Sparrow returns to the town of Red Rock seeking revenge.
The Law of Violence
1969
6.5Elisa, a seller of a fashion house, sends a model to the wrong address. For fear of being fired she decides to recover it on her own. She encounters Alberto, a guy whose wedding is at noon, going to the same place it. From the moment they meet, they begin to suffer all kinds of mishaps.
La boda era a las doce
1964
9.0No synopsis available yet.
La viudita ye-ye
1968
9.0In this lighthearted crime comedy, Nicolas is a Barcelona ice cream vendor who inadvertently helps a friend who has just committed a robbery. He is chased by several shady underworld characters trying to get their hands on the stolen loot.
The Thief of Tibadabo
1965
8.0An antique hustler, a couple of thieves, one pickpocket, a seductive man ... These are the elements of the criminal gang led by "the Brain". Together they aim to make a big score that allows them to retire. "The Brain" master of manipulation, has assigned a role to each one separately, but only he knows all the secrets of the plan.
Turistas y bribones
1969
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Detective con faldas
1962
7.0Barcelona, 1967. Hans Fromm, a German-born architect, lives an well-ordered everyday life. He has become the target of an antifascist death squad though. Indeed their leader, Julius, whose brother was killed by Schmidt, a merciless S.S., believes, without being absolutely certain, that Fromm and Schmidt are the same man. The team, whose other members are Georges, the son of a deportee liquidated by Schmidt craving for action, Raphaël, a mercenary type, Nils, the photographer and Romain, watch Fromm's every move until Julius, convinced at last that the quiet German is their man, gives the green light for the operation. They manage to lure the former Nazi to an old house but Schmidt/Fromm won't let himself be captured so easily...
A Man to Kill
1967
1950s · 4 titles
6.7Enrique kills a man for stealing him a check he has received due to an accident. However, things get complicated because it had not yet been cashed. This will force him to try to forge the signature and eliminate any suspect, including his girlfriend Clara, who works in a law office and who talked him about the check. Police tracks the case, but by chance Pedrito, the police inspector's son, is also investigating on his own.
Eyes of the Dead
1956
6.8An old violin maker has been killed and the investigators have only one clue: on the night of the crime, a blind street musician heard a melody playing in the house. As they do not know the title of the song, they present the music to the famous radio contest known as “The Mysterious Melody”. Little by little the two inspectors will surround the killer after checking that there are several suspects.
The Mysterious Melody AKA Ce soir les souris dansent
1956
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Su desconsolada esposa
1958
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Lo que nunca muere
1955
