
Acting
Modesto Cid
Born 1879-03-24 · Orense, Galicia, Spain
Acting credits
7.8A son of the Marquise of Seven Almenas is robbed by a crook and deposited in Melchor's house, who sells dolls in the street. The administrator of the Marquise discover the whereabouts of the child and goes to pick him up, but Melchior gives him one of his children, thinking that will ensure the future. Over the years, Melchior, widower, enters as a steward in the house of the marquise where the alleged 'marquis' live splendidly.
El hombre de los muñecos
1943
6.7A famous painter returns to Spain under a false name as he once had to run away, to meet his half gypsy daughter, who has become a flamenco dancer. He offers her his house, making popular rumors take flight.
María de la O
1939
8.5During the third Carlist war on Basque soil, Zalacaín, no frowns that his great enemy of the people pretend to love his sister, but he lives the reverse situation, in love with his sister.
Zalacaín el aventurero
1955
No synopsis available yet.
The Reliquary
1933
6.0Through a pictoric play, this movie tells the story about the painter Eduardo Miranda who, one night, while he was lokking to a gipsy group that was dancing, discovers a beautifull girl called Carmen. Dazzled by her beauty he decides to paint a picture. This causes roumours in the neighborhood, and it also arouses the jealousy of his wife.
La virgen gitana
1951
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Canción mortal
1948
6.5A pro-Republican drama/propaganda film made during the Spanish Civil War.It tells the story of Manolo, a young worker who, after the military coup, joins the militias to fight for freedom.
And What Do You Do?
1937
7.0A 1944 Spanish film.
Una herencia de París
1944
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Un ladrón de guante blanco
1946
NRGustavo de Carrara has made his fortune running a diamond mine in South Africa, but he can't quite remember who he was before 1921, though he suspects he was a soldier. A waiter at the Melilla hotel where he's staying confirms this suspicion by recognizing him as Augusto Miralles, his captain at the Battle of Annual, who disappeared under mysterious circumstances.
El desaparecido
1934
6.0Kitty, niece of a Marchioness, is betrothed to Don Candido, a wealthy manufacturer of preserves. Nico, an old friend of Candide who is completely ruined, arrives to the fashion hotel in which both are. Nico falls in love with Kitty, but, unlike the other men who court her, treats her with indifference. The girl, wounded in his pride, it is interested to Nico. Just before the wedding, Don Candido leaves claimed by its industrial businesses, and instructs his friend to take care of his bride. Nico and Kitty end up falling in love. Don Candido back the same day fixed for the wedding.
Boda accidentada
1943
9.0No synopsis available yet.
¡Culpable!
1945
10.0One of Spain's earliest sound film successes. Now considered lost.
Boliche
1933
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Vértigo
1950
5.8Barcelona 1936: Juan is a victim of factory closures and rebels—first on his own, then alongside his coworkers. As they begin a hunger march, the revolution breaks out and they take up arms.
Dawn of Hope
1937
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Elena
1954
9.0A newly remarried widow is accused of having murdered her first husband, who died from arsenical poisoning. Being her present husband a lawyer he takes charge of her defense.
Doubt
1951
8.0Two adventurers without economic resources create an amateur theater company and want to succeed, posing as aristocrats. The project aims to fill the theater with their performances and, thus, to satisfy their debts.
Fantasía española
1953
8.0King Charles V sent his confidant, Don Fernando,from France to the Spanish Court carrying an important documentation. However, the frigate where he travels is sunk by the British and all the sailors perish. Don Fernando manages to save his life reaching the island of Menorca where he is helped by a humble fisherman
El correo del rey
1951
8.0King Charles V sent his confidant, Don Fernando,from France to the Spanish Court carrying an important documentation. However, the frigate where he travels is sunk by the British and all the sailors perish. Don Fernando manages to save his life reaching the island of Menorca where he is helped by a humble fisherman
El correo del rey
1951
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Cuando los ángeles duermen
1947
NRNo synopsis available yet.
La boda de Quinita Flores
1943
5.3Two families that hate each other coudn't hinder the marriage of their firstborns. From this relationship born two pair of twins. Unfortunately their parents die and each family take in one pair of twins. Time pass trough, the twins find each other and many questions need to be solved.
Un enredo de familia
1943
6.3Mr. Vila is a family father who has worked a lot during his life to achieve a good life for his family. His oldest daughter, Elvira, causes him many problems because she acts as a rebel.
La familia Vila
1950