Acting
Alfredo Mayo
Born May 17, 1911 · Barcelona - Catalonia - Spain
Died May 19, 1985 · aged 74
Abandonó los estudios de Medicina para ingresar a los 18 años en la compañía teatral de Ernesto Vilches. Tras finalizar la Guerra Civil Española, donde llegó a ser teniente de Aviación. Inicia su carrera profesional siendo uno de los galanes favoritos de los directores del régimen franquista. Alcanzó una gran fama en la posguerra por encarnar el prototipo de galán militar y heroico y del franquis…
Known For
55 Days at Peking · 196355 Days at Peking
★ 6.91963
MovieHistoryWar
Diplomats, soldiers and other representatives of a dozen nations fend off the siege of the International Compound in Peking during the 1900 Boxer Rebellion. The disparate interests unite for survival despite competing factions, overwhelming odds, delayed relief and tacit support of the Boxers by the Empress of China and her generals.
The Apolitical Man · 1977The Apolitical Man
★ 4.31977
MovieComedy
Enrique Tolosa is a boss administrator of a small company which employs 50 workers. There never has gotten into politics, has made himself stood professionally and created a family and no one has asked opinion on how would be the destiny of their country. The story begins whenheI first asked to give their vote at the polls for the election of political parties. With the decision to vote is faced with doubt and decides to investigate on their own to know which political trends that are managed as possible, is the one he goes to his temperament.
The Gambler · 1979The Gambler
★ 7.41979
MovieAdventureDrama
Three childhood friends; when they grow up, the poor boy is shut out from the possibility of romancing the girl because of class issues. He leaves town, learns to play pro-level poker, wins a fortune, then goes home to ruin his rival's life.
El turista · 1963El turista
★ 7.01963
MovieComedy
Alfredo is a homeless man who happens upon a truck full of fruit that appears to be abandoned and takes the opportunity to eat some. Once he's satisfied his hunger, he discovers a fortune inside one of the crates. It's the loot hidden by some thieves who crash during their getaway. Frightened, he hides the money under the church statue and confesses what happened to the local priest. The situation worsens when the robbers reappear in town.
Fray Escoba · 1961Fray Escoba
★ 7.31961
MovieDrama
Este cura · 1968Este cura
★ 7.01968
MovieComedy
A village priest protects a young mother rejected by the people and the mayor.
Avisa a Curro Jiménez · 1978Avisa a Curro Jiménez
★ 5.81978
MovieDramaAdventure
Córdoba, Spain. Lord Killarney, representative of the British Museum, acquires an Arabic incunabulum at an auction; but he is murdered and the book disappears. All suspicions fall on El Lince, an antique dealer with a shady background, who asks his nephew to warn Curro Jiménez.
Eagles Over London · 1969Eagles Over London
★ 6.31969
MovieDramaAction
The British High Command finds itself in the thick of a huge dilemma when it is realized that they have long been infiltrated by spies from a German intelligence group. This all happens during the preliminary stages of the Battle of Britain.
Movies
55 Days at Peking · 196355 Days at Peking
★ 6.91963
MovieHistoryWar
Diplomats, soldiers and other representatives of a dozen nations fend off the siege of the International Compound in Peking during the 1900 Boxer Rebellion. The disparate interests unite for survival despite competing factions, overwhelming odds, delayed relief and tacit support of the Boxers by the Empress of China and her generals.
The Apolitical Man · 1977The Apolitical Man
★ 4.31977
MovieComedy
Enrique Tolosa is a boss administrator of a small company which employs 50 workers. There never has gotten into politics, has made himself stood professionally and created a family and no one has asked opinion on how would be the destiny of their country. The story begins whenheI first asked to give their vote at the polls for the election of political parties. With the decision to vote is faced with doubt and decides to investigate on their own to know which political trends that are managed as possible, is the one he goes to his temperament.
The Gambler · 1979The Gambler
★ 7.41979
MovieAdventureDrama
Three childhood friends; when they grow up, the poor boy is shut out from the possibility of romancing the girl because of class issues. He leaves town, learns to play pro-level poker, wins a fortune, then goes home to ruin his rival's life.
El turista · 1963El turista
★ 7.01963
MovieComedy
Alfredo is a homeless man who happens upon a truck full of fruit that appears to be abandoned and takes the opportunity to eat some. Once he's satisfied his hunger, he discovers a fortune inside one of the crates. It's the loot hidden by some thieves who crash during their getaway. Frightened, he hides the money under the church statue and confesses what happened to the local priest. The situation worsens when the robbers reappear in town.
Fray Escoba · 1961Fray Escoba
★ 7.31961
MovieDrama
Este cura · 1968Este cura
★ 7.01968
MovieComedy
A village priest protects a young mother rejected by the people and the mayor.
Avisa a Curro Jiménez · 1978Avisa a Curro Jiménez
★ 5.81978
MovieDramaAdventure
Córdoba, Spain. Lord Killarney, representative of the British Museum, acquires an Arabic incunabulum at an auction; but he is murdered and the book disappears. All suspicions fall on El Lince, an antique dealer with a shady background, who asks his nephew to warn Curro Jiménez.
Eagles Over London · 1969Eagles Over London
★ 6.31969
MovieDramaAction
The British High Command finds itself in the thick of a huge dilemma when it is realized that they have long been infiltrated by spies from a German intelligence group. This all happens during the preliminary stages of the Battle of Britain.
Vida conyugal sana · 1974Vida conyugal sana
★ 4.01974
MovieDramaRomance
Enrique is a thirty-year-old lawyer who is married to Ana. Apparently he is a normal man who has only one obsession: the commercials. He feels a real passion for the erotic world of the ads either in billboards, trash cans, public transport, magazines or television. The continuous publicity bombardment ends up leading him towards a neurosis that changes his personality.
The Call of the Wild · 1972The Call of the Wild
★ 6.11972
MovieAdventureDrama
John Thornton, is a fearless man who's after more than gold; he wants to do what's right. Thornton works for the U.S. mail and is the only person daring and smart enough to figure out how to travel the deadly 600 miles from Skagway to Dawson, Alaska in the icy winter. His incredibly dog Buck is by his side and part of how he survives.
In the Folds of the Flesh · 1970In the Folds of the Flesh
★ 5.21970
MovieDramaHorror
Police are in hot pursuit of a criminal who is evading capture on a speeding motorbike. He takes refuge in an overgrown castle’s grounds and sees a pale woman burying a corpse in a shallow grave. Thirteen years later, after being recaptured and serving his sentence, the man returns to the castle, intent on blackmail — and maybe a few other things.
Ypotron: Final Countdown · 1966Ypotron: Final Countdown
★ 5.81966
MovieActionAdventure
Agent Lemmy Logan is investigating the case of a missing NASA scientist and discovers that an ex nazi is developing a new super weapon.
I want to dream · 1981I want to dream
★ 6.01981
MovieComedyFamily
A boy lives with the last man his mother loved before she died, but a well-matched couple wants to stay with him and adopt him as their son due to their problems conceiving. Although the situation for the orphan is not the best after his mother died, little by little he will find happiness and overcome it in a water park. There he will become a great inseparable friend of the dolphins.
La virgen gitana · 1951La virgen gitana
★ 6.01951
MovieComedyDrama
Through 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.
Chicas de alquiler · 1974Chicas de alquiler
★ 3.61974
MovieDrama
The world of prostitution, where women meet men of all kinds. These young women who have often left their families by rebellion, but who find themselves in a universe that they will generally no longer be able to leave
Peppermint Frappé · 1967Peppermint Frappé
★ 6.61967
MovieDramaThriller
Julián, a middle-aged single doctor, is reunited with Pablo, a childhood friend who has just married Elena, a beautiful young woman.
The Marquis of Salamanca · 1948The Marquis of Salamanca
★ 6.31948
MovieDramaHistory
José de Salamanca was arguably one of the most influential figures of the Spanish 1800s. This films tells his story.
Sucedió en Sevilla · 1955Sucedió en Sevilla
★ 8.01955
MovieDramaMusic
Don Fernando is a senior engineer of Sevilla for years as a partner had a friend working. But his partner died and his son, Albert, wants to take the management of the company and the farm, one of the most important of Seville, whose property also shared. Alberto secretly courting Esperanza, a daughter of Don Fernando. Juan Antonio, the son of the late foreman of the farm, is an honest young man who, in silence, also loves Esperanza. Both will vie for her love.
Commando · 1962Commando
★ 6.41962
MovieWar
A French Foreign Legion commander is told to assemble a unit and capture an Algerian rebel leader. He gathers in his old unit, most of whom are no longer in top form. One is having nightmares of past indiscretions, another is now drinking, another has lost his nerve. He takes them in captures the leader, but then is unable to make it to the pick up. He encounters a rebel patrol and is trapped unless they can escape before their water runs out.
Hombre acosado · 1952Hombre acosado
★ 5.71952
MovieCrime
Javier is crazy in love for Bibiana, a beautifull acctress who is foing out with a wicked buisiness man. Javier suspects that his beloved is keeping a double set with another man, however, and despite the warnings of his friends, the boy decides to investigate on their own.
Volveré a nacer · 1973Volveré a nacer
★ 6.31973
MovieDrama
Mónica, the manager and wife of singer Álex, plans a publicity stunt that goes awry. When her husband shoots a rival singer with a gun supposedly filled with blanks, the singer is killed with live ammo. Álex and Mónica then goes into hiding while trying to find out who set them up.
¿Quién soy yo? · 1970¿Quién soy yo?
★ 6.51970
MovieComedy
Mario Colomer, prime minister, is burdened by overwork. His problems seem solved when his assistants tell him about Juan Brandel, a possible substitute, just like him physically, but with a funnier and more adventurous personality. At first the plan seems to work and the politician begins to gain popularity. The plot thickens when the 'original' becomes jealous of the 'copy' and the substitute exceeds his functions.
Héroes del aire · 1958Héroes del aire
1958
MovieAdventureWar
My Dear Killer · 1972My Dear Killer
★ 6.41972
MovieThrillerMystery
Following the mysterious decapitation of an insurance investigator, Police Inspector Peretti is put onto the case, but all the clues lead to an unsolved case of kidnapping and murder.
TV Shows
Curro Jiménez · 1976Curro Jiménez
★ 7.31976
SeriesComedy
Curro Jiménez was a successful Spanish TV series that aired on TVE1 from 22 December 1976 to 1979. Its main theme was Andalusian "bandolerismo" in the 19th century, located in the Ronda mountains. The main characters were four bandits, Curro Jiménez
Christopher Colombus · 1968Christopher Colombus
★ 9.01968
SeriesDrama
Vittorio Cottafavi's four part series on the life of Christopher Colombus
Cañas y barro · 1978Cañas y barro
★ 5.21978
SeriesDrama
Province of Valencia, Spain, 19th century. Tonet lives an intense love story with Neleta, whom he has known since childhood, but is forced to leave her to serve in the war in Cuba.
Les Chevaux du soleil · 1980Les Chevaux du soleil
★ 10.01980
SeriesDrama
Adapted from Jules Roy's historical novel of the French presence in North Africa, the TV series follows the destiny of two families, the Bouychous and the Parises, from the conquest of Algiers in 1830 to the Independence in 1962.
La Máscara Negra · 1982La Máscara Negra
★ 8.01982
SeriesDrama