Margarita Alexandre

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Margarita Alexandre

Born July 3, 1923 · León, Spain

Died December 23, 2015 · aged 92

No biography available.

Known For

Spanish RoundSpanish Round · 1951
Spanish Round
8.01951
MovieComedyMusic
Over a hundred members of the chorus girls and dance groups from the Spanish "Sección Femenina" embark to America to show the richness of their national folklore. The girls have left parked their daily tasks to enjoy this great adventure aboard "Mount Albertia". During the trip, the relationship between the girls and the crew is very lively and in all scenarios where they perform, success always accompanies them.
Operation OgreOperation Ogre · 1979
Operation Ogre
6.91979
MovieDramaHistory
Spain, 1973. Dictator Francisco Franco has ruled the country since 1939 with an iron fist; but he is now a very old and sick man. The future of the weakened regime is in danger. Admiral Carrero Blanco is his natural successor. The Basque terrorist gang ETA decides that he must die to prevent the dictatorship from continuing.
ElenaElena · 1964
Elena
8.01964
MovieComedyRomance
A romantic comedy set during the waning years of the Batista dictatorship. It tells the story of a young woman, Elena, and her attempts to meet with her revolutionary lover before his forced departure into exile.
CumbiteCumbite · 1964
Cumbite
6.31964
MovieDrama
A Haitian son returns from fifteen years in Cuba to find his home village afflicted with the double plague of drought and strife. A Cuban production from the director of Memories of Underdevelopment. In Spanish.
Death of a BureaucratDeath of a Bureaucrat · 1966
Death of a Bureaucrat
7.41966
MovieComedy
A model Cuban revolutionary tragically dies at work and, as a badge of honor, is buried with his labor card in his suit pocket. When his widow attempts to apply for his pension, the pension office demands the original labor card. Desperate, his nephew embarks on an increasingly chaotic and surreal quest through the Cuban bureaucratic system to secure permission to exhume the body, only to be met with endless forms, contradictory regulations, and apathetic officials.
Preludio 11Preludio 11 · 1964
Preludio 11
7.01964
MovieWarDrama
Daniela – a single mother, whose boyfriend left for the US – believes wholeheartedly in Cuba's revolutionary new order. Meanwhile, in Florida, a plot is afoot. Under the command of an American officer, four Cubans ex-patriots and a Guatemalan land on the Cuban coast to prepare a US invasion of the island. Daniela's superior, the corrupt Cuban officer Palomino, is secretly helping the invaders and the young woman becomes entangled in the intrigue.
Black JackBlack Jack · 1950
Black Jack
6.01950
MovieAdventureCrime
A man who lost everything in the war now smuggles contraband into and out of Spain, but the law's closing in.
Tierra y cieloTierra y cielo · 1941
Tierra y cielo
10.01941
MovieDramaThriller
Clara, determined to earn her living and be valued for herself, leaves his rich father's home, changes her name and takes a room. While copying paintings at El Prado Museum, she meets Juan, who is also hiding his identity, pursued under charge of murder.

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CristoCristo · 1954
Cristo
10.01954
MovieDocumentary
Cristo is the first feature film directed and produced by Margarita Alexandre and Rafael Torrecilla. Evoking the work of Luciano Emmer, this art documentary tells the story of the life of Jesus using only Spanish paintings. In close harmony with the montage, the photographic technique used by Juan Mariné for the filming gives movement to the paintings by Titian, El Greco and Rubens, while the presence of the voices of Fernando Rey, José María Seoane, María Jesús Valdés and other actors of the period give the characters a sense of entity. The film received the category of National Interest from the Censorship Board, undoubtedly more inspired by the film’s exaltation of the national artistic heritage and its religious subject matter than by its artistic aspirations.

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