Alejandro Casona

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Alejandro Casona

Born March 3, 1903 · Besullo, Allande, Principality of Asturias, Kingdom of Spain [now Spain]

Died September 17, 1965 · aged 62

Alejandro Rodríguez Álvarez, known as Alejandro Casona (23 March 1903 – 17 September 1965) was a Spanish poet and playwright born in Besullo, Spain, a member of the Generation of '27. Casona received his bachelor's degree in Gijon and later studied at the University of Murcia. After Franco's rise in 1936, he was forced, like many Spanish intellectuals, to leave Spain. He lived in Buenos Aires, Arg…

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La cigüeña dijo síLa cigüeña dijo sí · 1955
La cigüeña dijo sí
5.81955
MovieComedy
A mature couple happily receives the news of pregnancy while a young couple has the disappointment of a frustrated attempt.
Casa de muñecasCasa de muñecas · 1943
Casa de muñecas
7.01943
MovieDrama
The conflict of a woman with her husband when she starts defending her individuality.
Ağaçlar Ayakta ÖlürAğaçlar Ayakta Ölür · 1964
Ağaçlar Ayakta Ölür
9.01964
MovieDrama
Turkish adaptation of Alejandro Casona's classic play Los Árboles Mueren De Pie.
If I Should Die Before I WakeIf I Should Die Before I Wake · 1952
If I Should Die Before I Wake
6.61952
MovieDramaThriller
While playing a prank, a young boy accidentally discovers the identity of a criminal lurking in the neighborhood.
Sayidat Al FajrSayidat Al Fajr · 2009
Sayidat Al Fajr
10.02009
MovieDramaFantasy
In a farm in the North, lives a saddened family : the grandfather, the mother locked in his memories, and two twin children. Their daughter Malika drowned in the village river, seven years ago, according to their belief, but in reality she left with a man. Only Mohamed, her husband, knows the truth. Death will come, in the guise of a beautiful woman wearing white, bringing anxiety to this peaceful home; she comes to pick up Mohamed, this one will be spared by the children... That night, Mohamed reports from the river a young stranger, Hiba, who will replace little by little Malika... ... During the festival of Achoura, Death returns. Is it for Hiba?
Milagro de amorMilagro de amor · 1946
Milagro de amor
7.01946
MovieDrama
Margarita, the nun of a cloistered convent in charge of handling the lathe, this is a rotating mechanism provided with a small window through which she delivered and received things from the outside without direct visual contact, she is seduced by a Don Juan and induced to escape with him .
La dama del albaLa dama del alba · 1965
La dama del alba
1965
MovieDramaTV Movie
The Third WordThe Third Word · 1956
The Third Word
7.01956
MovieComedyRomance
The English-language title of this Mexican musical was The Third Word. Singer Pedro Infante stars as a pampered young man who is sheltered by his doting aunts. Deciding that their darling boy needs an education, the ladies hire pretty schoolteacher Marga Lopez. Upon discovering that her pupil is 28 years old, Marga is momentarily nonplused, but then settles into her duties. Inevitably, romance blossoms between Pedro and Marga, much to the aunts' dismay.

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