Miguel Mihura

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Miguel Mihura

Born July 21, 1905 · Madrid, Madrid, España

Died October 28, 1977 · aged 72

Miguel Mihura Santos (Madrid, July 21, 1905-Madrid, October 28, 1977) was a Spanish playwright, cartoonist and journalist. Mihura was also the screenwriter of more than twenty-five films, including Bienvenido Mr. Marshall, directed by Luis García Berlanga in 1952.

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Welcome Mr. Marshall!Welcome Mr. Marshall! · 1953
Welcome Mr. Marshall!
7.41953
MovieComedy
A small Spanish town, Villar del Río, is alerted to the upcoming visit of American diplomats and its ruling townsmen begin preparations to impress the American visitors, in the hopes of benefiting under the Marshall Plan. Hoping to demonstrate the side of Spanish culture with which the visiting foreign officials would be more familiarized, the Castilian citizens don unfamiliar Andalusian costumes, hire a renowned flamenco performer, and re-decorate their town in Andalusian style, meantime waiting for their uncertain arrival.
Marry Me, MaribelMarry Me, Maribel · 2003
Marry Me, Maribel
5.32003
MovieComedy
Maribel (Natalia Dicenta) is a prostitute working in Madrid in the late fifties. One night he meets Marcelino (Carlos Hipolito), shy and quiet man who falls for her. For Maribel is in principle a client more, but gradually begins to feel attracted to the shy provincial, owner of a chocolate factory in Soria. Pili (Nathalie Seseña), Rufi (Mireia Ros) and Nini (Malena Alterio), the companions of Maribel, truculent by nature suspicious of this relationship and begin to suspect that the provincial could be a murderer. When Maribel Marcelino asks her to marry him, they intervene and away from Marcelino and his "strange family". Adapted from the play "Maribel and the Strange Family" by Miguel Mihura.
IntrigaIntriga · 1942
Intriga
1942
MovieComedy
NinetteNinette · 2005
Ninette
5.22005
MovieComedy
Andrés, a dowdy Spaniard, goes to Paris on holiday, hoping to meet a pretty French girl. His wishes may come true after meeting Ninette, his landlord's sensual and possessive young daughter.
Ni pobre, ni rico, sino todo lo contrarioNi pobre, ni rico, sino todo lo contrario · 1944
Ni pobre, ni rico, sino todo lo contrario
7.01944
MovieDrama
For Men OnlyFor Men Only · 1960
For Men Only
6.01960
MovieComedy
Spain, late 19th century. When, in a time of great political instability, Flora, a beautiful young woman, starts working in a ministry doing a job that supposedly only a man can do, a great scandal breaks out.
Les Trois Chapeaux claquesLes Trois Chapeaux claques · 1962
Les Trois Chapeaux claques
5.01962
MovieDrama
For 7 years Don Dionisio has been engaged to Marguerite, a young girl from a good family. Every year he comes from the distant village where he is a civil servant to spend a day with his beloved. But that evening is the last time he moves in with Don Rosario, the innkeeper: the next day he marries Marguerite. But the arrival of a troupe of music hall artists who settle in the neighboring rooms and the meeting with the pretty Paula, will disturb his projects ...
Un bigote para dosUn bigote para dos · 1940
Un bigote para dos
10.01940
MovieComedy
Enriqueto, the proud owner of a splendid mustache, feels his heart divided between the kindly Manolita and the feckless Lilí. (A redubbed version of the Austrian film Immortal Melodies —Unsterbliche Melodien, 1935—, an operetta based on the life of the Austrian composer Johann Strauss, the Waltz King; with a new humorous plot and new music and songs. The original soundtrack was lost around 1949; only a 2014 subtitled version is preserved.)

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