Antonio Gades

Acting

Antonio Gades

Born November 14, 1936 · Elda, Alicante, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain

Died July 20, 2004 · aged 67

Spanish-born actor Antonio Gades was born on November 14, 1936. He is best known for his work on Carmen (1983), Blood Wedding (1981) and Los tarantos (1963).

Known For

The Pleasure SeekersThe Pleasure Seekers · 1964
The Pleasure Seekers
★ 5.41964
MovieComedyMusic
A trio of gorgeous American tourists hope to find love while vacationing in Spain. Secretary Maggie Williams falls hard for a married newsman named Paul Barton while fighting off the advances of one of his employees. Singer Fran Hobson sets her sights on a handsome European doctor. And coed Susie Higgins receives an unexpected proposal from smooth-talking womanizer Emilio Lacaya.
CarmenCarmen · 1983
Carmen
★ 6.71983
MovieDramaRomance
While rehearsing a flamenco ballet adaptation of Bizet's opera “Carmen”, Antonio, the choreographer, falls in love with the main dancer, Carmen, a fiercely independent woman. Antonio is slowly consumed by jealousy and possessiveness towards Carmen, just like Don José in the original opera, blurring the lines between fiction and reality.
Blood WeddingBlood Wedding · 1981
Blood Wedding
★ 6.61981
MovieDramaMusic
A dance troupe prepares for and completes a dress rehearsal of Federico García Lorca's tragic play "Blood Wedding," which is about a bride who runs away from her wedding with a former boyfriend.
Amores brujosAmores brujos · 2025
Amores brujos
2025
MovieDocumentaryDrama
Canciones de nuestra vidaCanciones de nuestra vida · 1975
Canciones de nuestra vida
★ 7.01975
MovieMusicDocumentary
With the East WindWith the East Wind · 1967
With the East Wind
★ 6.11967
MovieActionDrama
The life of Sebastián, a 28-year-old Roma, changes drastically after he kills a man. From that moment, he must flee, experiencing the torments of loneliness, guilt, and the rejection of his people.
Los días del pasadoLos días del pasado · 1977
Los días del pasado
★ 6.51977
MovieDrama
A woman arrives in town to work as a teacher. It is the time of the 'maquis', the anti-Franco guerrilla that fights with little hope in some regions of Spain just after the end of the civil war. She has a love affair with one of the guerrillas, but their relationship will have an impossible future because of the past.
El amor brujoEl amor brujo · 1986
El amor brujo
★ 6.91986
MovieMusicDrama
In a Gypsy village, the fathers of Candela and José promise their children to each other. Years later, the unfaithful José marries Candela but while defending his lover Lucía in a brawl, he is stabbed to death. Carmelo, who secretly loves Candela since he was a boy, is arrested while helping José and unfairly sent to prison. Four years later he is released and declares his love for Candela. However, the woman is cursed by a bewitched love and every night she goes to the place where José died to dance with his ghost.

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