Writing
Enrique Jardiel Poncela
Born October 15, 1901 · Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Died February 18, 1952 · aged 50
Enrique Jardiel Poncela (1901-1952) was a well-known Spanish playwright.
Known For
Melodía prohibida · 1933Melodía prohibida
1933
MovieDramaMusic
Kalu and Tuila are two South Pacific islanders who are getting married. Invited to their wedding are several tourists who have recently arrived aboard a yacht. During the wedding Kalu sings a "Forbidden Melody", which is a song that a young man sings only once in his life, on the day of his wedding. However, he is enticed by Peggy, a nightclub performer who arrived on the yacht, into an illicit affair, eventually leaving with the tourists when their yacht departs. One of the other tourists is a nightclub owner, who offers Kalu a job back in the states.
Angelina, o El honor de un brigadier · 1935Angelina, o El honor de un brigadier
★ 4.71935
MovieComedyRomance
Madrid, Spain, 1880. Angelina, daughter of the pompous Brigadier Marcial, is tempted by the womanizer Germán, who asks her to run away together, just after her boyfriend, Rodolfo, asks her to do exactly the same thing with him.
Margarita, Armando and his father · 1939Margarita, Armando and his father
★ 7.81939
MovieComedyRomance
A young couple, Margarita and Armando, reenact the story of The Lady of the Camellias, as they fall in love, Armando's flamboyant father disapproves of their relationship and does everything to separate them.
Wait for me in Siberia, Darling! · 1971Wait for me in Siberia, Darling!
★ 5.91971
MovieComedy
Debauched playboy has a hypochondriac streak and an unscrupulous doctor that profits from it.
Un marido de ida y vuelta · 1957Un marido de ida y vuelta
★ 4.61957
MovieFantasyComedy
Adaptation of the eponymous play of Jardiel Poncela. A husband dominated by his overbearing wife dies victim of a heart attack the day she forces him to shave his beloved beard to go to a costume ball dressed as a bullfighter. Its spectrum then begins to walk around the house and the most unexpected cause tangles. When she finally decides to settle definitely get materialize and get his wife, who has meanwhile become a being sweet and understanding.
El fakir Rodríguez · 1938El fakir Rodríguez
★ 9.01938
Movie
Insure Your Wife · 1935Insure Your Wife
★ 7.01935
MovieComedy
This Fox Film comedy – based on a play by Argentinean writer Julio Escobar – features an international cast that includes actor and singer Raúl Roulien and his fiancée in both the movie and real life, actress and dancer Conchita Montenegro. The plot centers on Ricardo Randall (Roulien), who concocts a scheme to establish an insurance policy to protect men from their wives’ infidelity. The plot thickens when Ricardo’s secretary and love interest, Camelia Cornell (Montenegro), is faced with the return of Rita Martín (Maris), a former lover of Ricardo, whose husband Eduardo (Moreno) has purchased an insurance policy on her. The film features tango songs performed by Roulien, with lyrics by Spanish playwright Enrique Jardiel Poncela, who also collaborated on the film’s screenplay.
Un adulterio decente · 1969Un adulterio decente
★ 3.01969
MovieComedy
Federico is having an affair with Fernanda, which he believes widow, when in fact she is married. When the trick is discovered, a doctor appears very opportunely saying that infidelity is a disease caused by bacteria and has no cure. In his private clinic he applies a treatment that consists of locking up every adulterer with his mistress.
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صورة عائلية · 1982صورة عائلية
1982
MovieRomanceDrama
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