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José Luis Sáenz de Heredia
Born April 10, 1911 · Madrid, Spain
Died November 4, 1992 · aged 81
José Luis Sáenz de Heredia, Spanish filmmaker, was born on April 10, 1911 in Madrid. He debuted as a filmmaker with Patricio miró una estrella (1935), later signed La hija de Juan Simón (id), and ¿Quién me quiere a mí? (1936), under the orders of Luis Buñuel, who saved his life during the Civil War. Very important in Franco's cinema, he became the official filmmaker of the regime; he made Raza, …
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All Is Possible in Granada · 1954All Is Possible in Granada
★ 6.51954
MovieComedy
Following meetings between Spain and the United States a delegation of a mining company arrives to Granada in search of uranium. The company contacted with the landowners, who agree to sell less of them. Such owner refuses because his ground a treasure supposedly hidden Muslim and refuses to sell them to Margaret, representative of the company. When he refused, Margaret convinces the owner to locate the treasure on your own and sell it in case you find it ... but love gets in his plans.
Don erre que erre · 1970Don erre que erre
★ 5.91970
MovieComedy
Don Rodrigo goes to the bank and when he is going to take his money there is a robbery. Then the bank refuses to give him his money back (257 pesetas, a small amount of money) with the argument that the money was robbed to him, not to the bank. He will fight against the bank till the last consequences.
The Roosters of Dawn · 1971The Roosters of Dawn
★ 6.51971
MovieDramaThriller
Only a few months after arriving in a fishing village, Lola, a beautiful woman, is found murdered by the sea.
El grano de mostaza · 1962El grano de mostaza
★ 7.21962
MovieComedy
Evelino Galindo, the serious owner of a porcelain store, argues with the womanizer jeweler Orcajo for an insignificant game of dominoes. Evelino, enraged, challenges him the next day to a duel in the gym. But after meditating a bit he starts to get scared. That is why, with the help of his friend Leoncio, he sharpens his wit to find a way to escape from combat. However, the situation is becoming more complicated.
Relaciones casi públicas · 1968Relaciones casi públicas
★ 5.11968
MovieComedyMusic
El taxi de los conflictos · 1969El taxi de los conflictos
★ 8.31969
MovieComedyMusic
Taxi driver Tadeo is about to encounter a busy shift. Throughout the day heterogeneous characters get into his taxi and the most varied situations arise. One of them leaves a baby in the taxi and Tadeo must find out where the little one belongs. He tackles this daunting task while keeping in the back of his mind that at the end of the day he has an appointment with a mysterious woman who apparently needs to tell him something very important.
Radio Stories · 1955Radio Stories
★ 7.51955
MovieComedy
Three short stories based on radio competitions, all linked by speaker Gabriel and his fiancee. Two inventors who want to patent a piston and need money, a thief who answers a phone call while robbing and a child who needs to go to Sweden for an operation are the protagonists of these stories around the radio.
¡Se armó el belén! · 1969¡Se armó el belén!
★ 6.21969
MovieComedy
An old priest, who has old ideas, is intended to exercise the apostolate in a neighborhood in the suburbs of Madrid. There the revolutionary climate and anti-religious character of the congregation thwarts all his attempts to attract them. The Archbishop admonishes him and asks to renew his methods, using the example of a young priest of a modern parish. The old priest tries to apply in his environment what he has seen in the parish model, setting off a chain of events.
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