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La Antorcha de los Éxitos: Cifesa (1932-1961)

40 %|Oct 5, 2022|Documentary, History

The amazing story of Cifesa, a mythical film production company founded in Valencia by the Casanova family that managed to dominate the box office during the turbulent times of the Second Spanish Republic, the carnage of the Civil War and the hardships of the long post-war period and Franco's dictatorship — and survive until the sixties, when Spain was timidly beginning to change.

Featured Crew

Francisco Rodríguez Fernández
Director
Lourdes Sánchez Serrano
Producer
Carlos Bernases
Producer
Ana Peláez
Executive Producer
Francisco Rodríguez Fernández
Writer
Manuel Espín
Writer
Andrés Torres de Torres
Director of Photography
Asís G. Ayerbe
Director of Photography

Cast

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Antonio Esquivias
Self - Narrator (voice)
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Emeterio Díez Puertas
Self - Film Historian
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Luis Casanova Iranzo
Self - V. Casanova's Nephew
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José Luis Castro de Paz
Self - Film Scholar
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Virginia Guarinos
Self - Film Scholar
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Alfonso Gil
Self - Historian
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Vicente Sánchez Biosca
Self - Film Scholar
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Fátima Gil Gascón
Self - Scholar
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Pablo León Aguinaga
Self - Historian
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Fernando Fernández de Córdoba
Self - Actor (voice) (archive footage)
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Gonzalo Queipo de Llano
Self - Spanish Military (archive footage)
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Francisco Franco
Self - Politician (archive footage)
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Rafael Gil
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
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Carmen Polo
Self - Franco's Wife (archive footage)
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Cesáreo González
Self - Film Producer (archive footage)
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Luis Lucia
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
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Juan de Orduña
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
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Luis Carrero Blanco
Self - Politician (archive footage)
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Vicente Casanova
Self - Film Producer (archive footage)
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Sara Montiel
Self - Actress (archive footage)
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Manuel Fraga
Self - Politician (archive footage)