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

Oct 5, 2022
1h 34m
★ 4.3

Overview

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.

Genres

Documentary
History

Production Companies

TVE
Enrique Cerezo
Sateco Documentalia

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Cast

Antonio Esquivias

Self - Narrator (voice)

Antonio Esquivias

Emeterio Díez Puertas

Self - Film Historian

Emeterio Díez Puertas

Luis Casanova Iranzo

Self - V. Casanova's Nephew

Luis Casanova Iranzo

José Luis Castro de Paz

Self - Film Scholar

José Luis Castro de Paz

Virginia Guarinos

Self - Film Scholar

Virginia Guarinos

Jaime Hernández de la Torre

Self - Painter

Jaime Hernández de la Torre

Alfonso Gil

Self - Historian

Alfonso Gil

Luis Fernández Gimeno

Self - Fallero

Luis Fernández Gimeno

Vicente Sánchez Biosca

Self - Film Scholar

Vicente Sánchez Biosca

Fátima Gil Gascón

Self - Scholar

Fátima Gil Gascón

Pablo León Aguinaga

Self - Historian

Pablo León Aguinaga

Fernando Fernández de Córdoba

Self - Actor (voice) (archive footage)

Fernando Fernández de Córdoba