La ciudad perdida

Apr 11, 1955

1h 3m

★ 5.8

Overview

Rafa, a Communist Republican exiled after the Spanish Civil War, returns to his hometown to carry out an attack against the imposed tyrannical regime, but the mission fails and, in his attempt to escape, he kidnaps a lady of high society.

Genres

Drama

Thriller

Production Companies

Pico Films

Nervión Films

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Cast

María

Cosetta Greco

Rafael

Fausto Tozzi

Luisa

María Dolores Pradera

Police Commissioner

Félix Dafauce

Sole

Nani Fernández

Eliseo

Manolo Morán

Rafael's Father

Alessandro Fersen

Rafael's Mother

Emma Baron

The Boss

Santiago Rivero

Antonio Molino Rojo

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