La Antorcha de los Éxitos: Cifesa (1932-1961)
2022 · 94 min
Documentary · History
★ 4.3The 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.
Crew
- Director Francisco Rodríguez Fernández
- Writer Francisco Rodríguez Fernández
- Writer Manuel Espín
- Director of Photography Andrés Torres de Torres
- Director of Photography Asís G. Ayerbe
Cast
Antonio Esquivias
Self - Narrator (voice)
- E
Emeterio Díez Puertas
Self - Film Historian
- L
Luis Casanova Iranzo
Self - V. Casanova's Nephew
- J
José Luis Castro de Paz
Self - Film Scholar
- V
Virginia Guarinos
Self - Film Scholar
- J
Jaime Hernández de la Torre
Self - Painter
- A
Alfonso Gil
Self - Historian
- L
Luis Fernández Gimeno
Self - Fallero
- V
Vicente Sánchez Biosca
Self - Film Scholar
- F
Fátima Gil Gascón
Self - Scholar
- P
Pablo León Aguinaga
Self - Historian
Fernando Fernández de Córdoba
Self - Actor (voice) (archive footage)
Crew
- Director — Francisco Rodríguez Fernández
- Writer — Francisco Rodríguez Fernández
- Writer — Manuel Espín
- Director of Photography — Andrés Torres de Torres
- Director of Photography — Asís G. Ayerbe
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