La Antorcha de los Éxitos: Cifesa (1932-1961)
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.
Cast & Crew
Antonio Esquivias
Self - Narrator (voice)
Emeterio Díez Puertas
Self - Film Historian
Luis Casanova Iranzo
Self - V. Casanova's Nephew
José Luis Castro de Paz
Self - Film Scholar
Virginia Guarinos
Self - Film Scholar
Jaime Hernández de la Torre
Self - Painter
Alfonso Gil
Self - Historian
Luis Fernández Gimeno
Self - Fallero
Vicente Sánchez Biosca
Self - Film Scholar
Fátima Gil Gascón
Self - Scholar
Pablo León Aguinaga
Self - Historian
Fernando Fernández de Córdoba
Self - Actor (voice) (archive footage)
Gonzalo Queipo de Llano
Self - Spanish Military (archive footage)
Francisco Franco
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Rafael Gil
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Carmen Polo
Self - Franco's Wife (archive footage)
Cesáreo González
Self - Film Producer (archive footage)
Luis Lucia
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Juan de Orduña
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Luis Carrero Blanco
Self - Politician (archive footage)
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