Fernando Fernán Gómez wrote the original script, inspired by the great picaresque novelists of the 16th and 17th centuries: Miguel de Cervantes, Francisco de Quevedo, Vicente Espinel, Salas Barbadillo, Alain René Le Sage, and the anonymous author of "Estebanillo González." It tells the story of...
An 11-part TV series set during the reign of Joseph I Bonaparte (1808-1813). Carlos Zárate, a nobleman from a wealthy family, returns to Spain to find the country invaded by Napoleon's troops. His brother Diego informs him of his father's tragic death after a confrontation...
A six-part miniseries centered around Goya's collection of prints of the same name. It chronicles the confrontation between Napoleonic troops and the Spanish during the Peninsular War (1808-1814), under the rule of Joseph I Bonaparte. (FILMAFFINITY) ...
TV Series (1984). 8 episodes. With great historical accuracy, we witness the life of Teresa of Jesus, a Carmelite nun, descended from converted Jews, who undertook the reform of the Order. In her writings, she left us one of the most fascinating accounts of the...
A 4-part miniseries. A faithful adaptation of two novels by Emilia Pardo Bazán ("Los pazos de Ulloa" and "La madre naturaleza"). The plot revolves around the Marquis of Ulloa, a local chieftain in rural Galicia in the 1880s, and a group of characters whose lives...
A traffic accident allows a driver to recognize in the wife of a commander the woman who rejected him, and incites her to take revenge....
The second part of the Elemental Triptych of Spain by José Val del Omar, composed of Aguaespejo granadino, Fuego en Castilla, andAcariño galaico. Ensayo sonámbulo de TactilVisión (sistema, original del autor, de iluminación por impulsos) sobre las esculturas religiosas del francés Juan de Juni...
In late 19th-century Madrid, young Fabián Conde leads a completely dissolute life. Among his lovers is Matilde, whose husband has been posted to the Canary Islands. To avoid the gossip of the neighbors, Matilde comes up with a plan: she brings her niece Gabriela to...
American Robert Jordan (Gary Cooper), alias "The Englishman," fought in the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) as part of the Lincoln Brigade. He is an expert in special operations behind enemy lines: he has blown up trains, power grids, and weapons depots. On the eve of...
A biography of Don Juan of Austria, the illegitimate son of Charles I (1517-1556) and the Spanish hero of Flanders and Lepanto. The film also portrays Imperial Spain. (FILMAFFINTIY) ...
Four soldiers from the Spanish Blue Division who participated in the German invasion of Soviet territory are imprisoned after the expulsion of Hitler's forces. They are sent to forced labor camps, and the only way they have to live a better life there is by...
Polonio was the first child in the village to make his First Communion wearing a white suit, as is the custom in Madrid. Marcos, not wanting to be outdone, decides he won't make his First Communion unless he wears a suit as beautiful as Polonio's,...
