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

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

4.3
2022
1h 34m
HD
DocumentaryHistory

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.

Top Cast

Antonio Esquivias

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

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