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

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

2022
1h 34m
4.3

4.3/10

3 votes
Documentary History
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.

Status: Released

Language: ES

Production Information

Production Companies
TVE Enrique Cerezo Sateco Documentalia
Production Countries
Spain
Spoken Languages
Spanish

Keywords

cinema on cinema spanish civil war (1936-39) franco regime (francoism) spanish second republic (1931-39) spanish history film production film censorship spanish cinema

Quick Facts

Release Date October 5, 2022
Status Released
Language ES

Cast

Antonio Esquivias
Antonio Esquivias

Self - Narrator (voice)

Emeterio Díez Puertas
Emeterio Díez Puertas

Self - Film Historian

Luis Casanova Iranzo
Luis Casanova Iranzo

Self - V. Casanova's Nephew

José Luis Castro de Paz
José Luis Castro de Paz

Self - Film Scholar

Virginia Guarinos
Virginia Guarinos

Self - Film Scholar

Jaime Hernández de la Torre
Jaime Hernández de la Torre

Self - Painter

Alfonso Gil
Alfonso Gil

Self - Historian

Luis Fernández Gimeno
Luis Fernández Gimeno

Self - Fallero

Vicente Sánchez Biosca
Vicente Sánchez Biosca

Self - Film Scholar

Fátima Gil Gascón
Fátima Gil Gascón

Self - Scholar

Pablo León Aguinaga
Pablo León Aguinaga

Self - Historian

Fernando Fernández de Córdoba
Fernando Fernández de Córdoba

Self - Actor (voice) (archive footage)

Key Crew

Lourdes Sánchez Serrano
Producer
Francisco Rodríguez Fernández
Writer
Manuel Espín
Writer
Carlos Bernases
Producer
Francisco Rodríguez Fernández
Director
Ana Peláez
Executive Producer