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

La Antorcha de los Éxitos: Cifesa (1932-1961) (2022)

1h 34m | PG-13

⭐ 4 / 10

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.

Director: Francisco Rodríguez Fernández

Studio: TVE

Genre: Documentary, History

Video: 720p

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Cast

Antonio Esquivias

Antonio Esquivias

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Emeterio Díez Puertas

Emeterio Díez Puertas

as Self - Film Historian

Luis Casanova Iranzo

Luis Casanova Iranzo

as Self - V. Casanova's Nephew

José Luis Castro de Paz

José Luis Castro de Paz

as Self - Film Scholar

Virginia Guarinos

Virginia Guarinos

as Self - Film Scholar

Jaime Hernández de la Torre

Jaime Hernández de la Torre

as Self - Painter