Manuel Requena

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El último caballo
6.2

El último caballo

Nov 23, 1950

El último caballo
1950 85 min 12 vues
Fernando has just finished the military service. It decides to buy Bucéfalo, the horse that has been his partner for this time and returns to Madrid removing with it to the animal. But everything has changed, the city already neither is the same and even he nor finds stables nor has time to attend to it. This way the things remedy will not have any more that to look for any solution.
Comedy
Don Quijote de la Mancha
5.6

Don Quijote de la Mancha

Mar 01, 1947

Don Quijote de la Mancha
1947 137 min 12 vues
The old hidalgo Don Alonso Quijano, maddened by the excessive reading of books on chivalry and determined to become a famous and heroic knight-errant, leaves his village and sets out on the road in search of adventure, accompanied by his faithful friend Sancho Panza.
Drama
Plume au vent
7

Plume au vent

Oct 17, 1952

Plume au vent
1952 85 min 1 vues
Carlos, veterinary, poet, musician in his spare time and a fun-minded Don Juan,pretends to be his friend Fernando who has inherited a pharmacy in Madrid. There he meets an old girl friend that attracts him.
Comedy
Domingo de carnaval
5.6

Domingo de carnaval

Oct 22, 1945

Domingo de carnaval
1945 77 min 8 vues
Madrid, Carnival Sunday. A night watchman finds the body of a woman, a rich and greedy moneylender who has apparently been murdered. The prime suspect is a watchmaker who owed her a lot of money.
Thriller
El señor Esteve
5.7

El señor Esteve

Dec 31, 1948

El señor Esteve
1948 108 min 3 vues
Barcelona, 1860. Mr. Esteve, owner of a haberdashery and proud of his son, attends the christening of his grandson who, years later, determined to become a renowned artist, seems unwilling to continue the tradition and take over the family business. (Only badly preserved and severely mutilated copies of this film survive, just 69 out of a total of 108 minutes.)
Drama
El traje de luces
1

El traje de luces

May 19, 1947

El traje de luces
1947 108 min 1 vues
A young bullfighter full of illusions triumphs in Mexico and decides to get married there and forget about his old Spanish girlfriend, who by then has just given birth to his son.
Drama
El gran Galeoto
7

El gran Galeoto

Oct 15, 1951

El gran Galeoto
1951 137 min 1 vues
A young musician and dreamy, called "Ernesto", is forced to live in Madrid to die his father, in the house of executor of the testament, "don Julio Villamil", who is married to actress Teresa Labisbal, of which "Ernesto Acedo" was enamored platonic. Although the conduct of the young is flawless, a third person causes slander which oblige "don Julio" to fight in mourning to death.
Drama
El fantasma y doña Juanita
3.5

El fantasma y doña Juanita

Mar 31, 1945

El fantasma y doña Juanita
1945 65 min 4 vues
Fearing that her niece Rosita will abandon her true love and enter into a marriage of convenience, doña Juanita tells her the story of when, many years ago, she fell in love with an accountant who worked in a circus.
Comedy
Aventuras de Juan Lucas
1

Aventuras de Juan Lucas

Jul 07, 1949

Aventuras de Juan Lucas
1949 92 min 1 vues
Following his father's steps, Juan Lucas becomes the most famous highwayman in Sierra Morena mountains, also helping local resistance against Napoleonic troops. In love with Ana, a Count's daughter, his hopes seem to have no future.
Adventure
Dossier secret
6.9

Dossier secret

Aug 09, 1955

Dossier secret
1955 107 min 173 vues
Richissime marchand d'armes, Gregory Arkadin prétend être devenu amnésique et engage un aventurier sans scrupules, Guy van Stratten, pour qu'il l'aide à retrouver les témoins de son passé. À mesure que ces derniers éclairent l'enquêteur sur les activités que pratiquait Arkadin avant qu'il ne devienne un magnat tout puissant, ils sont assassinés…
Mystery
Gioventù disperata
1

Gioventù disperata

Dec 14, 1957

Gioventù disperata
1957 93 min 1 vues
A doctor whose wife has been accidentally killed by a young man who lives in an impoverished zone of Madrid, goes there with the intention of taking revenge, but after meeting the man's little sister, he goes through a change of heart and decides to stay and help the people that live there, supported by the benevolent local priest.
Drama
Con la vida hicieron fuego
6.3

Con la vida hicieron fuego

Sep 20, 1959

Con la vida hicieron fuego
1959 77 min 3 vues
The sailor Quico Carola, alleged war hero of the Francoist side, emigrated to America and amassed a great fortune. Fifteen years later he returns to Ferrera (Asturias), his homeland, in search of a wife who makes him forget his late girlfriend. There he will see his old friends and Armandina, the widow of a Republican shot during the Spanish civil war.
Drama
Un marido de ida y vuelta
4

Un marido de ida y vuelta

Aug 26, 1957

Un marido de ida y vuelta
1957 94 min 4 vues
Adaptation of the eponymous play of Jardiel Poncela. A husband dominated by his overbearing wife dies victim of a heart attack the day she forces him to shave his beloved beard to go to a costume ball dressed as a bullfighter. Its spectrum then begins to walk around the house and the most unexpected cause tangles. When she finally decides to settle definitely get materialize and get his wife, who has meanwhile become a being sweet and understanding.
Fantasy
Camarote de lujo
5

Camarote de lujo

Jun 22, 1959

Camarote de lujo
1959 95 min 1 vues
Aurelio leaves his village and goes to the capital to work with a relative in an emigration shipping company. He soon discovers that his relative earns a bonus extorting migrants who sell tickets. But Aurelio is an honest, sensible man who cannot allow such injustice, and he gets fired. Without telling his parents or girlfriend anything about what happened, he decides to stow away on a boat to America.
Drama
El clavo
5.9

El clavo

Oct 05, 1944

El clavo
1944 89 min 8 vues
Spain, late 19th century. Judge Javier Zarco finds in a cemetery a skull pierced by a nail and suspects that a murder has been committed.
Drama
Una mujer cualquiera
5.3

Una mujer cualquiera

Aug 15, 1949

Una mujer cualquiera
1949 89 min 6 vues
A woman who has walked out of an unhappy marriage is unsuccessful trying to earn herself a new living and gets mixed with a man who is a murderer and tries to incriminate her.
Drama
Tuvo la culpa Adán
1

Tuvo la culpa Adán

Oct 09, 1944

Tuvo la culpa Adán
1944 88 min 1 vues
Nora leaves the convent where she has been raised to marry a relative. Just arrived she has an accident resulting in total amnesia. Her identity mistaken a new life begins for her, where she will encounter love, adventure and even crime.
Comedy
La nao Capitana
4.5

La nao Capitana

Sep 29, 1947

La nao Capitana
1947 87 min 2 vues
Port of Seville, Spain, 1640. A group of people from very different origins embark on the ship Capitana. They are members of the upper class, adventurers, peasants, convicts, who have only one thing in common: the illusion of arriving in America, the promised land where they can make their dreams and ambitions come true.
Drama
Café de París
1

Café de París

Dec 27, 1943

Café de París
1943 98 min 1 vues
After suffering a family tragedy, Carmen leaves Spain and emigrates to Paris, where she will make new friends among some of the most peculiar characters who inhabit the bohemian neighborhoods of the city. (Partially lost film.)
Comedy
Sin uniforme
1

Sin uniforme

Feb 09, 1950

Sin uniforme
1950 137 min 1 vues
Several different people meet in Tangier, where they will have to join efforts to survive.
Drama
Tres huchas para Oriente
7

Tres huchas para Oriente

Jan 01, 1954

Tres huchas para Oriente
1954 74 min 1 vues
Pedro Manolo and Juan, three naughty and full of enthusiasm children go out with their piggy banks collecting money for missions. Near the end of the day, a car ran over one of them and is driven to a nearby hospital. The head of school, not knowing which of the children was injured calls the parents of the three to attend the health center. In parallel, we know the story of the three families. In the upper-class family, the father will leave his mother for another woman, in the middle class one, one sister invites her boyfriend to lunch and family revolutionizes and, finally, in that of lower class, the boy's father is about to be complicit in a crime
Drama
La cigarra
1

La cigarra

Nov 22, 1948

La cigarra
1948 78 min 1 vues
Soledad, known as "La Cigarra", agrees to sing in Buenos Aires to have the opportunity to meet her liar boyfriend, whom she tries to forget in Rio.
Drama
Morena clara
7

Morena clara

Dec 23, 1954

Morena clara
1954 94 min 6 vues
Trini, a gipsy girl, and her uncle Regalito are tried for the theft of several hams. Some time later, she presents herself, disguised as a maid, at the house of her former prosecutor, who ends up falling in love with her.
Comedy
¡Olé torero!
1

¡Olé torero!

Feb 14, 1949

¡Olé torero!
1949 137 min 1 vues
Manuel is a friendly taxi driver in Buenos Aires that helps its beginnings to a famous Spanish bullfighter dubbed "The Carthusian". He travels to Spain to marry a young Sevillian, rich and beautiful, and Manuel accompanies him on the trip, as administrator. During the voyage dies "The Carthusian" afflicted with a terrible disease, and before dying makes him promise to his friend Manuel to comfort Soledad, his fiancee. But to get to Seville is confused with the bullfighter.
Comedy
La alegre caravana
5

La alegre caravana

Sep 02, 1953

La alegre caravana
1953 85 min 1 vues
Miguel, a young adventurer with a good social position, flees his home to prevent his marriage qith a woman chosen by his family. In their flight is hidden in a gypsy caravan merchants. There he meets Rocío, a beautiful young woman with an extraordinary voice. Michael will be involved in the events of the troupe and incorporated into the show, going from town to town.
Comedy
Suspiros de Triana
6

Suspiros de Triana

Dec 16, 1955

Suspiros de Triana
1955 85 min 2 vues
The famous singer Carlos Ojeda has come to Seville to hire some Spanish figure to accompany him on the show to be presented in Mexico. Negotiations with Dorita, The Cadiz, fail and Carlos is about to return to empty when discovered Reyes, selling beautiful flowers with a magnificent voice.
Music
Ella, él y sus millones
5.5

Ella, él y sus millones

Dec 25, 1944

Ella, él y sus millones
1944 120 min 2 vues
Arturo Salazar is a powerful businessman who wants to be related to the nobility, so he asks an aristocratic friend to find him a blue-blooded bride.
Comedy
La niña de la venta
5.8

La niña de la venta

Nov 12, 1951

La niña de la venta
1951 80 min 2 vues
Juan Luis and Dimas arrive to the "Venta del Catite", a tavern run by Rafael and his goddaughter Reyes. The tavern is frequented by tuna fishermen in the region, but in reality it is a cover for smuggling. Rafael decides to hire a beautiful singer, Raquel, to distract customers and the two new arrivals, so that he can do his business without being disturbed.
Comedy
Yo no soy la Mata-Hari
1

Yo no soy la Mata-Hari

Aug 21, 1950

Yo no soy la Mata-Hari
1950 83 min 1 vues
After the execution of the spy Mata-Hari, the secret service takes the opportunity to arrest some of her collaborators. To arrest one of the ringleaders, they use his girlfriend Niní, a naive dancer. The girl, tired of being manipulated by everyone, decides to become agent X25.
Comedy
El diablo toca la flauta
6.333

El diablo toca la flauta

May 14, 1954

El diablo toca la flauta
1954 91 min 3 vues
When the pieces of a singular figure are unearthed and then joined together, a devil of the lowest category breaks into a small Mediterranean village. From that moment on, the demon will enter the life of a painter named Bernardino, in the affairs of a "modern" marriage, in the existence of a frightened gardener and, finally, in the day-to-day life of the Great Momo.
Fantasy
Aeropuerto
5.3

Aeropuerto

Sep 14, 1953

Aeropuerto
1953 90 min 3 vues
Different kind of people arrives to Madrid airport. Some goes with their heads and others just landed. Fernando is a pilot who he brings a girl for his relatives. Ceferino and his wife have won a contest and will travel soon to Paraguay and they are there because they want to know the airplane. Mr. Beltran is very nervous because he returned to Spain after many years of exile.
Comedy
Fulano y Mengano
6.3

Fulano y Mengano

Jul 24, 1957

Fulano y Mengano
1957 70 min 3 vues
Eudosio and Carlos were imprisoned by mistake. Now out of prison, are trying to get a job and to adapt to a society that rejects them.
Comedy
Historias de Madrid
5

Historias de Madrid

Jan 13, 1958

Historias de Madrid
1958 90 min 4 vues
Dawn in Madrid. In the Plaza de la Cibeles begins the daily grind. The statue of the goddess, from its source in the center of the square tells the story of a man, petty speculator, owner of an old building that is going to ask Saint Nicholas for his cooperation to make it sink, and thus be able to lift a twelve-story modern building. But the inhabitants of the block have also implored the Saint to prevent this from happening.
Comedy
La vida empieza a medianoche
6

La vida empieza a medianoche

Nov 09, 1944

La vida empieza a medianoche
1944 88 min 1 vues
Silvia Heredia, since her arrival to Madrid is staying at her best friends' house, Mary. Her aim is to work as a secretary of a famous novelist. But at night the house is full of people and they confuse her with the owner of the floor. A series of misunderstandings makes her meet Ricardo Ariaga, the musician whose opera "Life begins at midnight" is about to debut. Ricardo convinces Sylvia to act as his wife. With a "rented" child they try to be the perfect family of a lonely old man.
Drama
Violettes impériales
5.4

Violettes impériales

Dec 12, 1952

Violettes impériales
1952 94 min 11 vues
Vers 1850, alors que la belle Eugénie de Montijo passe dans le quartier gitan du Sacromonte à Grenade avec sa mère, elle fait la connaissance de Violetta, belle danseuse et vendeuse de violettes qui vit dans ce quartier. Violetta lui prédit – en lisant les lignes de la main d'Eugénie - une véritable couronne. Juan de Ayala est un jeune noble volage, cousin d’Eugénie, qui tombe sous le charme de Violetta alors qu’il la voit danser dans une taverne. Cette dernière tombe amoureuse de Juan mais se refuse à lui.
Comedy
2 cuentos para 2
5.4

2 cuentos para 2

Nov 24, 1947

2 cuentos para 2
1947 90 min 5 vues
Berta is a young manicurist whose boyfriend, Jorge, is too shy to ask for a raise, something she always blames him for. On the occasion of a special job that Berta must do in a big house, owned by Mr. and Mrs. Gordon, the couple fantasizes about what their life would be like in the midst of so many comforts.
Comedy
Día tras día
5.7

Día tras día

Oct 17, 1951

Día tras día
1951 90 min 3 vues
The everyday stories of a parish priest and his sheep, some more troublesome than others, in Madrid's El Rastro neighborhood.
Drama
Lola la Piconera
6.7

Lola la Piconera

Mar 03, 1952

Lola la Piconera
1952 89 min 3 vues
Cadiz, during the War of Independence. The Lola singer in love with a French military entrusted an important message ...
Drama
El guardián del paraíso
8

El guardián del paraíso

May 23, 1955

El guardián del paraíso
1955 94 min 1 vues
A serene mind a person is in a coffee some of their experiences: the story of a poet who gives shelter, a nun who takes off to find a drug habits in the black market, and his own witness of a robbery and as a lover.
Comedy