Manuel Collado
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Der Mann mit der Puppe
May 25, 1966Crime
Hora cero: Operación Rommel
Mar 07, 1969During World War II, a tough officer organizes a commando raid into Germany.
War
Romanza final (Gayarre)
Apr 29, 1986Biography of Julian Gayarre (1844-1890), one of the best tenors of all times. At 19, a professor at the Conservatory of Music in Madrid heard him singing for the first time and offered him a scholarship to continue his studies. His artistic life runs between continued success, becoming the world's greatest tenor. But in 1890, while singing at the Teatro Real in Madrid, a failure in his voice is like a cruel reminder of what would happen a few days later: his death at a young age. The doctors gave a diagnosis, but his friends know that Julian Gayarre died because he could not sing anymore.
Drama
Abuso de confianza
Sep 21, 1950A homeless young woman breaks into a married couple's house claiming to be the man's daughter, but she regrets the deception.
Drama
Manuel y Clemente
May 26, 1986Manuel and Clemente, couple in the shower and in various scheming, try to do business with miraculous apparitions. Near the Sevillian town of El Palmar de Troya, in 1968, people begin to say that the Virgin appears and the two friends take advantage of the situation. Soon a network of economic interests and credulity is created that makes it easier for Manuel and Clemente to achieve their goal: a monumental basilica, a religious order of nuns, priests and bishops of their own, and even a pope, Gregory XVII. Satire on the curious origin of the Palmarian Catholic Church and its unique founders.
Comedy
Las viudas
Oct 27, 1966Comedy consists of three stories about the sudden death of three husbands: a newly married man dies as a result of the excessive enthusiasm of his wife ("Honeymoon"), another because of a fling with a girl too fiery ("The Anniversary" ), and finally, a husband dies because of his greed and stinginess ("Portrait of Regino").
Comedy
La dama del collar
Jul 08, 1948A rich woman's personal secretary borrows an expensive piece of jewelry without permission for a night on the town... and then loses it. Based on a story by Guy de Maupassant.
Drama
Los flamencos
Mar 23, 1968Diego, retired from flamenco due to an illness, is obsessed with the memory of Antonia Jiménez, a beautiful woman he loved in the past and with whom he formed an artistic duet. Now, after having triumphed on the stages of half the world, she returns from America, while he is dedicated to survive in the suburbs of Madrid mixed up in shady business. He kills the man who stole his woman. A tragedy could be sensed in the air.
Music
El dinero tiene miedo
Nov 09, 1970John is a rogue that convinces two friends to be trusted with your money, ensuring that you will place in Switzerland in very good condition, but his plan will encounter some difficulties.
Comedy
¡Adiós, Mimí Pompón!
Feb 21, 1961The famous couplet singer Mimi Pompon leaves everything to marry Heriberto Promenade, a wealthy merchant of Limoges with five marriages behind her. Of course Mimi has also been widowed five times. Saintpaul, an astute police, suspicious of so many accidental deaths and closely monitor both the mansion. Gradually, we discover that Heriberto, fearing that their wives may betray him, the killer, always with the complicity of her mother.
Comedy
Operación Plus Ultra
Sep 20, 1966Comedy
El barbero de Sevilla
Apr 16, 1938Since he falls for beautiful Rosina, the Almaviva count is questioning his Donjuanesque life. He resolves to travel to Seville to seek advice from famed Figaro, who is much more than a barber.
Comedy
No Me Digas Adiós
Oct 10, 1950An Argentinian and a Brazilian fall in love and at the same time, their couples do the same thing between them.
Adventure
La dama duende
May 17, 1945The young widow of the viceroy of Peru, facing the dismal prospect of either a convent or a marriage of convenience, sets out to conquer a handsome officer, pretending she’s a duende, a ghost. Voted the best Argentine film of 1945, La dama duende is a beautifully crafted comedy of errors, based on the 17th-century play by Pedro Calderón de la Barca. The most ambitious production of Estudios San Miguel, it was brought to the screen mostly by Spaniards exiled in Argentina as a result of the Civil War.
Romance
Chiruca
Jul 04, 1945An orphan young man in Argentina finds that his family's fortune is in ruins, so he goes back to Spain where he finds Chiruca, the family's maid. Together they will find out who is trying to scam him.
