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

IMDb 4.3 2022 • 94 min • DocumentaryHistory

Director

Francisco Rodríguez Fernández

Country

ES

Plot Summary

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)
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