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

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

1h 34m 4.0/10

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.

Director

Francisco Rodríguez Fernández

Top Billed Cast

Antonio Esquivias

Antonio Esquivias

Self - Narrator (voice)

Emeterio Díez Puertas

Self - Film Historian

José Luis Castro de Paz

Self - Film Scholar

Luis Casanova Iranzo

Self - V. Casanova's Nephew

Virginia Guarinos

Self - Film Scholar

Jaime Hernández de la Torre

Self - Painter

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