Alberto Marro
1878 - 1956La secta de los misteriosos
Alberto Marro
José Durany, Joaquín Carrasco
Barcelona, early twentieth century. While a trio of masked burglars and their minions search for an ancient Moorish treasure that can only be located when the two parts of an ornamental chain are connected, Inspector Hernández and his faithful assistant Carlos follow the dreadful crime path they walk by. (Only the German cut of the three original Spanish episodes has survived.)
La secta de los misteriosos
Carmen o la hija del contrabandista
Ramón de Baños, Alberto Marro
Concha Lorente, Domenec Cenet
Pyrenees mountain range, 17th century. Before dying, Diego de Robles, leader of a ruthless gang of highwaymen, has his daughter Carmen, a beautiful young woman full of courage, recognized as the new leader of the gang. (Partially preserved film: with a running time of approximately twenty-five minutes, about nineteen survive. There are doubts about the true identities of those involved in the production, both technical and artistic crew.)
Carmen, the Bandit's Daughter
Los misterios de Barcelona
Alberto Marro
Francisco Aguiló, Juan Argelagués
Folletinescas adventure series, adapted from the novel "Barcelona and its mysteries" of Antoni Altadill. Is divided into 8 sessions: 1. Barcelona and its mysteries 2. The smuggler boat 3. The legacy of six million 4. The Counterfeiters 5. Shine 6. The will of a dying 7. The return of an inmate in August. Death of Diego Rocafort.
The mysteries of Barcelona
Don Pedro el Cruel
Alberto Marro, Ricardo de Baños
The bastard brothers Fadrique, Enrique and Tello de Trastámara conspire against King Pedro I, who orders Fadrique to be assassinated and who, in turn, dies at the hands of Enrique in the presence of Bertrán Duglesclín.
Don Pedro the Cruel
El beso de la muerte
Alberto Marro, Fructuós Gelabert
Señor Alonso, Josep Balaguer
Clara, widow duchess of Santauro, has confined her daughter Margarita, of great beauty, in the Royal Boarding School, where she goes to take her out and to make her debut already. So that it does not affect the reputation of her daughter, she breaks off her affair with Luis de Castro, a “don Juan of today”, blackmailer an d a drunkard. The duchess decides to celebrate a party, where Luis meets Margarita and seduces her. Clara receives Luis at home in order to ask him for her letters. Margarita, who sees him arriving, thinks he is coming to ask for her hand to her mother, an d hidden listens the conversation. Such is the disillusion that Margarita falls ill and goes mad.
The Kiss of Death
Don Juan de Serrallonga
Alberto Marro, Ricardo de Baños
Cecilio Rodríguez de la Vega, Dolores Puchol
The very first Spanish full feature-length film is based on musical composed by Enric Morera on a libretto by Francesc Pujols i Morgades, based on a work by Víctor Balaguer premiered on October 7, 1922 at the Tívoli Theater in Barcelona. The action takes place around the Catalan gang in the seventeenth century; it is a story of impossible love between "nyerros" and "cadells" that culminates with the execution of the titled protagonist.
Don Juan de Serrallonga
