Fernando Aguirre
2021
¡Bienvenido, Míster Marshall!
Luis García Berlanga
José Isbert, Lolita Sevilla
A small Spanish town, Villar del Río, is alerted to the upcoming visit of American diplomats and its ruling townsmen begin preparations to impress the American visitors, in the hopes of benefiting under the Marshall Plan. Hoping to demonstrate the side of Spanish culture with which the visiting foreign officials would be more familiarized, the Castilian citizens don unfamiliar Andalusian costumes, hire a renowned flamenco performer, and re-decorate their town in Andalusian style, meantime waiting for their uncertain arrival.
Welcome Mr. Marshall!
El último caballo
Edgar Neville
Fernando Fernán Gómez, Conchita Montes
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.
The Last Horse
Don Quijote de la Mancha
Rafael Gil
Rafael Rivelles, Juan Calvo
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.
Don Quixote
Un drama nuevo
Juan de Orduña
Ricardo Acero, Fernando Aguirre
London, 1605. William Shakespeare is about to launch a new drama in The Globe. The comic actor Yorick urges the author to grant him the lead role, although he is not very gifted for serious roles. Then it begins a curious correspondence between what happens on stage and what happens in real life.
Un drama nuevo
Esa pareja feliz
Luis García Berlanga, Juan Antonio Bardem
Fernando Fernán Gómez, Elvira Quintillá
Juan and Carmen are a humble couple living in Madrid. She does the housework and he works as an electrician in a film studio. Their dreams of wellness come true when they win a contest sponsored by a soap brand.
That Happy Couple
Domingo de carnaval
Edgar Neville
Conchita Montes, Guillermo Marín
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.
Carnival Sunday
El señor Esteve
Edgar Neville
Alberto Romea, Carmen de Lucio
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.)
El señor Esteve
Yo no soy la Mata-Hari
Benito Perojo
Niní Marshall, Virgílio Teixeira
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.
Yo no soy la Mata-Hari
La duquesa de Benamejí
Luis Lucia
Manuel Aguilera, Fernando Aguirre
Bandits in Sierra Morena assault the carriage in which the Duchess of Benamejí travels. A romance starts between her and the boss of the gang, Lorenzo, that arouses the jealousy of Rocio a gypsy who lives with the bandits. Meanwhile, the Marquis of Peñaflores, a captain in love with his cousin the Duchess, chases the bandits. Rocío reveals to the Marquis where Lorenzo and his men are and taking advantage of the tumult of the fight, she kills the Duchess. Her death will cause a change in attitude both Lorenzo and Peñaflores
La duquesa de Benamejí
