CinemaOSMovie · 2022 · 1h 34m

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

43%(3)DocumentaryHistory

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.

Directed byFrancisco Rodríguez Fernández

Status: Released
Runtime: 1h 34m
Language: ES
Released: October 5, 2022

Studios

TVE

Enrique Cerezo

Sateco Documentalia

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited

Starring

Antonio Esquivias

Antonio Esquivias

Self - Narrator (voice)

Emeterio Díez Puertas

Self - Film Historian

Luis Casanova Iranzo

Self - V. Casanova's Nephew

José Luis Castro de Paz

Self - Film Scholar

Virginia Guarinos

Self - Film Scholar

Jaime Hernández de la Torre

Self - Painter

Alfonso Gil

Self - Historian

Luis Fernández Gimeno

Self - Fallero

Vicente Sánchez Biosca

Self - Film Scholar

Fátima Gil Gascón

Self - Scholar

Creative team

Directed by: Francisco Rodríguez Fernández
Written by: Francisco Rodríguez Fernández
Manuel Espín
Produced by: Lourdes Sánchez Serrano
Carlos Bernases

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