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

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

  • Jaime Hernández de la Torre

    Jaime Hernández de la Torre

    Self - Painter

  • Alfonso Gil

    Alfonso Gil

    Self - Historian

  • Luis Fernández Gimeno

    Luis Fernández Gimeno

    Self - Fallero

  • Vicente Sánchez Biosca

    Vicente Sánchez Biosca

    Self - Film Scholar

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.

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