Esquilache
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Esquilache is a 1989 Spanish film
directed by Josefina Molina
. The film stars Fernando Fernán Gómez
as Leopoldo de Gregorio, Marquis of Esquilache
. It is based on the play "Un Soñador Para Un Pueblo" by Antonio Buero Vallejo
. The film was entered into the 39th Berlin International Film Festival
.
Cinema of Spain
The art of motion-picture making within the nation of Spain or by Spanish filmmakers abroad is collectively known as Spanish Cinema.In recent years, Spanish cinema has achieved high marks of recognition as a result of its creative and technical excellence...
directed by Josefina Molina
Josefina Molina
Josefina Molina is a Spanish film director and screenwriter. Her 1989 film Esquilache was entered into the 39th Berlin International Film Festival...
. The film stars Fernando Fernán Gómez
Fernando Fernán Gómez
Fernando Fernán-Gómez was a Spanish actor and director. He was born in Lima, Peru as his mother, Spanish actress Carola Fernán-Gómez, was making a tour of Latin America. Inheriting his surname as a stage name, he moved to Spain in 1924.After the Spanish Civil War he began a study of Law but...
as Leopoldo de Gregorio, Marquis of Esquilache
Leopoldo de Gregorio, Marquis of Esquilache
Leopoldo de Gregorio, Marquis of Esquilache , originally Squillace, was an Italian statesman who acted as minister of Charles III of Spain....
. It is based on the play "Un Soñador Para Un Pueblo" by Antonio Buero Vallejo
Antonio Buero Vallejo
Antonio Buero Vallejo was a Spanish playwright considered the most important Spanish dramatist of the Spanish Civil War...
. The film was entered into the 39th Berlin International Film Festival
39th Berlin International Film Festival
The 39th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from February 10 to 21, 1989.-Jury:* Rolf Liebermann * Leslie Caron* Chen Kaige* Vadim Glowna* Randa Haines* Vladimir Ignatovski* Adrian Kutter* Francisco Rabal...
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Cast
- Fernando Fernán GómezFernando Fernán GómezFernando Fernán-Gómez was a Spanish actor and director. He was born in Lima, Peru as his mother, Spanish actress Carola Fernán-Gómez, was making a tour of Latin America. Inheriting his surname as a stage name, he moved to Spain in 1924.After the Spanish Civil War he began a study of Law but...
as Esquilache - José Luis López VázquezJosé Luis López VázquezJosé Luis López Vázquez de la Torre was a Spanish actor. -Career:López Vázquez was born in Madrid. He originally worked in theater as a costume designer, a scenic designer, and as an assistant director to Pío Ballesteros and Enrique Herreros. In 1946, he switched over to film, with a small role in...
as Antonio Campos - Ángela MolinaÁngela MolinaÁngela Molina is a Spanish actress, and a daughter of Antonio Molina, Spanish singer and actor.Molina studied dance and theater art in the Escuela Superior de Madrid. She rose to international prominence after starring in Luis Buñuel's last movie That Obscure Object of Desire...
as Fernanda - Ángel de AndrésAngel de Andrés-Background:In 1938, after the Spanish Civil War broke out, the young Andrés worked as an amateur street actor and then as a galán cómico in the Salvador Videgain theatre company. In the following years, played roles in the Isbert and María Guerrero theatre companies, among others.Andrés began his...
as Marqués de la Ensenada - Concha VelascoConcha VelascoConcepción Velasco Varona, known as Concha Velasco or Conchita Velasco, is a Spanish film actress, theatre actress, singer, and TV conductor. She was born at Valladolid November 29, 1939...
as Pastora Patermo - Adolfo MarsillachAdolfo MarsillachAdolfo Marsillach Soriano was a Catalan actor, playwright and theatre director.He is the father of Spanish actresses Blanca Marsillach and Cristina Marsillach.-External links:...
as Carlos III - Amparo RivellesAmparo RivellesAmparo Rivelles, is a Spanish actress.In the beginning of her career, she was known as Amparito Rivelles.She has worked in Cinema of Mexico and in telenovelas...
as Isabel de Farnesio - Alberto ClosasAlberto ClosasAlberto Closas was a prolific Spanish Catalan film actor who appeared in the Cinema of Argentina in the 1940s and 1950s and in Spanish cinema after 1955...
as Duque de Villasanta - Fernando Valverde as Bernardo