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Tag Archives: Spain
Escape from El Diablo (1983) Gordon Hessler, Timothy Van Patten, Jimmy McNichol, Ethan Wayne
A young American is framed and thrown into a Mexican prison. Read More »
The Spanish Apartment AKA L’auberge espagnole (2002) Cédric Klapisch, Romain Duris, Judith Godrèche, Kelly Reilly
A man eager to learn Spanish gets an education he wasn’t expecting in this comedy drama. Read More »
The Year of Awakening AKA El año de las luces (1986) Fernando Trueba, Jorge Sanz, Maribel Verdú, Verónica Forqué
April, 1940. Manolo, 16 years old, and Jesus, who is just 8, are taken by their older brother Pepe Read More »
Le solitaire passe à l’attaque (1966) Ralph Habib, Roger Hanin, Jean Lefebvre, Sophie Agacinski
Frank Norman, aka The Solitaire, is in charge of a mission as Secret Service As. Read More »
The Curse of the Vampyr AKA La llamada del vampiro (1972) José María Elorrieta, Diana Sorel, Nicholas Ney, Inés Morales
A small rural Spanish village of the present is haunted by vampires. Read More »
Woman from the Torrid Land AKA La mujer de la tierra caliente (1978) José María Forqué, Stuart Whitman, Laura Gemser, Pilar Velázquez
A man and a woman (Whitman & Gemser), both with checkered pasts, hitch a ride together. Read More »
Ride and Kill AKA Cavalca e uccidi (1964) José Luis Borau, Mario Caiano, Alex Nicol, Maite Blasco, Antonio Casas
A small town in Arizona is oppressed by the tyranny of a powerful rancher. Read More »
15 Scaffolds for a Murderer AKA 15 forche per un assassino (1967) Nunzio Malasomma, Craig Hill, Susy Andersen, Aldo Sambrell
Accused of a hideous crime they did not commit, the members of two rivaling gangs Read More »
The Heifer AKA La vaquilla (1985) Luis García Berlanga, Alfredo Landa, Guillermo Montesinos, Santiago Ramos
A platoon of mismatched soldiers crosses the front-line to steal the bull that the enemy Read More »
First Surrender AKA La primera entrega (1971) Angelino Fons, Emma Penella, Glen Lee, Franco Citti
Johnny and Michel, young men who live on the edge of the law, taking advantage Read More »
Un, dos, tres… al escondite inglés (1970) Iván Zulueta, José Luis Borau, Patty Shepard, Judy Stephen, Mercedes Juste
A group of Spanish fans of the best British pop music from the late sixties owned Read More »
The Secret Nights of Lucrezia Borgia AKA Le notti segrete di Lucrezia Borgia (1982) Roberto Bianchi Montero, Sirpa Lane, George Hilton, María Salerno
The year is 1506 and Duke of Riveria y Fuentes has been sent to Rome by King Philippe Read More »
The Return of the Musketeers (1989) Richard Lester, Michael York, Oliver Reed, Frank Finlay
It’s 1649: Mazarin hires the impoverished D’Artagnan to find the other musketeers Read More »
Desperate Mission AKA Agente Z 55 missione disperata (1965) Roberto Bianchi Montero, Germán Cobos, Yôko Tani, Gianni Rizzo
The film begins with the extraction of a prominent nuclear scientist named Prof. Larsen Read More »