2022DocumentaryHistory1h 34m

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.

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StatusReleased
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Keywords

cinema on cinemaspanish civil war (1936-39)franco regime (francoism)spanish second republic (1931-39)spanish historyfilm productionfilm censorshipspanish cinema

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TVE
TVE
Enrique Cerezo
Enrique Cerezo