La Antorcha de los Éxitos: Cifesa (1932-1961)
2022The 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.
Acted in
Antonio Esquivias
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Emeterio Díez Puertas
as Self - Film Historian
Luis Casanova Iranzo
as Self - V. Casanova's Nephew
José Luis Castro de Paz
as Self - Film Scholar
Virginia Guarinos
as Self - Film Scholar
Jaime Hernández de la Torre
as Self - Painter
Alfonso Gil
as Self - Historian
Luis Fernández Gimeno
as Self - Fallero
Vicente Sánchez Biosca
as Self - Film Scholar
Fátima Gil Gascón
as Self - Scholar
Pablo León Aguinaga
as Self - Historian
Fernando Fernández de Córdoba
as Self - Actor (voice) (archive footage)
Gonzalo Queipo de Llano
as Self - Spanish Military (archive footage)
Francisco Franco
as Self - Politician (archive footage)
Rafael Gil
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Carmen Polo
as Self - Franco's Wife (archive footage)
Cesáreo González
as Self - Film Producer (archive footage)
Luis Lucia
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Juan de Orduña
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Luis Carrero Blanco
as Self - Politician (archive footage)
Vicente Casanova
as Self - Film Producer (archive footage)
Sara Montiel
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
Manuel Fraga
as Self - Politician (archive footage)