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

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.

Directed by Francisco Rodríguez Fernández

Top cast

Antonio Esquivias

Self - Narrator (voice)

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Emeterio Díez Puertas

Self - Film Historian

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Luis Casanova Iranzo

Self - V. Casanova's Nephew

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José Luis Castro de Paz

Self - Film Scholar

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Virginia Guarinos

Self - Film Scholar

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Jaime Hernández de la Torre

Self - Painter

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Alfonso Gil

Self - Historian

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Luis Fernández Gimeno

Self - Fallero

V

Vicente Sánchez Biosca

Self - Film Scholar

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Fátima Gil Gascón

Self - Scholar

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Pablo León Aguinaga

Self - Historian

Fernando Fernández de Córdoba

Self - Actor (voice) (archive footage)

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Gonzalo Queipo de Llano

Self - Spanish Military (archive footage)

Francisco Franco

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Rafael Gil

Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

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Carmen Polo

Self - Franco's Wife (archive footage)

Cesáreo González

Self - Film Producer (archive footage)

Luis Lucia

Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Juan de Orduña

Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Luis Carrero Blanco

Self - Politician (archive footage)

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