Offensive movies for the spanish rebulic and the francoist period
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- DirectorJosef von SternbergStarsMarlene DietrichLionel AtwillEdward Everett HortonA young man is warned by a captain about a temptress; nonetheless, he finds himself falling in love with her.mala imagen para la Guardia Civil y el Ejercito
- DirectorLuis BuñuelStarsAbel JacquinAlexandre O'NeillA surrealist film, a pseudo-documentary portrait of Las Hurdes, a remote region of Spain where civilisation has barely developed, showing how the local peasants try to survive without even the most basic utilities and skills.
- DirectorDimitri BuchowetzkiStarsPola NegriNoah BeeryRobert AmesOlga Kriga, a boardinghouse girl who dreams of becoming a great actress, is turned down by a theater manager because of the jealousy of the leading lady. She then accompanies her admirer, John Knight, a young flivver salesman, when he accepts an agency offered in a small Balkan country. Karl, an alien, avows that Olga is his beloved "Queen" and begs her to return with him to Sylvania; at the hotel, Count Mirko and his ministers greet her. Count Mirko perceives the resemblance and quickly formulates a scheme to gain wealth and power in the country with Olga posing as the lost queen returning to free the people from tyranny. Accompanied by John, Olga arrives in Sylvania, where the uneasy tyrant, Vorski, agrees to pay for her removal; but after revolt she ascends the throne. Happiness restored, Olga returns to New York with John.
- DirectorErnst LubitschStarsMaurice ChevalierJeanette MacDonaldEdward Everett HortonWhen a small kingdom's main taxpayer leaves for Paris, its king dispatches a dashing count to win back her allegiance.
- DirectorFred NibloDorothy ArznerStarsRudolph ValentinoRosa RosanovaLeo WhiteA toreador's (Rudolph Valentino) familial and social life is threatened when he has an affair.
- DirectorErnst LubitschRaoul WalshStarsMary PickfordHolbrook BlinnIrene RichRosita, a peasant singer in Seville, captures the attention of the King.
- DirectorJohn S. RobertsonStarsRichard BarthelmessDorothy GishJetta GoudalCharles Abbott is a wealthy adventurer in 1850s Cuba. He is in love with Narcissa but goes after La Clavel to obtain information on the Spanish. He becomes implicated in the death of his friend Escobar, brother of Narcissa.
- DirectorJerome StormHunt StrombergStarsPriscilla DeanAllan ForrestStuart HolmesThe story of a young man from a small town who wants to play on Broadway. His father sends him to NYC to have his fling at night life. He arranges a job for his son in the city but also sees to it that the young man gets into as much trouble as possible. Everything goes along as planned until the young man meets a young telephone operator. He had been getting into trouble in the past, but gets into far more while defending her. The film has a surprising yet satisfying ending. It was filmed in the heart of the city and also on the lower East Side. Rod La Rocque plays the role of Roger Bentley and Dorothy Gish plays the telephone operator. Ernest Torrance is the father....la capital andaluza aparece sin adoquinar y con coches viejos y harapientos.
- DirectorJacques FeyderStarsRaquel MellerFred Louis LerchGaston ModotCarmen has neither a past nor a future. She lives only in the present. For her love is of no importance, just a passing whim. Love's essence is precisely the variability that Don José hate most of all. This version is filmed in Spain, far from picturesque style, instead dry and tragic.
- DirectorDimitri BuchowetzkiStarsMae MurrayLloyd HughesRoy D'ArcyValencia, also known as The Love Song, is a 1926 American silent romance film directed by Dimitri Buchowetzki, who came over from Paramount to direct, and starring Mae Murray and featuring Boris Karloff in an uncredited role. Rumors of a surviving print persist. The film was a box office hit and the title song, Valencia, was the top song in the U.S. for the year.denigran al pueblo espanol y atacan las costumbres
- DirectorJohn S. RobertsonStarsRamon NovarroMarceline DayMarc McDermottThe beautiful Serafina is captured by Balthasar's pirates on an island near Cuba, but the redoubtable José Armando arrives from Spain to effect her rescue.denigran al pueblo espanol y atacan las costumbres
- DirectorFred NibloStarsRonald ColmanVilma BánkyNoah BeeryTwo Lovers (1928) is a silent feature film directed by Fred Niblo, and produced by Samuel Goldwyn.la historia de un luchador flamenco que se opone a la ocupacion de Holanda
- DirectorIrving CummingsStarsWarner BaxterMadge EvansMarjorie RambeauIn the Canary Islands, a missionary girl tries to reform a derelict doctor, who finds true love elsewhere.presentada como un pais semi-salvaje donde los turistas son victimas de una llamada fiebre canaria
- DirectorGeorge MarshallStarsWallace BeeryBarbara StanwyckJohn BolesBased on the actual event of Rowan's carrying a message from President McKinley to Garcia in Cuba during the Spanish-American War. The parts of Dory and Raphalita are added.
- DirectorThomas AtkinsStarsJohn CarrollSteffi DunaRod La RocqueThe setting is Argentina. When an outlaw band holds up a stage, their leader finds an old man from Spain who has just arrived to marry into a very rich family. So he assumes his identity while his men detain the old man. Although the prospective bride loves another man, her mother insists that she marry the supposed Spaniard.acusada de ridiculizar el Ejercito espanol
- DirectorJames P. HoganStarsDorothy LamourLew AyresGilbert RolandThe story of seven people: their lives and love affairs in Madrid during the Civil War.presenta la defensa de la capital como un episodeo propio del terror revolucionario
- DirectorWilliam DieterleStarsMadeleine CarrollHenry FondaLeo CarrilloA simple peasant is forced to take up arms to defend his farm during the Spanish Civil War. Along the way he falls in love with Russian whose father is involved in espionage.historia de amor entre un alferez republicano y una espia nacional que termina cambiando de bando
- DirectorJoris IvensStarsEnrique ListerCarlos Romero GiménezJosé DíazA documentary showing the struggle of the Spanish Republican government against a rebellion by ultra-right-wing forces led by Gen. Francisco Franco and backed by Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy.
- DirectorSam WoodStarsGary CooperIngrid BergmanAkim TamiroffDuring the Spanish Civil War, an American allied with the Republicans finds romance during a desperate mission to blow up a strategically important bridge.adaptacion de una novela de Hemingway conocido como defensor de la republica, entonces en tiempos del regimen de Franco
- DirectorFrédéric RossifStarsIrene WorthJohn GielgudSuzanne FlonTo Die in Madrid (French: Mourir à Madrid) is a 1963 French documentary film about the Spanish Civil War, directed by Frédéric Rossif. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.
- DirectorAlain ResnaisStarsYves MontandIngrid ThulinGeneviève BujoldA middle-aged political activist tries to dissuade his young followers from taking radical action.
- DirectorMitchell LeisenStarsClaudette ColbertRay MillandDennis O'KeefeA dashing pilot and a vivacious reporter have romantic and dramatic adventures in Europe as World War II begins.solo tiene unas escenas sobre la guerra civil pero es juzgada por Franco y censurada
- DirectorMichael CurtizStarsErrol FlynnBrenda MarshallClaude RainsGeoffrey Thorpe, a buccaneer, is hired by Queen Elizabeth I to nag the Spanish Armada. The Armada is waiting for the attack on England and Thorpe surprises them with attacks on their galleons where he shows his skills on the sword.considerada subversiva por el tema del pirata ingles en la epoca de felipe II como si hubiera atacado el nazismo
- DirectorRichard WallaceStarsJohn GarfieldMaureen O'HaraWalter SlezakIn 1940, an American former Republican prisoner during the Spanish Civil War, John McKittrick, is determined to find the killer of NYPD Lieutenant Louie Lepetino, who had helped him escape.
- DirectorBenito PerojoStarsImperio ArgentinaRafael RivellesArmando CalvoIn Goya's time in Madrid popular singer Petrilla and the Countess of Gualda bear an astonishing resemblance and share a strong personality. This will lead them to change places fighting for the same man.
- DirectorHerman ShumlinStarsCharles BoyerLauren BacallKatina PaxinouIn 1937, agents from the opposing sides of the Spanish Civil War travel to the neutral UK to secure coal contracts and to undermine each other's efforts.
- DirectorLewis MilestoneStarsIngrid BergmanCharles BoyerCharles LaughtonIllegal refugees lead dark lives in pre-World War II Paris.
- DirectorJosé López RubioStarsAmparo RivellesMariano AsquerinoJesús TordesillasWhen Eugenia de Montijo, daughter of a noble Spanish family, travels to Paris after a disappointment in love, little can she expect to become Empress of France.
- DirectorRobert D. WebbStarsRichard EganAnthony QuinnMichael RennieIn 1769, a Spanish expedition to California seeks to conquer the land and discover its famed gold treasures while missionaries aim to gain new converts and establish a network of Catholic missions.
- DirectorRichard ThorpeStarsRobert TaylorDorothy MaloneGia ScalaDuring the 1950s Madrid, an American veteran pilot with a gambling problem is forced to accept a high-paying dangerous smuggling job.
- DirectorGordon DouglasStarsAlan LaddRossana PodestàLloyd NolanA gun runner, dishonorably discharged from the military, is swept deeper into a revolution in Cuba after he crosses paths with an enemy from the past and a beautiful revolutionary and her son.
- DirectorNunnally JohnsonStarsAva GardnerDirk BogardeJoseph CottenFather Arturo Carrera (Sir Dirk Bogarde) leaves the priesthood over the church's indifferent position during the Spanish Civil War, but finds himself attracted to beautiful entertainer Soledad (Ava Gardner).
- DirectorLuis BuñuelStarsSilvia PinalFrancisco RabalFernando ReyViridiana, a young nun about to take her final vows, pays a visit to her widowed uncle at the request of her Mother Superior.
- DirectorFred ZinnemannStarsGregory PeckAnthony QuinnOmar SharifFamous Spanish bandit Artiguez returns to his native Spanish village after 20 years in French exile, but Spanish cop Vinolas sets a trap for him.punto de vista entre la oposición interna y externa del franquismo
- DirectorVilgot SjömanStarsLena NymanVilgot SjömanBörje AhlstedtTold in a quasi-documentary style, this companion piece to I Am Curious (Blue) (1968) deals with topics such as class society, non-violent resistance, sex, relationships, and tourism to Francoist Spain.
- DirectorSerge RoulletStarsMichel del CastilloDenis MahaffeyMatthieu KlossowskiDuring the Spanish Civil War, three men were arrested and imprisoned by General Franco's troops. Pablo is a worker friend of the anarchist Ramon; Tom is a member of the International Brigades; and Juan, still a teenager, is the brother of a militant. Sentenced to death, they spend their last night together in the prison. A Belgian doctor joins them to comfort them. The three are given an offer: one can be saved in exchange for a denunciation of their cause and information on the Republicans.
- DirectorFernando ArrabalStarsAnouk FerjacNúria EspertMahdi ChaouchDuring Spanish Civil War, young Fando navigates parents' clashing ideologies after father's arrest. Explores his imagination, friendships, views on sex and death amid family upheaval. Questions mother, seeks father's fate.
- DirectorGillo PontecorvoStarsMarlon BrandoEvaristo MárquezRenato SalvatoriIn 1844, a British mercenary helps the revolting slaves of an Antilles island colony gain independence from Portugal, but later returns to hunt down a local rebel leader and former protégé.