La Antorcha de los Éxitos: Cifesa (1932-1961) (2022)
• October 5th, 2022 • 1h 34min
Documentary, History
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.
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