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

La Antorcha de los Éxitos: Cifesa (1932-1961) (2022)

October 5th, 20221h 34min

Documentary, History
40%

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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