Sighs of Spain
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| Directed by | Benito Perojo |
| Written by | Antonio Quintero Benito Perojo Roberto de Ribón |
| Produced by | Helmut Beck-Herzog |
| Starring | Miguel Ligero Estrellita Castro Roberto Rey |
| Cinematography | Georg Bruckbauer |
| Edited by | Willy Zeyn |
| Music by | Juan Mostazo Walter Sieber |
Production company | Hispano Filmproduktion |
| Distributed by | Ufilms |
Release date |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
| Countries | Germany Spain |
| Language | Spanish |
Sighs of Spain or Spanish Sighs (Spanish: Suspiros de España) is a 1939 German-Spanish comedy film directed by Benito Perojo and starring Miguel Ligero, Estrellita Castro and Roberto Rey.[1] The film's sets were designed by the art directors Gustav A. Knauer and Alexander Mügge. It was one of five co-productions between Nationalist Spain and Nazi Germany during the late 1930s.[2] [3] It is takes its title from the 1903 pasodoble by Antonio Álvarez Alonso. In 1955 it was remade as a Spanish musical film Sighs of Triana.
Cast
[edit]- Miguel Ligero as Relámpago
- Estrellita Castro as Sole
- Roberto Rey as Carlos Cuesta
- Concha Catalá as Dolores
- Alberto Romea as Freddy Pinto
- Pedro Fernández Cuenca as El empresario
- Fortunato García as Gerente del hotel
- Manuel Pérez as Botones
- José Escandel as Agente artístico
- Juean Calvo as Unknown role
References
[edit]Bibliography
[edit]- De España, Rafael. Directory of Spanish and Portuguese film-makers and films. Greenwood Press, 1994.
- Pavlović, Tatjana (ed.) 100 Years of Spanish Cinema. John Wiley & Sons, 2009.
- Peiró, Eva Woods. White Gypsies: Race and Stardom in Spanish Musical Films. University of Minnesota Press, 2012.
- Winkel, Roel Vande & Welch, David. Cinema and the Swastika: The International Expansion of Third Reich Cinema. Palgrave MacMillan, 2011.
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