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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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94 min
2022-10-05
Released
Spanish
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Self - Narrator (voice)
Self - Film Historian
Self - V. Casanova's Nephew
Self - Film Scholar
Self - Film Scholar
Self - Painter
Self - Historian
Self - Fallero
Self - Film Scholar
Self - Scholar
Self - Historian
Self - Actor (voice) (archive footage)
Self - Spanish Military (archive footage)
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Self - Franco's Wife (archive footage)
Self - Film Producer (archive footage)
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Self - Film Producer (archive footage)
Self - Actress (archive footage)
Self - Politician (archive footage)
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0.0
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0.0
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0.0
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0.0
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