National Heritage

National Heritage (1981)

Comedy

After the death of General Franco, the Leguineche family leaves their estate of Los Tejadillos, where they have remained for decades in voluntary exile, with the purpose of returning to Madrid to actively participate in the social events of the aristocracy and to get closer to the closest circle of the Spanish monarch. The obsession of the old marquis is centered on getting in touch with the most illustrious surnames, to ascend socially and to resume the pomp and courtly life that his family lost a long time ago. To this end, he decides to move into an old palace he owns, located in the center of the capital, but not before overcoming the difficulties posed by his wife, who deeply hates both her husband and her son. To regain control of the palace, the Marquis of Leguineche tries to handicap his wife, arguing an incurable mental illness, and then undertake a reform of the place in order to adapt it to aristocratic life.

Director: Luis García Berlanga

Casts

	Agustín González as Padre Calvo
	Luis Escobar as Marqués de Leguineche
	Luis Ciges as Segundo
	José Luis López Vázquez as Luis José
	Amparo Soler Leal as Chus
	Alfredo Mayo as Nacho
	José Lifante as Goyo
	Mary Santpere as Condesa
	Syliane Stella as Solange
	José Luis de Vilallonga as Álvaro
	José Luis Alonso as
	Patricio Arnáiz as
	Pedro Beltrán as
	Julio Castronuovo as
	Jaime Chávarri as
	Rafael Díaz as
	Manuel Guitián as Fotógrafo
	Chus Lampreave as Viti
	Myriam De Maeztu as
	Silvia Murube as
	Julián Navarro as Palomero
	Adrián Ortega as Fermín
	Joaquín Pascual as
	Francisco Regueiro as
	Santiago Rivero as Notario
	Cindy Roberts as
	Fernando Sala as
	Carmen Santonja as
	Gloria Van Aerssen as
	Juan Daniel Wakonigg as
	Óscar Ladoire as (uncredited)
	Assumpta Serna as (uncredited)
	Fausto Moreno as

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