La Antorcha de los Éxitos: Cifesa (1932-1961) (2022)
La asombrosa historia de Cifesa, la Compañía Industrial de Film Español, conocida como la Antorcha de los Éxitos, una mítica productora cinematográfica fundada en Valencia por la familia Casanova que, imitando los estándares de Hollywood, consiguió dominar la taquilla durante los turbulentos tiempos de la Segunda República Española, la carnicería de la Guerra Civil y las penurias de la larga posguerra y la dictadura franquista; y sobrevivir hasta los años sesenta, cuando España comenzaba tímidamente a cambiar.
Directora: Francisco Rodríguez Fernández
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Antonio Esquivias as Self - Narrator (voice) |
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Emeterio Díez Puertas as Self - Film Historian |
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Luis Casanova Iranzo as Self - V. Casanova's Nephew |
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José Luis Castro de Paz as Self - Film Scholar |
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Virginia Guarinos as Self - Film Scholar |
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Jaime Hernández de la Torre as Self - Painter |
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Alfonso Gil as Self - Historian |
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Luis Fernández Gimeno as Self - Fallero |
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Vicente Sánchez Biosca as Self - Film Scholar |
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Fátima Gil Gascón as Self - Scholar |
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Pablo León Aguinaga as Self - Historian |
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Fernando Fernández de Córdoba as Self - Actor (voice) (archive footage) |
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Gonzalo Queipo de Llano as Self - Spanish Military (archive footage) |
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Francisco Franco as Self - Politician (archive footage) |
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Rafael Gil as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage) |
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Carmen Polo as Self - Franco's Wife (archive footage) |
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Cesáreo González as Self - Film Producer (archive footage) |
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Luis Lucia as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage) |
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Juan de Orduña as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage) |
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Luis Carrero Blanco as Self - Politician (archive footage) |
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Vicente Casanova as Self - Film Producer (archive footage) |
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Sara Montiel as Self - Actress (archive footage) |
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Manuel Fraga as Self - Politician (archive footage) |
| Production | Lourdes Sánchez Serrano | Producer |
| Camera | Andrés Torres de Torres | Director of Photography |
| Production | Andrés Sánchez Padilla | Researcher |
| Editing | Álex Alonso | Editor |
| Production | Lourdes Sánchez Serrano | Production Director |
| Crew | Andrés Luque | Thanks |
| Sound | Manuel Rojas Jr. | Sound Recordist |
| Writing | Francisco Rodríguez Fernández | Writer |
| Writing | Manuel Espín | Writer |
| Production | Carlos Bernases | Producer |
| Sound | Manuel Rojas Jr. | Sound Mixer |
| Directing | Francisco Rodríguez Fernández | Director |
| Production | Ana Peláez | Executive Producer |
| Camera | Asís G. Ayerbe | Director of Photography |