The War Starts in Cuba (1957)
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Время выполнения : 1Ч 47М
Директор : Manuel Mur Oti
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Year 1898. When war broke out in Cuba, Juanita, a beautiful variety singer without much luck, decides to return to Spain when she discovers that her twin sister Adelaide has married the governor of Badajoz. Adelaide is capricious, vain and embarrassing, the opposite of Juanita. However, as the girls are physically identical, the singer intends to take full advantage of this situation.
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Madrid, Spain, early 20th century. A woman turns up dead in a modest home. She turns out to be María la Jerezana, a popular singer who was famous years ago until she disappeared. The Police Commissioner in charge, dissatisfied with the official version, which concludes that the crime was the result of a simple robbery, is determined to find out the truth.
Barcelona, Spain. A young man is murdered in the middle of the street in front of the police headquarters. Miguel and Marcial, two agents of the Criminal Brigade in charge of the investigation, find in the victim's room a newspaper where a cryptic classified ad appears…
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Под воздействием прочитанных рыцарских романов мелкопоместный дворянин Алонсо Кихано начинает представлять себя рыцарем Дон Кихотом. Вооружившись старым копьем, оседлав древнего Россинанта и водрузив на голову позаимствованный у цирюльника тазик для бритья он отправляется на битву с Мировым Злом в сопровождении верного слуги Санчо Пансы, объявленного оруженосцем. Друзья доброго Алонсо Кихано пытаются разными хитроумными способами вернуть его домой, вот только не понимают, что прежнего скромного помещика уже нет, а Дон Кихот – совсем другой человек.
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Cecilio Rubes, a businessman engaged in the manufacture of baths and toilets, tries to remain neutral in the imminent Spanish civil war. But the attitude of Cécil, his only child, a spoiled boy who grows without respect their parents, will forced him to face the cruel reality of the facts. Jumping back and forth in time, we are shown his present and his past through his wife Adela and Paulina, the mistress of father and son.
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