The Lost City (Spanish:La ciudad perdida or Terrorists in Madrid, Italian:Terroristi a Madrid) is a 1955 Italian-Spanish drama film directed by Margarita Alexandre and Rafael María Torrecilla and starring Cosetta Greco, Fausto Tozzi and María Dolores Pradera.[1] It is an adaptation of La ciudad perdida (1953) by Spanish author Mercedes Formica.
| The Lost City | |
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| Directed by | Margarita Alexandre Rafael María Torrecilla |
| Written by | Margarita Alexandre José Luis Barbero Mercedes Formica (novel) Rafael María Torrecilla |
| Starring | Cosetta Greco Fausto Tozzi María Dolores Pradera |
| Cinematography | Renato Del Frate |
| Edited by | Mercedes Alonso |
| Music by | Miguel Asins Arbó |
Production companies | Pico Films Nervión Films |
| Distributed by | Hispano Foxfilms |
Release date |
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Running time | 83 minutes |
| Countries | Italy Spain |
| Languages | Italian Spanish |
The film's sets were designed by Enrique Alarcón.
Plot
editRafael, an ex-exiled republican of the Spanish Civil War, returns to his native city after the years and in the company of his fellow maquis (members of the Resistance) with the mission of carrying out an armed action against Franco's regime. But the mission fails and, in his desperate attempt to escape, Rafael kidnaps a beautiful high class woman.
Cast
edit- Cosetta Greco as María
- Fausto Tozzi as Rafael
- María Dolores Pradera as Luisa
- Félix Dafauce as Comisario
- Nani Fernández as Sole
- Manolo Morán as Eliseo
- Santiago Rivero as Il Capo
- Alessandro Fersen as Padre de Rafael
- Emma Baron as Madre de Rafael
References
edit- ^ Bentley p.124
Bibliography
edit- Bentley, Bernard. A Companion to Spanish Cinema. Boydell & Brewer 2008.
External links
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