Manuel Dicenta

Historia de España: La noche de los tiempos

El portero

El señor Esteve

Barcelona, 1860. Mr. Esteve, owner of a haberdashery and proud of his son, attends the christening of his grandson who, years later, determined to become a renowned artist, seems unwilling to continue the tradition and take over the family business. (Only badly preserved and severely mutilated copies of this film survive, just 69 out of a total of 108 minutes.)

Mónica Stop

Morena clara

Trini and her brother Regalito are two gypsy brothers stealing hams. At trial, the severe prosecutor Enrique accused them of the misdemeanor, although they do not understand the nature of their crime and the justice of non-gypsies. Trini ends up serving in the house of the prosecutor, who, discovering her good heart, eventually falls in love with her.

Rosa de África

Musical short about a romantic affair near the beggining of the Spanish Civil War

The Mountain Bandit

Doña María la Brava

Political intrigues in the Spanish Castilian court during the fifteen century. Doña María is shown as a virtuous widow interested only in her son who becomes concerned when a murder takes place.

Loyola, the Soldier Saint

A historical drama based on St. Ignatius of Loyola as a Warrior, as a Founder of the Jesuit Order and as a Saint .

Don Floripondio

Paz

A dos grados del Ecuador

Airport

Different kind of people arrives to Madrid airport. Some goes with their heads and others just landed. Fernando is a pilot who he brings a girl for his relatives. Ceferino and his wife have won a contest and will travel soon to Paraguay and they are there because they want to know the airplane. Mr. Beltran is very nervous because he returned to Spain after many years of exile.

María Antonia "La Caramba"

El canto de la cigarra

The teenage Bisbi, who plays the role of mother to her younger siblings, is the daughter of the indolent Aris, someone who just observes the passing of the years, hoping that circumstances will provide what his family may need, like the cicada in the fable; even when Bisbi tries to make him understand that their survival depends on their personal effort, which is what the industrious ant did every day…