Welcome Mr. Marshall!, or ¡Bienvenido, Mr. Marshall! is a
1953The year 1953 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*September 16 — The Robe debuts as the first anamorphic, widescreen CinemaScope film.-Top grossing films : After theatrical re-issue
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comedyComedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. Also, films in this style typically have a happy ending . One of the oldest genres in film, some of the very first silent movies were comedies...
Spanish film directed by
Luis García BerlangaLuis García Berlanga is a Spanish film director and screenwriter.When young, he decided to study Philosophy but his true vocation pushed him to enter in 1947 the Institute of Cinematographic Investigations and experiences in Madrid.In his youth he enrolled in the Blue Division to avoid...
and considered one of the masterpieces of Spanish cinema. It tells the story of a small Spanish town, Villar del Río, which hears of the visit of American diplomats and begins preparations to impress the American visitors in the hopes of benefitting under the
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A central theme of the film is the stereotypes held by both the Spanish and the Americans regarding the culture of the other.
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Welcome Mr. Marshall!, or ¡Bienvenido, Mr. Marshall! is a
1953The year 1953 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*September 16 — The Robe debuts as the first anamorphic, widescreen CinemaScope film.-Top grossing films : After theatrical re-issue
...
comedyComedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. Also, films in this style typically have a happy ending . One of the oldest genres in film, some of the very first silent movies were comedies...
Spanish film directed by
Luis García BerlangaLuis García Berlanga is a Spanish film director and screenwriter.When young, he decided to study Philosophy but his true vocation pushed him to enter in 1947 the Institute of Cinematographic Investigations and experiences in Madrid.In his youth he enrolled in the Blue Division to avoid...
and considered one of the masterpieces of Spanish cinema. It tells the story of a small Spanish town, Villar del Río, which hears of the visit of American diplomats and begins preparations to impress the American visitors in the hopes of benefitting under the
Marshall PlanThe Marshall Plan was the primary plan of the United States for rebuilding and creating a stronger foundation for the countries of Western Europe, and repelling communism after World War II...
.
A central theme of the film is the stereotypes held by both the Spanish and the Americans regarding the culture of the other. Hoping to demonstrate the side of Spanish culture with which the visiting American officials will be most accustomed, the citizens of Villar del Río don unfamiliar
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-like bar brawl, another the arrival of a
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The film was entered into the
1953 Cannes Film Festival-Jury:*Jean Cocteau *Louis Chauvet *Titina De Filippo *Guy Desson *Philippe Erlanger *Renée Faure *Jacques-Pierre Frogerais *Abel Gance *André Lang...
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Cast
- José Isbert
José Isbert , also known as Pepe Isbert , was a Spanish actor.- Biography :...
- Don Pablo, el alcalde
- Lolita Sevilla - Carmen Vargas
- Alberto Romea - Don Luis, el caballero
- Manolo Morán
Manolo Morán was a Spanish film actor.-Selected filmography:* Verbena , by Edgar Neville.* Goyescas , by Benito Perojo.* La famosa Luz María , by Fernando Mignoni....
- Manolo
- Luis Pérez de León - Don Cosme, el cura
- Elvira Quintillá - Señorita Eloísa, la maestra
- Félix FernándezFor the Puerto Rican track and field athlete see Félix Omar FernándezFélix de Jesús Fernández Christileb is a retired Mexican football goalkeeper, who was a squad member for the Mexican national team at the 1994 FIFA World Cup, albeit without playing a game.Presently he plays...
- Don Emiliano, el médico
- Nicolás D. Perchicot - Boticario (as Nicolás Perchicot)
- Joaquín Roa - Pregonero
- Fernando Aguirre - Secretario
- José Franco
-Literary Works:*Smilla en Flor, 3 editions *La Sangre Derramada *Una Cruz Verde en el Camino *Coplas y Fábulas a Pelusa *Redobles al Amanecer *Horas Testimoniales *Poemas a mi Patria *Patria Sagrada...
- Delegado general
- Rafael Alonso - Enviado
- José María Rodríguez - José
- Elisa Méndez - Doña Raquel
- Matilde López Roldán - Doña Matilde