Ismael Merlo

Entre hermanos (1984)

Las autonosuyas (1983)

The Eternal Spain, birthplace of the Cid, Hammer of Heretics... and other deserved historical appellations, is suddenly transformed, through democratic elections, in a chaotic Tower of Babel where every province, every town, each village wants to have its ...

La campanada (1980)

Paco the Infallible (1979)

In Madrid of the 20's, many women were hired as wet nurses for middle class families. Milk is paid very well, so women are turning to the honest services of Paco, glazier by trade, which completes his monthly salary getting pregnant the clients who pay for ...

Climax (1977)

The Long Vacations of '36 (1976)

Spain, 1936. The Civil War breaks out. In a village near Barcelona, several families decide to continue living in their summer houses until the violence ends. ...

Madrid, Costa Fleming (1976)

Sexy comedy. ...

Los hijos de... (1976)

Poachers (1975)

The relationship between a poacher and his domineering mother in rural Spain is upended when he falls for an escapee from a reform school. ...

Usted tiene ojos de mujer fatal (1975)

Madrid, Spain, early thirties. The charming playboy Sergio Hernán is an unscrupulous womanizer who over the years has seduced and abandoned hundreds of women with the complicity of Oshidori, his cynical butler. However, his brief encounter with Elena Fort ...

Una pareja... distinta (1974)

Zoraida is a single mother and bearded woman in a circus, while Charly works in transvestite shows. Together they will live a difficult and unusual love story. ...

Tormento (1974)

A rich emigrant returns to Madrid where he meets the beautiful Amparo . ...

La revolución matrimonial (1974)

Begoña and Pedro are stuck. Despite having been married for many years, now the only thing they have in common is a son obsessed with basketball. A new conjuncture will cause love to resurface. ...

La madrastra (1974)

In Segovia at the beginning of the thirties the hoarder widower and Marcos must be prudent but has relations with the sterile prostitute Mercedes every week. ...

Las señoritas de mala compañía (1973)

Flower of Holiness (1973)

A beautiful teenage shepherdess named Adega sleeps one night with a mysterious pilgrim in a barn of impoverished and superstitious Galicia of the nineteenth century. The overwhelming fanaticism of the villagers motivates them to consider the outsider an en ...

Doce hombres sin piedad (1973)

The defense and the prosecution have rested and the jury is filing into the jury room to decide if a young man is guilty or innocent of murdering his father. ...

Viva lo imposible (1973)

Experiencia prematrimonial (1972)

In Spain of 1972 a student couple decides to test the marriage before marrying in reality in order to prevent a irremediable failure. But this was like a revolution for the catholic society of this time. ...

The Cannibal Man (1972)

A young man, Marco, working as a butcher, accidentally kills a taxi driver. His girlfriend Paula wants to go to the police so he has to kill her too. He then has to kill his brother, his brother's fiancée and his father, who have become suspicious. He get ...

Jugando a morir (1966)

Blas Romero "El Platanito" is a bullfighter who begins to take its first steps in Merida. After a long journey, one day he is lucky enough, his performance is showed on TV and that brings him to top of the charts. From now on, his problems will be centered ...

The Hunt (1966)

Three veterans of the Spanish Civil War go rabbit hunting. While doing so, old wounds open up. ...

Las viudas (1966)

Comedy consists of three stories about the sudden death of three husbands: a newly married man dies as a result of the excessive enthusiasm of his wife ("Honeymoon"), another because of a fling with a girl too fiery ("The Anniversary" ), and finally, a hus ...

Julio César (1965)

After Pompey's defeat at the Battle of Farsalia, Julius Caesar becomes the beacon of the Roman Republic and the master of its destiny; but many patricians want to avoid the birth of a tyranny and plot to assassinate him… ...

Fin de semana (1964)

La boda era a las doce (1964)

Elisa, a seller of a fashion house, sends a model to the wrong address. For fear of being fired she decides to recover it on her own. She encounters Alberto, a guy whose wedding is at noon, going to the same place it. From the moment they meet, they begin ...

Canção da Saudade (1964)

Leonel is a pianist, nostalgic of sweet melodies, while his son is the (real-life) leader of Os Gatos Pretos (black cats), a twist musical group. The conflict is eventu ally solved when Leonel's daughter, Cilinha, starts dating Raúl, a well-off young man, ...

La chica del trébol (1963)

Rocio is a young deliverer of a fashion house who walks the streets of Madrid delivering dresses to clients. Until one day, because a model does not arrive to a parade, there arises an opportunity to replace her to save the situation. Therefore Rocío beco ...

Trampa mortal (1963)

A former convict, named Raul Vela, and a cabaret singer, called Clara, are a couple who tries to lead a normal life. He has found an employment and she wants to leave the cabaret. One day an old chief, who wants to disappear, proposes him to justify his su ...

La batalla del domingo (1963)

Alfredo Di Stéfano plays himself, not as a soccer player but as a man, husband and father. This is a personal portrait of the mythical athlete, in the decline of his career. Film made to the greater glory of the football player Alfredo Di Stefano. In prin ...

The Gang of Eleven (1963)

Inspired by the American gangster films, a group of thugs decides to dock the Bank of Spain. "El Rubio" explains to his men that, to commit the armed robbery, they will have to dig a gallery in the Cibeles. But, due to the threats of a rival band, "El Rubi ...

Esa pícara pelirroja (1963)

A redhead girl triumphs in the world of varieties using their good humor, and especially his playfulness. Confusing and enmesh the people around, get out the tangles always most unlikely, thanks to its know-how and sympathy. ...

El precio de un asesino (1963)

School of Seductresses (1962)

Three friends in love, are ignored because of their lack of gift to conquer. After learning of the existence of a school of seduction, are enrolled as students. ...

Sabían demasiado (1962)

A gang of Spanish pickpockets decide to send one of them to Chicago to learn how to be a gangster... ...

You and I Are Three (1962)

When Manolina saw a picture of Rodolfo, a South American poet, she falls in love for him. Three months after marriage by proxy, Rodolfo meets with her, which takes a major surprise to meet the twin brother of her husband. ...

Those Who Did Not Go to War (1962)

First World War. In a largely rural area of neutral Spain, two families confront one another and play a part in embarrassing situations because they don't support the same side in the war. This will influence the breakup of an engagement. ...

Mentirosa (1962)

Nina, secretary of the lawyer Mr. Mendoza, is an imaginative liar. Because of her work, she has access to the will of an old millionaire who died naming as the sole beneficiary his daughter, the fruit of a love affair of youth. Only the millionaire's sist ...

Learning to Die (1962)

Despite the advice that friends have given, Manuel wanders tentaderos and squares to see if they let him fight. After many calamities and thanks to Rafael, get a bullfight in Cordoba. From here, it rains contracts and get a series of victories, winning his ...

Ventolera (1962)

Cristina, a beautiful woman, lives in love with her husband Manuel, who believes the most handsome, charming and, above all, the best husband in the world. Unexpectedly, Manuel dies and, thereafter, Cristina not live but to idealize her husband, going so f ...

Trigo limpio (1962)

La viudita naviera (1961)

El Litri y su sombra (1960)

Biopic about Miguel Báez "El Litri", a descendant of two generations of bullfighters: his older brother touched the glory before he died at twenty years after being gored and complicated by gangrene. ...

La fiel infanteria (1960)

Trío de damas (1960)

Llegaron los franceses (1959)

On May 2, 1808 the Spanish took up arms against Napoleon. The war are surprised by a traveling company of actors formed by Damian and their four daughters. Rosita, the eldest, is in love with a revolutionary, but Duvalliers, a French officer, also sought. ...

Pescando millones (1959)

A trio of rural fishermen find a yacht and expect to receive a millionaire's amount for it. They travel to Madrid in search of a buyer, but they will be cheated by a gang of thieves and the owners of the yacht. ...

La moza de cántaro (1954)

Doña Maria de Guzman, a beautiful lady of Ronda has seen as Don Diego slapped his elderly father, disguised as a man pretending to be his brother (the expected return from Flanders) duels with him and kills him. Forced to flee, traveling in company with D ...

Fairytale (1951)

Two fairy godmothers struggle to make their godchildren not fight and love each other, but a third person intervenes and worsens the situation. ...

Ídolos (1943)

Clara Bell, a famous French actress, rejects the protection of a producer and falls in love with a handsome Spaniard. But the story is complicated and his love will not come to fruition. ...

Cristina Guzmán (1943)

Cristina Guzmán is hired to impersonate the disappeared sister-in-law of a rich man. ...

La rueda de la vida (1942)

Red and Black (1942)

Since childhood, Luisa and Miguel have always been good friends; but several years later, as adults, when Spain faces the abyss of the Civil War (1936-1939), they support ideologically opposed camps. ...

Stowaway on Board! (1941)