José María Lado

Viridiana (1962)

Viridiana is preparing to start her life as a nun when she is sent, somewhat unwillingly, to visit her aging uncle, Don Jaime. He supports her; but the two have met only once. Jaime thinks Viridiana resembles his dead wife. Viridiana has secretly despised ...

Despedida de soltero (1961)

A couple of friends, "Carmen" (Silvia Solar) and "Miguel"(Germán Cobos), fail to raise the money needed to marry. These difficulties encouraged the illusion of the boy, who wants a shot leaving for another country. The dreams of "Miguel" are approved and ...

Los económicamente débiles (1960)

El indulto (1960)

Spain, 1906: in a small village and pregnant after having been raped, Antonia is forced to marry the brutal Lucas to save her honor. But the mother of the girl pays Lucas 20,000 reales so that the man will never get any closer to Antonia or the child to be ...

Queen of the Tabarin Club (1960)

In 1913 a family of traveling musicians goes to the house of a rich marquise. Lolita, daughter of one of the musicians, encounters the son of the wealthy lady. ...

For Men Only (1960)

Spain, late 19th century. When, in a time of great political instability, Flora, a beautiful young woman, starts working in a ministry doing a job that supposedly only a man can do, a great scandal breaks out. ...

Three Etc.'s and the Colonel (1960)

In Spain, during the Napoleonic rule, the French Governor of Andalusia is besieged by the locals who have countless demands and wishes. ...

Una chica de Chicago (1960)

Duelo en la cañada (1959)

Andalusia, Spain, 1890. ...

Con la vida hicieron fuego (1959)

The sailor Quico Carola, alleged war hero of the Francoist side, emigrated to America and amassed a great fortune. Fifteen years later he returns to Ferrera (Asturias), his homeland, in search of a wife who makes him forget his late girlfriend. There he wi ...

Diez fusiles esperan (1959)

During the first Carlist war in the 1830s in Spain a lieutenant falls into the enemy's hands and is arrested. When condemned, he claims he only wanted to see his newborn baby. ...

Letter to heaven (1959)

Red Cross Girls (1958)

Paloma, Isabel, Marion and Julia Madrid are four girls belonging to different social strata, who are preparing to apply for the Red Cross on the flag. The four girls will be sought by many young ... ...

El aprendiz de malo (1958)

El inquilino (1958)

One unlucky day, a married couple with four children get an eviction notice: the building they live in is to be demolished. The family looks desperately for a new home, which is no easy task in Madrid in the fifties. ...

Roberto el diablo (1957)

El fotogénico (1957)

Llegaron siete muchachas (1957)

Uncle Hyacynth (1956)

Hyacinth, a former matador who lives miserably with his nephew Pepote, receives a letter reminding him that, as agreed a few days before, he must participate in a bullfight to be held that same afternoon. ...

La espera (1956)

Radio Stories (1955)

Three short stories based on radio competitions, all linked by speaker Gabriel and his fiancee. Two inventors who want to patent a piston and need money, a thief who answers a phone call while robbing and a child who needs to go to Sweden for an operation ...

The Two of Us (1955)

After the death of her father, María returns to her hometown with Maria, her mother. Lupo and Beto fall in love with her, two brothers whose family is at odds with hers. While Beto tries to rape her, Lupo becomes the girl's protector. ...

The Island Princess (1954)

1470. The Canary Islands try to resist the Spanish invaders. Their inhabitants are divided, their chief and his daughter Guayarmina (for whom a Spanish officer has fallen in love) wanting the peace, while the priest and resistance leader are for war. After ...

El mensaje (1954)

El milagro del sacristán (1954)

Asylum (1954)

Carlos goes to visit his girlfriend Juana at the asylum where she works. Once there, the director introduces him to his niece, who is obsessed with playing the harp, and to a nurse who repeats word for word what Carlos says. ...

Cristo (1954)

Cristo is the first feature film directed and produced by Margarita Alexandre and Rafael Torrecilla. Evoking the work of Luciano Emmer, this art documentary tells the story of the life of Jesus using only Spanish paintings. In close harmony with the montag ...

The Lovers of Toledo (1953)

Toledo, 1825. To save her fiancé, an opponent of the regime, the beautiful Inès agrees to marry the chief of police. ...

La laguna negra (1952)

In a village in the mountains of Urbión, brothers John and Martin, driven by greed and abetted by Candelas, Martin's wife, kill his father and sink the body in the Black Lagoon. His wife and one daughter of the victim does not know anything. In the villag ...

The Devil's Roundup (1952)

Divided in several episodes, this film presents different stories that share the fantasy theme. ...

The Great Galeoto (1951)

A young musician and dreamy, called "Ernesto", is forced to live in Madrid to die his father, in the house of executor of the testament, "don Julio Villamil", who is married to actress Teresa Labisbal, of which "Ernesto Acedo" was enamored platonic. Althou ...

La señora de Fátima (1951)

The story of the 1917 miracle of Fatima, in which the Virgin Mary appeared to three children--two girls and one boy.. ...

Black Crown (1951)

A woman suffers from amnesia after killing her husband, who was just about to demand a divorce for having found her engaging in an affair with a lover, who is only interested in her to find where some precious jewels are hidden. ...

Black Jack (1950)

A man who lost everything in the war now smuggles contraband into and out of Spain, but the law's closing in. ...

Flor de lago (1950)

Sin uniforme (1950)

Several different people meet in Tangier, where they will have to join efforts to survive. ...

Noventa minutos (1949)

London, England, World War II. During a bombing, several people are trapped in the basement of a building where the air will run out in only ninety minutes. ...

Loyola, the Soldier Saint (1949)

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

Las aguas bajan negras (1948)

During the first Carlist war, Beatriz, daughter of an Isabeline colonel, secretly marries a Carlist captain who gets killed. Years later she returns to Rubiercos, an Asturian lost hamlet where she left her daughter, to find a troubled village where traditi ...

La sirena negra (1948)

Un viaje de novios (1948)

Hoy no pasamos lista (1948)

The teacher of a small town becomes blind and is unable to teach his classes. Maria will serve as his guide. ...

La princesa de los Ursinos (1947)

The story of the Countess d'Orsini, French noblewoman and courtesan at the court of the Spanish king, who acted as an agent for the King of France and was one of the most powerful people at the Spanish court. ...

The Captain's Ship (1947)

Port of Seville, Spain, 1640. A group of people from very different origins embark on the ship Capitana. They are members of the upper class, adventurers, peasants, convicts, who have only one thing in common: the illusion of arriving in America, the promi ...

Mariona Rebull (1947)

Barcelona, Spain, at the end of the 19th century. Joaquín Rius, a prominent businessman, marries the young Mariona Rebull. Their apparent happiness is overshadowed by the arrival of Ernesto Villar, Joaquín's friend and Mariona's former lover. ...

Mar abierto (1946)

Carmiña, an old Galician woman, tells a painter a story of her youth, when a miracle saved the life of her beloved Antonio. ...

Audiencia pública (1946)

Two women claim the custody of a child, a son of single mother. They have very different social positions: one is a lady of high society, the other is a nurse working at a maternity clinic. Both will face in a public trial. ...

Cabeza de hierro (1944)

The Nail (1944)

Spain, late 19th century. Judge Javier Zarco finds in a cemetery a skull pierced by a nail and suspects that a murder has been committed. ...

Noche fantástica (1943)

Due to a rail accident, the passengers of a train had to be housed in a nearby town while awaiting the arrival of a relief convoy. In the train were traveling Alicia and Paul, a couple who will marry soon, along with her ​​mother, and George, a mature ...

Fiebre (1943)

Sucedió en Damasco (1943)

Verbena (1941)

In Madrid, during a popular festival, Don Paco, the owner of a freak show called The Palace of Wonders, has to deal with the demands of Levinsky, a sinister character who apparently has something to hide… ...

Days of Hope (1940)

Spanish Civil War, 1937. A platoon of Republican soldiers plans to stop the advance of the rebel troops by bombing a bridge on the road to Zaragoza, near the city of Linás. ...

El malvado Carabel (1935)

Based on the novel of Wenceslao Fernández Flórez, this comedy where two friends try to become criminals achieved certain recognition. ...