Rafael Alberti

El elefante del rey (2003)

North Sudan, summer 1923. King Alfonso XIII of Spain captures an enormous African elephant, an apparently irrelevant act that, however, will be paramount to understand the Spain of 20th century; an animal from far lands that will become a symbol of the Sec ...

Buñuel (1984)

Completed a year after his death in 1983, this program presents the definitive biography of Spain's renowned Surrealist film maker and iconoclast, Luis Buñuel. Using photographs, film excerpts, and numerous interviews with Bunuel, the video chronicles his ...

Rafael Alberti: A Portrait of the Poet (1984)

Después de… Segunda parte: atado y bien atado (1983)

A history of the Spanish Transition told in first person by the main protagonists: on the one hand, the politicians, idealistic or merely opportunistic, who brought it to a successful conclusion in the tribunes and offices; on the other hand, the citizens ...

Murilo Mendes: A Poesia em Pânico (1977)

Short film about the life and work of the poet Murilo Mendes. ...

Defensa de Madrid (Segunda parte) (1937)

Documentary short made during the Spanish Civil War. ...

Caudillo (1977)

Caudillo is a documentary film by Spanish film director Basilio Martín Patino. It follows the military and political career of Francisco Franco and the most important moments of the Spanish Civil War. It uses footage from both sides of the war, music from ...

Garabatos (1964)

Based on two poems by Rafael Alberti, Garabatos ("Scribbles") is a reflection on childhood, education and the demise of innocence. Music by Pierre Henry, Pierre Schaeffer and Edgard Varèse. ...

Imágenes y versos a la Navidad (1962)

Images and verses to Christmas ...

Becquer's Great Love (1946)

The alleged uncontrolled romance between a young girl forced to marry another and the poet Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer. ...

La dama duende (1945)

The young widow of the viceroy of Peru, facing the dismal prospect of either a convent or a marriage of convenience, sets out to conquer a handsome officer, pretending she's a duende, a ghost. ...