Sergio Mendizábal

Beyond the Walls (1985)

This 1985 Spanish film reveals one of the many terrible aspects of 16th century Spain, still plagued by the radical Christian Inquisition, one of a plethora of difficulties Spaniards faced at the time. Spanish super star Carmen Maura plays a nun who agree ...

The Heifer (1985)

During the Spanish Civil War a platoon of mismatched Republican soldiers cross the front-line to steal the bull that the enemy is going to fight on the local holiday of the nearby village. In addition to ruining the Nationalist faction's celebration they w ...

Akelarre (1984)

A small village in Navarre, Spain, XVII century. Garazi's grandmother is burned at the stake when accussed of being a witch and convicted by an inquisitor, something that brings Garazi under suspicion and eventually into prison, where she is atrociously to ...

Hooray for Divorce! (1982)

David is married and has no children. However, outside of marriage, he has longstanding relationships with Susi and Laly, with whom he has had a child with each. He has promised both of then, separately of course, that when the divorce is permitted in Spa ...

Si las mujeres mandaran (o mandasen) (1982)

Amor es... veneno, Carlota (1981)

Gay Club (1981)

A group of homosexual friends tries to set up a gay club in a town in Andalusia, meeting the opposition of the chief who will use all his resources to try to prevent it. ...

Préstame tu mujer (1981)

Father Cami's Wedding (1979)

A Jesuit priest in 1950s Spain becomes disillusioned with his faith, swapping religion for politics and carnal knowledge. ...

El día del presidente (1979)

La insólita y gloriosa hazaña del cipote de Archidona (1979)

The National Shotgun (1978)

A catalan manufacturer of intercoms travels to Madrid, accompanied by his mistress, to attend a hunt that he has organized. Its main purpose is to mix with people of high society to improve their business. All seems well until the owner of the farm shows f ...

Casa de citas (1978)

Luciano has been working in an important company for fifteen years without be rewarded for his efforts, his fidelity and submission. On the recommendation of a cousin, he acts as front man for the shameful business of his managers. They get it so far as to ...

God Bless Each Corner of This House (1977)

The Clear Motives of Desire (1977)

A morbid curiosity leads Andrea and her friends to spy on a couple of young people during their amorous outings. Javi, the boyfriend, feels bothered because that situation, but ignores that Andrea is attracted to him. ...

Marked by Men (1977)

Foul Play (1977)

A workshop employee decides to take advantage of a long weekend to go to Torremolinos to have fun and chat up foreign tourists. ...

The Anchorite (1976)

Eleven years ago Fernando Tobajas, a man of a certain age, decided to live in the bathroom, in which he created a small apartment, and never leaves it. Tobajas has given up everything except vanity, and his contacts with the world are reduced to visits fro ...

The Shameful Secret of a Good Boy (1976)

Mauricio, mon amour (1976)

El señor está servido (1976)

Three stories of three housemaids: Martina, shop steward, serves a marriage that can not have children because she entered the house with that condition. Basilia, Cateta coming to serve and not do anything, the contract for a small fee and let she carry a ...

La iniciación en el amor (1976)

In a sun-drenched pastoral world, two teenage shepherds—Daphnis, raised by goats after being abandoned, and Chloe, his devoted companion—explore the innocence and intensity of first love. As they awaken to desire and defy the expectations of wealth and ...

Spanish Fly (1976)

British sex comedy. Sir Percy de Courcy accidentally turns some poor tasting wine into an aphrodisiac when his old school chum, Mike Scott arrives with a photographer and several gorgeous models. ...

La Carmen (1976)

A young ex-seminarian named José is doing his military service in Córdoba. There he meets Carmen, a beautiful flamenco dancer who falls madly in love, to the point that he steals to get money for her, so he will be imprisoned. José does not support the ...

Sex o no sex (1974)

Paco, a frustrated office worker, goes to the office of a psychologist, to whom he tells his most delirious sexual fantasies in the hope that he will apply a curative therapy. Unfortunately, the doctor will end up confessing that he can not help, because h ...

Fifteen Year Old Captain (1974)

Dick Sand travels aboard the "Pilgrim" when, following dramatic events, the ship becomes without a captain. Fate has it so that, to keep all sailors in peace, he shall command the ship. All accept this arrangement, even Negoro - whose resentment will add t ...

The Loreley's Grasp (1973)

The legendary Loreley has been living for centuries in a grotto beneath the river Rhein in Germany. Every night when the moon is full, she turns into a reptile-like creature craving for human blood. When one girl after another of a nearby boarding school i ...

My Dear Killer (1972)

Following the mysterious decapitation of an insurance investigator, Police Inspector Peretti is put onto the case, but all the clues lead to an unsolved case of kidnapping and murder. ...

La decente (1971)

Transplant of a Brain (1970)

An affluent judge with an incurable brain disease with only months to live decides to become the guinea pig for a new brain transplant technique. The operation is a success, but the unfortunate brain donor was a young man with unfinished business, and soon ...

El astronauta (1970)

After witnessing man's landing on the Moon on television, several friends from the Spanish village of Minglanillas decide to do the same and build their own rocket. ...

Thou Shalt Not Covet Thy Fifth Floor Neighbour (1970)

Pedro, a handsome gynecologist who lives in Toledo (Spain), does not have just a clientele due to the jealousy that his sex appeal causes in the husbands and boyfriends of his patients. To make matters worse, his mother still treats him like a child and th ...

El hombre que se quiso matar (1970)

Things go terribly wrong for Federico. He lost his job as professor of Latin and his girlfriend has left him for a dental technician. So, he decides to commit suicide. After several failed attempts, including the throw from the Roman aqueduct of Segovia, h ...

El cronicón (1970)

Tristana (1970)

As a young woman, Tristana is orphaned and taken under the guardianship of Don Lope, a respected member of the community, who takes advantage of his innocent charge. When Tristana falls in love with artist Horacio, she must learn to be more assertive in or ...

Challenge of McKenna (1970)

A former priest becomes embroiled in the drama raging between a Mexican rancher, his unhappy daughter and psychotic son whilst dealing with his own issues of guilt and a loss of faith. A new relationship with the local brothel keeper seems to offer a fresh ...

El niño y el potro (Más allá de río Miño) (1969)

Camino de la verdad (1968)

Grandes Amigos (1967)

Antonio has two wishes he would like to see come true--having friends and seeing the sea. The friendship part was hard for him because of the bullying, but he managed and with their help he was also able to fulfill his second wish. ...

De cuerpo presente (1967)

After seeing that Nelson kisses his lover, Barlow poisons him. But it turns out that Nelson comes back to life when he was about to be buried. From that moment, Barlow does not stop chasing him to finish his work. ...

Los amores difíciles (1967)

Throughout three different episodes, an emigrant mistrusts the girlfriend he left in Spain, a boyfriend has relations with a tourist and a workshop mechanic drives a client's car on his day off. ...

Tomorrow Is Another Day (1967)

Paco and Lisa flee to Barcelona in a stolen car with the intention of building a future in show business. After unsuccessfully looking for work, the two youngsters will be immersed in crime and prostitution. ...

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)

While the Civil War rages on between the Union and the Confederacy, three men – a quiet loner, a ruthless hitman, and a Mexican bandit – comb the American Southwest in search of a strongbox containing $200,000 in stolen gold. ...

El arte de vivir (1966)

After graduating in Economics, Luis is seeking to burst through in life. His partner Ana sees how his way of being is changing by the standards of his company into a different person. Ana tries to draw his attention in a failed suicide attempt. ...

Man on the Spying Trapeze (1966)

An American spy travels to Beirut where he's attacked by agents seeking a valuable microfilm. ...

El rayo desintegrador (1966)

Debut of director and writer Pascual Cervera. ...

Fantasía... 3 (1966)

The film is an adaptation of three fairy tales classics of children literature. "The Maiden of the Sea" tells the story of Coraline, a mermaid who wants to be human afte she falls in love with a Sailor Prince. "The 3 hairs of the Devil" tells the story of ...

Tres perros locos, locos, locos (1966)

For a Few Dollars More (1965)

Two bounty hunters both pursue the brutal and sadistic bandit, El Indio, who has a large bounty on his head. ...

Doña Rosita la Soltera (1965)

At the end of the 19th century, young Rosita and her cousin are engaged to be married, shortly before he has to leave for Cuba. ...

Luciano (1965)

A sensationalist television show unravels the sordid story of Luciano Fernández and analyzes the possible motives that led him to murder a child. (Inspired by a real event that occurred in the forest of Verrières, Paris, on May 27th, 1964. ...

Historias de la televisión (1965)

Film divided into two stories: 1. Cuando los gorilas hablan por teléfono 2. ...

The Executioner (1963)

An undertaker gets married to an old executioner's daughter and, although he doesn't like it, must continue the profession of his father-in-law after his retirement. ...

Una tal Dulcinea (1963)

A history professor is married with a beautiful woman but she is intellectually not able to follow her husband. Therefore she seeks her own pleasures and amusements without him. ...

The Good Love (1963)

A couple of young university students decide to spend the day in Toledo, in order to forget a little of the routine in which they are. At nine o'clock in the morning, José Luis waits at the Atocha station for his girlfriend, Mari Carmen. The couple has de ...

From Pink to Yellow (1963)

Guillermo, who is twelve years old, is in love with Margarita, a girl who is a year older than him and who prefers to date more mature boys. Valentín and Josefa, who are in their seventies, dream of escaping together from the retirement home where they li ...

Trotín Troteras (1962)

Trotín Troteras is the disinterested witness of the absurd situations lived first by a lecturer and then by a soldier with an umbrella, which opens when it stops raining and closes when it rains… ...

The Drunkard (1962)

A couple shelters an alcoholic haunted by his Republican past in their suburban home. ...

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. ...

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 ...

The Savage Guns (1961)

This Western is set in the Mexican valley of Sonora not that far south of the state of Arizona. It's just after the American Civil War, and a former Confederate officer, Mike Summers has taken refuge in a small town in the valley. He has married and is hop ...

Festival en Benidorm (1961)

Parque de Madrid (1959)

In the Madrid of the fifties, during any day, whether by chance or fate, a series of characters live all kinds of stories, funny stories and some not so, in one of the most beautiful parks that exist in the city, the Retiro park, known as Parque de Madrid. ...

The Italians They Are Crazy (1958)

In a German prison camp, some Italian prisoners bet with the commander that they will be able to build a church in two hours. ...

Historias de Madrid (1958)

Dawn in Madrid. In the Plaza de la Cibeles begins the daily grind. The statue of the goddess, from its source in the center of the square tells the story of a man, petty speculator, owner of an old building that is going to ask Saint Nicholas for his coope ...

También hay cielo sobre el mar (1956)

During the absence of her husband, who is fishing at sea, a woman is persecuted by the owner and unjustly convicted of a crime she has not committed. ...

Suspiros de Triana (1955)

The famous singer Carlos Ojeda has come to Seville to hire some Spanish figure to accompany him on the show to be presented in Mexico. Negotiations with Dorita, The Cadiz, fail and Carlos is about to return to empty when discovered Reyes, selling beautiful ...

Un día perdido (1955)

Mr. Arkadin (1955)

Claiming that he doesn't know his own past, a rich man enlists an ex-con with an odd bit of detective work. Gregory Arkadin says he can't remember anything before the late 1920s, and convict Guy Van Stratten is happy to take the job of exploring his new ac ...

The Other Life of Captain Contreras (1955)

El guardián del paraíso (1955)

A serene mind a person is in a coffee some of their experiences: the story of a poet who gives shelter, a nun who takes off to find a drug habits in the black market, and his own witness of a robbery and as a lover. ...

Fantasía española (1953)

Two adventurers without economic resources create an amateur theater company and want to succeed, posing as aristocrats. The project aims to fill the theater with their performances and, thus, to satisfy their debts. ...