Cómicos | |
Director: | Juan Antonio Bardem |
Producer: | Eduardo Manzanos Brochero Alberto Soifer |
Starring: | Emma Penella Fernando Rey Elisa Galvé Rosario García Ortega Mariano Asquerino Carlos Casaravilla Manuel Alexandre |
Music: | Isidro B. Maiztegui Jesus Franco Manuel Parada |
Cinematography: | Ricardo Torres |
Editing: | Antonio Gimeno |
Runtime: | 88 minutes |
Country: | Spain |
Language: | Spanish |
Comedians (Spanish; Castilian: '''Cómicos''') is a 1954 Spanish drama film directed by Juan Antonio Bardem. It was coproduced with Argentina but it is a Spanish film about Spaniards actors on stage. Bardem confessed to being inspired by All About Eve. The film was entered into the 1954 Cannes Film Festival.[1]
Bardem remade Cómicos as a musical in 1971, Variety starring Sara Montiel.
Ana Ruiz (Elisa Christian Galvé) is a young and ambitious actress who has so far only had the opportunity to play secondary roles. But she finally gets her big chance to take on a leading role. The only condition set by businessman Carlos Márquez (Carlos Casaravilla) is that Ana becomes his lover. But she is in love with Miguel (Fernando Rey).