Norberto Soliño Explained

Norberto Soliño
Birth Date:1902
Birth Place:Munguía, La Coruña
Father:Ramón Soliño

Norberto Soliño (born 1902) was a cinematographer businessman.[1]

He was born in Munguía, La Coruña. He moved to La Habana with his family and he studied in a school in Pokespaie, New Jersey. Then he worked with his parents and he played in the Cuba national football team, but he got an injury and left it.

In 1936 he worked with his father Ramón on CIFESA in La Habana,[2] and they distributed films on Hispanoamerica. At the end of 1937 he led the direction of Hispano-Film-Produktion along Johann W. Ther,[3] [4] and CINA.[5] This project was received by the Germans through the figure of Wilhelm Ther and became part of a powerful cinematographic industry which was expanded since Hitler's rise to power.[6] He began offering contracts to many Spanish stars,[7] so he hired Florián Rey, Benito Perojo, Imperio Argentina, Estrellita Castro, Miguel Ligero, Roberto Rey and Ricardo Merino, between others. He produced El barbero de Sevilla (1938) with Estrellita Castro and Roberto Rey, and La gitanilla (1940).[8]

After the Spanish Civil War he came back to Spain.[9]

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Notes and References

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  2. News: Noches andaluzas para la Alemania nazi . Franco . Torre . 25 September 2015 . 4 October 2019 . . es.
  3. News: El Hollywood español . Sonia . García Ruiz . 16 January 2011 . 4 October 2019 . El Día de Córdoba . es . Joly Digital.
  4. Book: Crusells, Magí . Las Brigadas Internacionales en la pantalla . . 2001 . 248 . 9788484271499.
  5. Book: Diez Puertas, Emeterio . Historia social del cine en España . Editorial Fundamentos . 2003 . 117, 120 . 9788424509514.
  6. Book: Modes of Representation in Spanish Cinema . Jenaro . Talens . Santos Zunzunegui . Díez . . 1998 . 73 . 9780816629756.
  7. Book: Cinema and the Swastika: The International Expansion of Third Reich Cinema . Roel Vande . Winkel . D. . Welch . . 7 February 2007 . 45 . 9780230289321.
  8. Book: Garrido, José Ángel . Minorías en el cine: la etnia gitana en la pantalla . . 2003 . 241 . 9788447526055.
  9. Gómez Tello . ¿Quién es quién en la pantalla nacional= Norberto Soliño . Primer Plano . 295 . 9 June 1946.