Underplayed Gems

It Happened in Spain (1934)

It Happened in Spain poster
Original title
La traviesa molinera
Directed by
Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast
Genre
comedy film
Country
Spain
Runtime
1h 07m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A playful comedy based on a classic Spanish novel. It follows a miller and his wife as a local magistrate schemes to seduce her.

lightheartedwhimsicalplayfuldatedunderstatedslapstickbreezy

What happens

La traviesa molinera és una pel·lícula de comèdia espanyola del 1934 dirigida per Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast. L'argument està basat en la novel·la de 1874 El sombrero de tres picos de Pedro Antonio de Alarcón. Avui no hi ha cap còpia de la pel·lícula però, segons Federico García Lorca, "aquesta pel·lícula és tan política i extraordinària... que no sembla que sigui espanyola". El mateix Chaplin va esmentar el títol La traviesa molinera en un qüestionari sobre les millors pel·lícules de la història del cinema realitzat per la Film Library del Museu d'Art Modern de Nova York. Fou comercialitzada als Estats Units com a It Happened in Spain. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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