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Sighs of Spain (1939)

Sighs of Spain poster
Original title
Suspiros de España
Directed by
Benito Perojo
Genre
musical film
Country
Spain
Runtime
1h 40m
Rated
12
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A Spanish man falls in love with a singer while traveling through Germany. They face obstacles from family and a rival suitor.

nostalgiclivelylightheartedromanticwhimsicalupbeatmusical

What happens

Sighs of Spain or Spanish Sighs (Spanish: Suspiros de España) is a 1939 German-Spanish comedy film directed by Benito Perojo and starring Miguel Ligero, Estrellita Castro and Roberto Rey. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Gustav A. Knauer and Alexander Mügge. It was one of five co-productions between Nationalist Spain and Nazi Germany during the late 1930s. It is takes its title from the 1903 pasodoble by Antonio Álvarez Alonso. In 1955 it was remade as a Spanish musical film Sighs of Triana. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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