Underplayed Gems

La espera (1956)

La espera poster
Directed by
Vicenç Lluch i Tamarit
Genre
melodrama
Country
Spain
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A woman waits for a loved one who was captured as a soldier overseas. The story follows her emotional struggle during a long separation after World War Two.

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What happens

La espera es una película española de género propagandístico melodramático estrenada en 1956, dirigida por el debutante Vicente Lluch los exteriores se rodaron en Tembleque (Toledo) y los interiores en Barcelona. Cabe recordar quede los divisionarios que cayeron prisioneros del ejército soviético sobrevivieron 220 hombres que, a los pocos meses de fallecer Stalin fueron repatriados a España en abril de 1954. La película fue un fracaso de taquilla, en parte debido al nulo interés del argumento en la época de su estreno.​ Pese a ello Rosario García Ortega fue galardonada con la medalla del Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos a la mejor actriz secundaria por su papel en la película.​ (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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