The Last torch song (1957)

Original title

El último cuplé

Directed by

Juan de Orduña

Genre

musical film

Country

Spain

Runtime

1h 50m

Rated

APTA

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 12 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A celebrated singer looks back on her life and loves through the songs that defined her career. The film follows her rise to fame and the romantic entanglements along the way.

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What happens

The Last Torch Song, better known under its Spanish title El último cuplé, is a 1957 Spanish jukebox musical film directed by Juan de Orduña and starring Sara Montiel, Armando Calvo and Enrique Vera. It was released in Spain on 6 May 1957. It was immensely popular domestically and it had a wide international release making it the worldwide highest-grossing Spanish-language film made up to that point. The film's soundtrack album had also a wide international release. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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