The amazing story of Cifesa, a mythical film production company founded in Valencia by the Casanova family that managed to dominate the box office during the turbulent times of the Second Spanish Republic, the carnage of the Civil War and the hardships of the long post-war period and Franco's dictatorship — and survive until the sixties, when Spain was timidly beginning to change.

Francisco Boix: A Photographer in Hell Trailer (2000)

01 January 2000

In 1939, just finished the Spanish Civil War, Spanish republican photographer Francesc Boix escapes from Spain; but is captured by the Nazis in 1940 and imprisoned in the Mauthausen concentration camp, in Austria, a year later.

The Moroccan Labyrinth Trailer (2007)

15 November 2007

Que mi nombre no se borre de la historia Trailer (2006)

05 June 2006

Fallas 37: el arte en guerra Trailer (2013)

02 March 2013

In November 1936, a few months since the beginning of the Spanish Civil War, the government of the Second Republic moves to Valencia.

Los últimos guerrilleros - Historia de la A.G.I. (Agrupación guerrillera de Levante) Trailer (2003)

11 March 2003

Teruel has Fallen Trailer (1937)

26 January 1937

A pro-Republican propaganda documentary made during the Spanish Civil War. It reports on the demonstration held in Barcelona on December 27, 1937 to commemorate the capture of Teruel by the Republican forces.

Popular movie trailers from 1936

These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1936:

The Unpopular Mechanic Trailer (1936)

06 November 1936

An Oswald Rabbit cartoon.

Valiant Is the Word for Carrie Trailer (1936)

06 October 1936

Carrie Snyder is a prostitute, who is forced out of the fictional southern town of Crebillon, after forming a friendship with a young boy named Paul, whose dying mother is unable to protest against her son visiting such a woman.

Fibbing Fibbers Trailer (1936)

19 October 1936

Walter pretends to have been in a car accident in order to avoid two conflicting engagements.

Dancing Feet Trailer (1936)

20 January 1936

Peyton Wells (Ben Lyon) rescues Judy Jones (Joan Marsh) from a very dull young man, at a sedate party given for her by her multi-millionaire grandfather Silas P.

Pot Luck Trailer (1936)

01 April 1936

A retired Scotland Yard detective, Patrick Fitzpatrick (Tom Walls) comes back to take one final case, tracking down a missing vase which has been stolen by a gang of thieves specialising in taking art treasures.

Alaska Sweepstakes Trailer (1936)

07 February 1936

Oswald the Lucky Rabbit enters a dogsled race with a $10,000 first prize.

David Livingstone Trailer (1936)

01 November 1936

Film portrays the expedition of the British explorer David Livingstone to Africa to discover the source of the Nile, his disappearance, and the expedition to find him led by Stanley.

Singende Jugend Trailer (1936)

10 April 1936

A new member of the Vienna Boys Choir shoulders the blame for a theft.

The Unknown Trailer (1936)

12 November 1936

The body of an unknown beautiful woman is fished out of the river and leaves the policemen wondering what drove the girl to such a grisly fate.

The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand Trailer (1936)

17 April 1936

15-Chapter Serial about a scientist that discovers a formula for making synthetic gold and the people that want it.

No Exit Trailer (1936)

26 November 1936

A crime novelist stages an imaginative prank to prove that the perfect murder is possible but finds it has catastrophic consequences.

Guns and Guitars Trailer (1936)

22 June 1936

A wrongfully-imprisoned man becomes determined to find who was responsible for the death of a local sheriff.

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