The Other Life of Captain Contreras
- Vicente Escrivá
- Ramón D. Faraldo
- Rafael Gil
- Torcuato Luca de Tena (novel)
- Cesáreo González
- Pedro Luis Ramírez
Production
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Suevia Films
Release date
- 1 February 1955 (1955-02-01)
Running time
The Other Life of Captain Contreras (Spanish: La otra vida del capitán Contreras) is a 1955 Spanish comedy film directed by Rafael Gil.[1]
Synopsis
Spain, 16th century: The brave captain Alonso Contreras is menaced by the inquisition, but he is not guilty. An alchemist, trying to help, gives Alonso a powerful potion in order to make him sleep until the danger flies. The potion is too much powerful and Alonso wakes up in the 20th century.
The plot is similar to Mel Gibson's film Forever Young.
Cast
- Fernando Fernán Gómez as Alonso Contreras
- Julio F. Alymán as Román
- Francisco Arenzana as Fiscal
- María Asquerino as Paca Revilla
- Mariano Azaña
- Germán Cobos
- Félix de Pomés as Marqués del Darro
- Juan Domenech as Moñudo
- Ramón Elías
- Tony Hernández as Luigi
- Luis Hurtado
- Rufino Inglés
- Manuel Kayser
- José Manuel Martín
- Virginia de Matos
- Sergio Mendizábal
- Antonio Molino Rojo
- Antonio Moreno
- Mónica Pastrana
- Maria Piazzai as Silvia
- Matías Prats
- Manuel Requena
- Antonio Riquelme
- Luis Rivera
- Fernando Sancho as Antonio Cornejo
- Carlos Miguel Solá
- Amparo Soto
References
- ^ de España p.119
Bibliography
- de España, Rafael. Directory of Spanish and Portuguese film-makers and films. Greenwood Press, 1994.
External links
- The Other Life of Captain Contreras at IMDb
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Films directed by Rafael Gil
- The Man Who Wanted to Kill Himself (1942)
- Journey to Nowhere (1942)
- Traces of Light (1943)
- Eloisa Is Under an Almond Tree (1943)
- Lessons in Good Love (1944)
- The Nail (1944)
- Thirsty Land (1945)
- The Phantom and Dona Juanita (1945)
- The Prodigal Woman (1946)
- The Holy Crown (1947)
- Don Quixote (1947)
- The Faith (1947)
- Mare Nostrum (1948)
- The Sunless Street (1948)
- Just Any Woman (1949)
- Adventures of Juan Lucas (1949)
- Saturday Night (1950)
- Apollo Theatre (1950)
- The Great Galeoto (1951)
- Our Lady of Fatima (1951)
- The Song of Sister Maria (1952)
- From Madrid to Heaven (1952)
- I Was a Parish Priest (1953)
- He Died Fifteen Years Ago (1954)
- Judas' Kiss (1954)
- The Other Life of Captain Contreras (1955)
- The Cock Crow (1955)
- The Big Lie (1956)
- Miracle of the White Suit (1956)
- Let's Make the Impossible! (1958)
- Luxury Cabin (1959)
- College Boarding House (1959)
- Litri and His Shadow (1960)
- Darling (1961)
- Green Harvest (1961)
- Rogelia (1962)
- Queen of the Chantecler (1962)
- You and Me Are Three (1962)
- The Blackmailers (1963)
- Pedrito de Andía's New Life (1965)
- Currito of the Cross (1965)
- Samba (1965)
- Road to Rocío (1966)
- He's My Man! (1966)
- Another's Wife (1967)
- Fruit of Temptation (1968)
- The Sailor with Golden Fists (1968)
- A Decent Adultery (1969)
- Blood in the Bullring (1969)
- The Locket (1970)
- The Man Who Wanted to Kill Himself (1970)
- The Green Envelope (1971)
- The Doubt (1972)
- Nothing Less Than a Real Man (1972)
- The Guerrilla (1973)
- The King is the Best Mayor (1974)
- The Good Days Lost (1975)
- Forget the Drums (1975)
- Death's Newlyweds (1975)
- The Legion Like Women (1976)
- Two Men and Two Women Amongst Them (1977)
- Father Cami's Wedding (1979)
- Spoiled Children (1980)
- And in the Third Year, He Rose Again (1980)
- Old Shirt to New Jacket (1982)
- The Autonomines (1984)
- The Cheerful Colsada Girls (1984)
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