Antonio Román

Director · 1911–1989 · Ourense, Ourense, Galicia, Spain

Biography

Antonio Román (9 November 1911 – 16 June 1989) was a prolific Spanish film director, screenwriter, film producer. Antonio Román was born Ourense, Spain on 9 November 1911. Román began directing films in the later 1930s starting with documentaries. His first dramatic feature film was Esquadrilla. His other work includes an adaptation of Lola Montes and La Fierecilla domada, a retelling of The Taming of the Shrew. Many of these films star his wife, actress Yvonne Bastien. Román has won several international awards such as Golden Olive Tree from the Cine de Humor de Bordighera in Italy for Bombas para la paz and an award for Pacto de silencio from the Cork Festival in Ireland. Román died on 16 June 1989. Prior to his death, he worked with Radio Exterior. The Spanish newspaper El País stated on his death that Román was one of the most "prominent names in post-war Spanish cinema" directing over 30 films.

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1970s

1970
El mesón del gitano
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1960s

1966
Gunman Called Nebraska
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1964
Shot in the Back
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1963
El sol en el espejo
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Pacto de silencio
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1950s

1959
Bombs for Peace
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1958
Los clarines del miedo
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1957
Madrugada
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1956
Dos novias para un torero
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La fierecilla domada
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1955
Congress in Seville
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1952
Último día
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La forastera
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1950
La fuente enterrada
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El pasado amenaza
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1940s

1949
Pacto de silencio
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1948
La vida encadenada
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1947
Fuenteovejuna
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1945
O carro e o home
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Los últimos de Filipinas
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1944
Lola Montes
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1943
La casa de la lluvia
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1942
Intriga
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Boda en el infierno
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1941
The Squadron
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