Rafael Gil facts for kids
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Rafael Gil
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Rafael Gil in 1970
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| Born | 22 May 1913 |
| Died | 10 July 1986 (aged 73) Madrid, Spain
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| Occupation | Film director and screenwriter |
| Years active | 1937–1984 |
Rafael Gil (born May 22, 1913 – died July 10, 1986) was a famous Spanish film director and screenwriter. He made many movies during his long career.
His film La guerra de Dios (1953) won a special award called the Bronze Lion at the Venice Film Festival in 1953. It also won best film and best director at the San Sebastián International Film Festival. Other films like La noche del sábado (1950) and El beso de Judas (1954) were nominated for the top award, the Gold Lion, at the Venice Film Festival. His movie Let's Make the Impossible! (1958) was also nominated for a big award, the Golden Berlin Bear, at the Berlin International Film Festival. Rafael Gil won nine awards from the National Syndicate of Spectacle in Spain.
Gil was a very important director during the time of Francisco Franco in Spain. His later films, often made with writer Fernando Vizcaíno Casas, sometimes looked back at the years when Franco was in charge.
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Rafael Gil's Films
Rafael Gil directed and wrote many films throughout his career. Here are some of his notable works:
Early Films (1940s)
- The Queen's Flower Girl (1940)
- Journey to Nowhere (1942) – He also wrote the script.
- Traces of Light (1943) – He also wrote the script.
- Eloisa Is Under an Almond Tree (1943) – He directed and wrote the script.
- The Nail (1944) – He directed and wrote the script.
- Lessons in Good Love (1944)
- The Phantom and Dona Juanita (1945) – He directed and wrote the script.
- Thirsty Land (1945)
- The Prodigal Woman (1946) – He directed and wrote the script.
- The Holy Queen (1947) – He directed and wrote the script.
- Lady in Ermine (1947)
- The Faith (1947) – He only wrote the script.
- Don Quixote (1947) – He directed and wrote the script.
- The Sunless Street (1948)
- Mare Nostrum (1948)
- Just Any Woman (1949)
Films from the 1950s
- Apollo Theatre (1950)
- Saturday Night (1950)
- Our Lady of Fatima (1951)
- The Great Galeoto (1951)
- The Song of Sister Maria (1952)
- From Madrid to Heaven (1952) – He directed and wrote the script.
- I Was a Parish Priest (1953)
- Judas' Kiss (1954)
- He Died Fifteen Years Ago (1954)
- The Cock Crow (1955)
- The Other Life of Captain Contreras (1955) – He directed and wrote the script.
- The Big Lie (1956)
- Miracle of the White Suit (1956)
- Let's Make the Impossible! (1958) – He appeared in it and wrote the script.
- Luxury Cabin (1959) – He directed and wrote the script.
- College Boarding House (1959)
Films from the 1960s and 1970s
- Litri and His Shadow (1960)
- Green Harvest (1961) – He wrote the script.
- Darling (1961) – He wrote the script.
- You and Me Are Three (1962) – He directed and wrote the script.
- Queen of The Chantecler (1962)
- Rogelia (1962) – He wrote the script.
- The Blackmailers (1963)
- Samba (1964) – He wrote the script.
- Currito of the Cross (1965)
- Pedrito de Andía's New Life (1965) – He directed and wrote the script.
- Road to Rocío (1966)
- He's My Man! (1966)
- Another's Wife (1967) – He directed and wrote the script.
- The Sailor with Golden Fists (1968)
- Fruit of Temptation (1968)
- Blood in the Bullring (1969)
- The Locket (1970)
- The Green Envelope (1971)
- Nothing Less Than a Real Man (1972) – He directed and wrote the script.
- The Doubt (1972)
- The Guerrilla (1973)
- The King is the Best Mayor (1974)
- Death's Newlyweds (1975)
- The Good Days Lost (1975)
- Forget the Drums (1975)
- The Legion Like Women (1976)
- Two Men and Two Women Amongst Them (1977)
Later Works (1979-1984)
- Father Cami's Wedding (1979) – He only wrote the script.
- 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)
See also
In Spanish: Rafael Gil para niños
