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Francisco Rabal

Francisco Rabal

Spanish actor (1926-2001)
March 8, 1926 (August 28, 2001)
Esp. 2001. Horror by Stuart Gordon with Ezra Godden, Raquel Moreno, Francisco Rabal. In a coastal village, fish-men worship a Sea God to whom they sacrifice humans that pass through.
Runtime: 95 min.

Goya in Bordeaux

V.O.: Goya en Burdeos
Esp. 1999. Biography by Carlos Saura with Francisco Rabal, Jose Coronado, Dafne Fernandez. On the eve of his death, the famous painter Francisco de Goya tells his daughter about the decisive stages of his life
Runtime: 104 min.
Fr. 1994. Fantasy comedy by Agnès Varda with Michel Piccoli, Julie Gayet, Marcello Mastroianni. A student becomes a maid to an old man who entertains movie stars in his home while recalling movie memories.
Runtime: 125 min.
Suis. 1991. Psychological drama by Alain Tanner with Dominic Gould, Francisco Rabal, Angela Molina.
Runtime: 102 min.

Manuel, A Son by Choice

V.O.: Manuel, le fils emprunté
Can. 1990. Psychological drama by François Labonté with Nuno da Costa, Francisco Rabal, Kim Yaroshevskaya. The son of a Portuguese immigrant turns to delinquency until an old Spanish anarchist introduces him to reading.
Runtime: 80 min.
Fr. 1990. Drama by Bernard Giraudeau with Francisco Rabal, Wadeck Stanczak, Smaïl Mekki. Convinced that a young tourist is still alive under the rubble of a hotel destroyed by an earthquake, an old man tries the impossible to save him.
Runtime: 94 min.
U.S. 1988. Melodrama by Gregory Nava with William Hurt, Timothy Hutton, Melissa Leo. In the 1940s, an American non-commissioned officer seeks revenge on one of his soldiers, whom he holds responsible for his father
Runtime: 117 min.

Le Temps du silence

V.O.: Tiempo de silencio
Esp. 1986. Mores drama by Vicente Aranda with Imanol Arias, Victoria Abril, Francisco Rabal. In the late 1940s, a young doctor doing research on cancer gets caught up in an abortion case.
Runtime: 111 min.

Camorra

V.O.: Un Complicato Intrigo di donne, vicoli e delitti
It. 1985. Social drama by Lina Wertmüller with Angela Molina, Francisco Rabal, Harvey Keitel. In Naples, the members of a family of drug dealers are killed in turn without the police being able to find the culprits.
Runtime: 106 min.
Esp. 1985. Satire by Francisco Regueiro with Fernando Rey, Francisco Rabal, Victoria Abril. Warned of his imminent death, a Spanish cardinal of the Vatican curia returns home to fix family matters.
Runtime: 102 min.

L'Heure des sortilèges

V.O.: La Hora bruja
Esp. 1985. Fantasy comedy by Jaime de Arminan with Francisco Rabal, Concha Velasco, Victoria Abril. A strolling player and his companion meet a young girl with strange powers.
Runtime: 108 min.

The Holy Innocents

V.O.: Los Santos Inocentes
Esp. 1984. Mores drama by Mario Camus with Alfredo Landa, Francisco Rabal, Terele Pavez. The misery and subjugation of a peasant family in the service of rich lords.
Runtime: 105 min.

Treasure of the Four Crowns

V.O.: El Tesoro de las cuatro coronas
Esp. 1982. Adventures by Ferdinando Baldi with Tony Anthony, Gene Quintano, Ana Obregon. With the help of some specialists, an adventurer tries to get hold of four crowns that would give him extraordinary power.
Runtime: 99 min.

La Ruche

V.O.: La Colmena
Esp. 1982. Mores drama by Mario Camus with Victoria Abril, Francisco Rabal, Jose Luis Lopez Vazquez. In 1943, a cafe in Madrid serves as a refuge for penniless writers.
Runtime: 105 min.

Nightmare City

V.O.: Incubo sulla città contaminata
Runtime: 92 min.

La Fille

V.O.: Cosi come sei
It. 1978. Psychological drama by Alberto Lattuada with Marcello Mastroianni, Nastassja Kinski, Monica Randall.
Runtime: 109 min.
U.S. 1977. Adventures by William Friedkin with Roy Scheider, Bruno Cremer, Francisco Rabal. Four men transport particularly dangerous explosives by truck on treacherous roads in the middle of the jungle.
Runtime: 121 min.

The Desert of the Tartars

V.O.: Il Deserto dei Tartari
Fr. 1976. Psychological drama by Valerio Zurlini with Jacques Perrin, Giuliano Gemma, Vittorio Gassman. An officer spends his entire career in a border fortress waiting for hypothetical enemies.
Runtime: 137 min.

La Mort lente

V.O.: La Moglie Giovane
It. 1975. Drama by Giovanni d'Eramo with Marisa Mell, Francisco Rabal, Farley Granger. After killing her husband, a young woman tries to hide the murder as an accident.
Runtime: 86 min.

Le Conseiller

V.O.: Il Consigliori
It. 1973. Crime drama by Alberto de Martino with Martin Balsam, Tomas Milian, Francisco Rabal. The prot
Runtime: 100 min.

Ann and Eve

V.O.: Anna och Eva
Suèd. 1970. Drama by Arne Mattsson with Gio Petre, Marie Liljedahl, Francisco Rabal.
Runtime: 90 min.

Cutting Heads

V.O.: Cabezas Cortadas
Runtime: 95 min.

Eagles Over London

V.O.: La Battaglia d'Inghilterra
It. 1969. Spy drama by Enzo G. Castellari with Frederick Stafford, Francisco Rabal, Van Johnson. German spies infiltrate England during the Dunkirk debacle.
Runtime: 113 min.

Bloody Che Contra

V.O.: El 'Che' Guevara
It. 1969. War drama by Paolo Heusch with Francisco Rabal, Giacomo Rossi Stuart, Howard Ross. After a fierce fight in the Bolivian bush, Che Guevara is captured and executed.
Runtime: 89 min.
Fr. 1967. Mores drama by Luis Bunuel with Catherine Deneuve, Jean Sorel, Michel Piccoli. The young wife of a Parisian surgeon is blackmailed by a friend of the couple, who discover that during the day she is a prostitute in a brothel.
Runtime: 100 min.

Les Longs Jours de la vengeance

V.O.: I Lunghi Giorni della vendetta
It. 1966. Western by Florestano Vancini with Giuliano Gemma, Conrado San Martin, Francisco Rabal. A man decides to take revenge on those who had him unjustly imprisoned and murdered his father.
Runtime: 108 min.

Legacy of the Incas

V.O.: Das Vermächtnis des Inka
All. 1966. Adventures by Georg Marischka with Guy Madison, Geula Nuni, Francisco Rabal. The president of Peru calls upon an American to prevent a rebellion of the Incas.
Runtime: 90 min.

The Witches

V.O.: Le Streghe
It. 1966. Comedy by Luchino Visconti, Mauro Bolognini, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Franco Rossi, Vittorio De Sica with Silvana Mangano, Toto, Alberto Sordi. The misadventures of five Italian women from different conditions.
Runtime: 121 min.

The Nun

V.O.: La Religieuse
Fr. 1966. Psychological drama by Jacques Rivette with Anna Karina, Liselotte Pulver, Francine Bergé. The story of a forced vocation in the eighteenth century.
Runtime: 140 min.

The Blue Panther

V.O.: Marie-Chantal contre le Dr. Kha
Fr. 1965. Comedy by Claude Chabrol with Marie Laforêt, Francisco Rabal, Serge Reggiani. A young snob girl is involved in a espionage case.
Runtime: 111 min.
Fr. 1964. Crime drama by Jean Valère with Hardy Krüger, Emmanuelle Riva, Francisco Rabal. A soccer player blackmails a woman who is responsible for ruining his career.
Runtime: 105 min.
Fr. 1964. Crime drama by François Villiers with Annie Girardot, Richard Johnson, Alida Valli. A young woman, in love with a neighbor suspected of killing his wife, tries to prove his innocence.
Runtime: 89 min.

Weeping for a Bandit

V.O.: Llanto por un bandido
Esp. 1963. Drama by Carlos Saura with Francisco Rabal, Lea Massari, Philippe Leroy. A peasant joins bandits and becomes their leader.
Runtime: 93 min.

Les Camionneurs de la soif

V.O.: Hijo de hombre
Arg. 1963. War drama by Lucas Demare with Francisco Rabal, Olga Zubarry, Carlos Estrada.
Runtime: 90 min.

The Female: Seventy Times Seven

V.O.: Setenta veces siete
Runtime: 85 min.
Fr. 1962. Adventures by Georges Lampin with Louis Jourdan, Bernard Blier, Serena Vergano. A count decides to overthrow the tyrannical regime of his country.
Runtime: 115 min.

The Eclipse

V.O.: L'Eclisse
It. 1962. Psychological drama by Michelangelo Antonioni with Monica Vitti, Alain Delon, Lilla Brignone. A young woman leaves her lover for the love of another man.
Runtime: 123 min.

Autopsy of a Criminal

V.O.: Autopsia de un criminal
Esp. 1962. Crime drama by Ricardo Blasco with Francisco Rabal, Danielle Godet, Howard Vernon. While trying to retrieve a necklace from a pawn shop, a man becomes involved in a murder.

Les Dernières Aventures de Fra Diavolo

V.O.: I Tromboni di Fra Diavolo
Runtime: 97 min.
Esp. 1961. Mores drama by Luis Bunuel with Silvia Pinal, Francisco Rabal, Fernando Rey. A young girl turns her deceased uncle's estate into an asylum for beggars.
Runtime: 90 min.

La Main dans le piège

V.O.: La Mano en la trampa
Arg. 1960. Drama by Leopoldo Torre Nilsson with Elsa Daniel, Francisco Rabal, Maria Rosa Gallo. A young girl is concerned about the presence in her home of an allegedly exiled aunt.
Runtime: 90 min.

Zoras le rebelle

V.O.: Diez Fusiles esperan
Esp. 1959. Adventures by José Luis Saenz de Heredia with Ettore Manni, Milly Vitale, Francisco Rabal. A Spanish officer sentenced to death tries to escape.
Runtime: 89 min.
Mex. 1959. Religious drama by Luis Bunuel with Francisco Rabal, Marga Lopez, Rita Macedo. A priest is forced to leave his post and becomes a begging pilgrim.
Runtime: 95 min.

The Wide Blue Road

V.O.: La Grande Strada Azzurra
It. 1958. Social drama by Gillo Pontecorvo with Yves Montand, Alida Valli, Mario Girotti. A poor Italian fisherman who fishes with grenades is being watched by customs officers.
Runtime: 103 min.

The Mighty Crusaders

V.O.: La Gerusalemme Liberata
Runtime: 95 min.

Prisonniers du mal

V.O.: Prigionieri del male
Fr. 1956. Melodrama by Mario Costa with Francisco Rabal, May Britt, Bernard Blier. A young Russian woman comes to Italy to investigate religious fanaticism and falls in love with a Polish man suffering from leprosy.
Runtime: 95 min.

Le Moulin des amours

V.O.: La Picara molinera
Esp. 1954. Comedy by Leon Klimovsky with Carmen Sevilla, Francisco Rabal, Mischa Auer. In a region of Andalusia, all men covet the young wife of the miller.
Runtime: 85 min.

Les Damnés en marche

V.O.: La Guerra de Dios
Esp. 1953. Social drama by Raphaël Gil with Claude Laydu, Francisco Rabal, Jose Marco Davo. In a mining village, a priest succeeds in reconciling employers and workers.

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