The Rocket from Calabuch
- 1 October 1956 (1956-10-01)
Calabuch (US title: The Rocket From Calabuch) is a 1956 comedy film directed by Luis García Berlanga.
Synopsis
Calabuch is a little village in the coast of Spain. There arrives Dr. George Hamilton (Edmund Gwenn), a scientist expert in rockets who is tired of his job.
Hamilton decides to help people of Calabuch in a fireworks competition. He wins and his photo appears in the local newspaper and then NASA and the army find him.[1]
Production background
This Spanish-Italian co-production was filmed in Peniscola, Castellón, and features an international cast led by British-American actor Edmund Gwenn in his last film role, and Italians Valentina Cortese and Franco Fabrizi. Berlanga won the OCIC Award at the Venice Film Festival.[2]
External links
- Calabuch at IMDb
References
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- That Happy Couple
- Welcome Mr. Marshall!
- Boyfriend in Sight
- The Rocket from Calabuch
- Miracles of Thursday
- Plácido
- Three Fables of Love
- The Executioner
- The Boutique
- Long Live the Bride and Groom
- Tamaño natural
- La escopeta nacional
- National Heritage
- Nacional III
- The Heifer
- Moros y Cristianos
- Everyone Off to Jail
- París-Tombuctú
- El sueño de la maestra
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