The Lost City (1955 film)

The Lost City (Spanish:La ciudad perdida or Terrorists in Madrid, Italian:Terroristi a Madrid) is a 1955 Italian-Spanish drama film directed by Margarita Alexandre and Rafael María Torrecilla and starring Cosetta Greco, Fausto Tozzi and María Dolores Pradera.[1] It is an adaptation of La ciudad perdida (1953) by Spanish author Mercedes Formica.

The Lost City
Directed byMargarita Alexandre
Rafael María Torrecilla
Written byMargarita Alexandre
José Luis Barbero
Mercedes Formica (novel)
Rafael María Torrecilla
StarringCosetta Greco
Fausto Tozzi
María Dolores Pradera
CinematographyRenato Del Frate
Edited byMercedes Alonso
Music byMiguel Asins Arbó
Production
companies
Pico Films
Nervión Films
Distributed byHispano Foxfilms
Release date
  • 11 April 1955 (1955-04-11)
Running time
83 minutes
CountriesItaly
Spain
LanguagesItalian
Spanish

The film's sets were designed by Enrique Alarcón.

Plot

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Rafael, an ex-exiled republican of the Spanish Civil War, returns to his native city after the years and in the company of his fellow maquis (members of the Resistance) with the mission of carrying out an armed action against Franco's regime. But the mission fails and, in his desperate attempt to escape, Rafael kidnaps a beautiful high class woman.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Bentley p.124

Bibliography

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  • Bentley, Bernard. A Companion to Spanish Cinema. Boydell & Brewer 2008.
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