Antonio Román

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Antonio Román
Román in 1935
Born	(1911-11-09)9 November 1911 Ourense, Spain
Died	16 June 1989(1989-06-16) (aged 77)

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.^[1] Román began directing films in the later 1930s starting with documentaries.^[1] His first dramatic feature film was Esquadrilla.^[1] His other work includes an adaptation of Lola Montes and La Fierecilla domada, a retelling of The Taming of the Shrew.^[1] Many of these films star his wife, actress Yvonne Bastien.^[1]

Román has won several international awards such as Golden Olive Tree from the

Román died on 16 June 1989.[2] Prior to his death, he worked with Radio Exterior.^[2] 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.^[2]

Filmography

• Sandra (1930)
• Ensueño (1931)
• Canto à la emigración (1935)
• Ciudad encantada (1936)
• Barcelona o ritmo de un día (1939)
• Mérida (1940)
• Al borde del gran viaje (1940)
• De la Alhambra al Albaicín (1940)
• El hombre y el carro (1940)
• Escuadrilla (1941)
• Boda en el infierno (1942)
• Intrigue (1942)
• The House of Rain (1943)
• Lola Montes (1944)
• Last Stand in the Philippines (1945)
• Fuenteovejuna (1947)
• La vida encadenada (1948)
• El amor brujo (1949)
• Pacto de silencio (1949)
• El pasado amenaza (1950)
• La fuente enterrada (1950)
• La forastera (1951)
• Last Day (1952)
• Congress in Seville (1955)
• La fierecilla domada (1956)
• Dos novias para un torero (1956)
• Madrugada (1957)
• Los clarines del miedo (1958)
• Bombas para la paz (1959)
• Mi mujer me gusta más (1961)
• El sol en el espejo (1962)
• Pacto de silencio (1963)
• Un tiro por la espalda (1964)
• Ringo de Nebraska (1966)
• A Dog in Space (1966)
• El mesón del gitano (1969)

References

Sources

• Lucas, Tim (2013). Mario Bava - All the Colors of the Dark.
  ISBN 978-0-9633756-1-2
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• Antonio Román at
  IMDb

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