Surcos (1951)

The struggles of a Spanish family as it emigrates from the country to Madrid circa 1950.

Director:

José Antonio Nieves Conde (as Jose Antonio Nieves Conde)

Writers:

Eugenio Montes (idea), José Antonio Nieves Conde (technical screenplay)

Stars:

Luis Peña, María Asquerino, Francisco Arenzana

5 wins & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Luis Peña	...	El Mellao
María Asquerino	...	Pili (as Maruja Asquerino)
Francisco Arenzana	...	Pepe
Marisa de Leza	...	Tonia
Ricardo Lucía	...	Manolo Pérez (as Ricardo Lucia)
José Prada	...	Manuel Pérez (as Jose Prada)
Félix Dafauce	...	Don Roque 'El Chamberlain' (as Felix Dauface)
María Francés	...	La madre (as Maria Frances)
Carmen Sánchez	...	Tía (as Carmen Sanchez)
Montserrat Carulla	...	Rosario
Manuel de Juan
Mary Merche
Francisco Bernal	...	Espabilao
José María Martín	...	(as Jose Mª Martin)
José Villasante	...	(as Jose Villasante)

Storyline

The struggles of a Spanish family as it emigrates from the country to Madrid circa 1950.

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Plot Keywords:

train | train tracks | suitcase | wicker basket | hen | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Did You Know?

Trivia

"Surcos", the title of the film, means furrows in English. A field with furrows lefts by a plow is shown at the beginning and the end of the movie as credits background. Furthermore, a signboard on a wall, with the word "SURCOS", also appears in the film without an apparent logical sense. It is front of Chamberlain's garage and only is shown once on a night scene.

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Connections

Referenced in El mundo sigue: La resurreción de una obra maestra del cine español (2015)

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Soundtracks

Cantares de la luna
Lyrics by José Vega (as Jose Vega)
Music by Jesús García Leoz

User Reviews

A Franco's dictatorship realistic history

It don't seems logic that Franco's ideological censors allowed a realistic history based on poor situation in Madrid in 50's early. But the dictatorship's target was to dissuade these people than want to left your rural work and change to a urban way of life while the Spanish industrial development level of these years couldn't yet get job to a lot of workers. 'Surcos' is like a Italian 'neorealistic' film, but also has a highest technical level, with influence from the European (mainly German) expressionism. A great b&w photo, and a good work of players. A 'rara avis' in the Spanish cinematography from these years. Later, the director J.A. Nieves Conde, had a sad career,so far in all ways from 'Surcos'.

Details

Country:

Spain

Language:

Spanish

Release Date:

17 June 1954 (Portugal)

Also Known As:

Brazde

Filming Locations:

Madrid, Spain

Company Credits

Production Co:

Atenea Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

104 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1