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Surcos (1951)

| Drama | 17 June 1954 (Portugal)
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The struggles of a Spanish family as it emigrates from the country to Madrid circa 1950.

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(as Jose Antonio Nieves Conde)

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
... El Mellao
... Pili (as Maruja Asquerino)
Francisco Arenzana ... Pepe
... Tonia
Ricardo Lucía ... Manolo Pérez (as Ricardo Lucia)
... Manuel Pérez (as Jose Prada)
... Don Roque 'El Chamberlain' (as Felix Dauface)
... La madre (as Maria Frances)
Carmen Sánchez ... Tía (as Carmen Sanchez)
... Rosario
Manuel de Juan
Mary Merche
... Espabilao
José María Martín ... (as Jose Mª Martin)
José Villasante ... (as Jose Villasante)
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The struggles of a Spanish family as it emigrates from the country to Madrid circa 1950.

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Hidden cameras used for some scenes.Some people and some police are real and didn't know they are acting in a movie. See more »

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

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Cantares de la luna
Lyrics by José Vega (as Jose Vega)
Music by Jesús García Leoz
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A Franco's dictatorship realistic history
5 May 2002 | by – See all my reviews

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'.
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