All Is Possible in Granada
Film poster
Directed byJosé Luis Sáenz de Heredia
Written byJosé Luis Sáenz de Heredia
Carlos Blanco
StarringMerle Oberon
Francisco Rabal
Rafael Bardem
CinematographyTheodore J. Pahle
Edited byJulio Peña
Music byErnesto Halffter
Production
company
Chapalo Films
Distributed byOrbi Films
Release date
  • 8 March 1954 (1954-03-08)
Running time
90 minutes
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish

All Is Possible in Granada (Spanish: Todo es posible en Granada) is a 1954 Spanish comedy film directed by José Luis Sáenz de Heredia and starring Merle Oberon, Francisco Rabal and Rafael Bardem.[1] It was entered into the 1954 Cannes Film Festival.[2] In 1982 it was remade under the same title. The film's sets were designed by the art director Ramiro Gómez.

Plot

Following a prologue in the early 19th century concerning the finding of a hoard belonging to Boabdil, the fiction moves forward to 1950s Granada, involving the arrival of an American mining company to the city and the expropriation of land plots in the surroundings in order to extract uranium.[3]

Cast

  • Merle Oberon as Margaret Faulson
  • Francisco Rabal as Fernando Ortega
  • Peter Damon as Robbie
  • Rafael Bardem as Mr. Taylor
  • Félix Dafauce as Mr. Olivier
  • Gustavo Re as Quincallero
  • José Isbert as Joaquín
  • Antonio Riquelme as Padre del limpiabotas
  • José G. Rey as Mr. Cummings
  • Antonio Fernández as Sereno
  • Luis Pérez de León as Anticuario
  • Joaquín Roa as Labrador 1º
  • José Alburquerque as Corregidor
  • Arturo Marín as El Jerezano
  • Casimiro Hurtado as Labrador 2º
  • Félix Briones
  • Pedro Giménez 'El Pili' as El Petaca
  • Josefina Fortea as Peggy
  • Maruja Coral as Mujer
  • Antonio (actor) as Limpiabotas
  • Rosita Segovia as Primera Bailarina

References

  1. ↑ Mira p.249
  2. ↑ "Festival de Cannes: All Is Possible in Granada". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 30 January 2009.
  3. ↑ Sojo Gil, Kepa (2011). "La comedia rural española de los cincuenta como consecuente de Bienvenido Mr. Marshall" (PDF). Revista Latente. San Cristóbal de La Laguna: Universidad de La Laguna. 7: 48. ISSN 1697-459X.

Bibliography

  • Mira, Alberto. The A to Z of Spanish Cinema. Rowman & Littlefield, 2010.
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