Cinematography: Francisco Sempere
The best movies, series, and documentaries with cinematography by Francisco Sempere. Explore visually stunning titles that highlight an exceptional filmmaking.
Placido
1961 · Movie · 85 min. · Spain
Direction Luis García Berlanga
Cast Cassen · José Luis López Vázquez · Elvira Quintilla · Amelia de la Torre
Plot In a small spanish town, a group of old ladies decide to celebrate Christmas Eve with a "Sit a poor man at your table" dinner: each wealthy household of the...
8.1
18K votes
8.1
18K votes
Red Fish
1955 · Movie · 93 min. · Spain
Direction José Antonio Nieves Conde
Cast Emma Penella · Arturo de Córdova · Pilar Soler · Manuel de Juan
Plot Ivón, a chorus girl, and Hugo, a failed writer, turn up at a provincial hotel on a stormy night. They have come from Madrid with Carlos, Hugo’s son, born nineteen...
7.6
2K votes
7.6
2K votes
The Rocket from Calabuch
1956 · Movie · 92 min. · Spain
Direction Luis García Berlanga
Cast Edmund Gwenn · Valentina Cortese · Franco Fabrizi · Juan Calvo
Plot A renown atomic scientist escapes from his world of formulas and destruction and finds a respite in a Spanish seaside village.
7.5
7K votes
7.5
7K votes
Miracles of Thursday
1957 · Movie · 85 min. · Spain
Direction Luis García Berlanga
Cast José Isbert · Richard Basehart · Paolo Stoppa · Alberto Romea
7.3
5K votes
7.3
5K votes
El pisito
1959 · Movie · 76 min. · Spain
Direction Marco Ferreri · Isidoro M. Ferry
Cast Mary Carrillo · José Luis López Vázquez · Concha López Silva · Celia Conde
Plot Madrid, in the late 1950s. In Franco’s Spain, there is a severe housing crisis. Rodolfo and Petrita have been engaged for twelve years, and yearn to marry, but cannot until...
7.3
6K votes
7.3
6K votes
Se vende un tranvía
1959 · Movie · 29 min. · Spain
Direction Juan Estelrich
Cast José Luis López Vázquez · Antonio García Quijada · María Luisa Ponte · Antonio Martínez
Plot Jose Luis Lopez Vazquez plays Julián a vulgar swindler, next to his cronies try sell a tram to a rich but little intelligent farmer newcomer to the city.
7.0
323 votes
7.0
323 votes
The Tenant (El inquilino)
1957 · Movie · 90 min. · Spain
Direction José Antonio Nieves Conde
Cast Fernando Fernán Gómez · María Rosa Salgado · José Marco Davó · Manuel Alexandre
7.0
1K votes
7.0
1K votes
Los chicos
1959 · Movie · 80 min. · Spain
Direction Marco Ferreri
Cast Joaquín Zaro · Alberto Jiménez · José Sierra · Ana María Vidal
Plot Ferreri's film "Los Chicos" (The Boys) is about the lives of four lower-middle class Spanish boys coping with the effects of the Spanish Civil War. The film depicts an inhospitable...
6.6
712 votes
6.6
712 votes
La muerte y el leñador
1963 · Movie · 33 min. · Spain
Direction Luis García Berlanga
Cast Hardy Krüger · Ana Casares · Agustín González · Manuel Alexandre
6.6
142 votes
6.6
142 votes
Todos somos necesarios (Ritorno alla vita)
1956 · Movie · 84 min. · Spain
Direction José Antonio Nieves Conde
Cast Alberto Closas · Folco Lulli · Ferdinand Anton · Lida Baarova
Plot After serving their sentence, three prisoners, a doctor, a civil servant and a thief, leave jail. During the train trip they do together to return home, they analyze their respective...
6.4
411 votes
6.4
411 votes
Amador
1964 · Movie · 105 min. · Spain
Direction Francisco Regueiro
Cast Maurice Ronet · Amparo Soler Leal · Elsa Zabala · Margarita Lozano
6.2
326 votes
6.2
326 votes
Let Sleeping Corpses Lie
1974 · Movie · 93 min. · Italy
Direction Jorge Grau
Cast Arthur Kennedy · Cristina Galbó · Jeannine Mestre · Raymond Lovelock
Plot A cop chases two hippies suspected of a series of Manson family-like murders; unbeknownst to him, the real culprits are the living dead, brought to life with a thirst for...
6.1
2K votes
6.1
2K votes
The Star of Africa
1957 · Movie · 99 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)
Direction Alfred Weidenmann
Cast Joachim Hansen · Marianne Koch · Hansjörg Felmy · Horst Frank
Plot Biographic Movie of the German fighter ace, who was killed in a plane crash after over 150 kills in North Africa.
5.9
78 votes
5.9
78 votes
Ten Ready Rifles
1959 · Movie · 84 min. · Spain
Direction José Luis Sáenz de Heredia
Cast Francisco Rabal · Ettore Manni · Rosa Arenas · Berta Riaza
5.8
96 votes
5.8
96 votes
Three Fables of Love
1962 · Movie · 110 min. · France
Direction Luis García Berlanga · Alessandro Blasetti · Hervé Bromberger · René Clair
Cast Manuel Alexandre · Ángel Álvarez · Charles Aznavour · Alessandro Blasetti
5.8
209 votes
5.8
209 votes
Hypnosis
1962 · Movie · 86 min. · Italy
Direction Eugenio Martín
Cast Jean Sorel · Götz · Heinz Drache · Margot Trooger
5.7
155 votes
5.7
155 votes
Sabían demasiado
1962 · Movie · 89 min. · Spain
Direction Pedro Lazaga
Cast Tony Leblanc · José Luis López Vázquez · Concha Velasco · José Isbert
Plot A gang of Spanish pickpockets decide to send one of them to Chicago to learn how to be a gangster...
5.6
561 votes
5.6
561 votes
Don Quijote cabalga de nuevo
1973 · Movie · 135 min. · Spain
Direction Roberto Gavaldón
Cast Fernando Fernán Gómez · Mario Moreno "Cantinflas" · María Fernanda D'Ocón · Paca Gabaldón
Plot A new vision of Don Quixote, obsessed with the walking gentlemen, that accompanied of a peculiar Sancho Panza they remind some adventures.
5.5
679 votes
5.5
679 votes
The Black Sword
1976 · Movie · 105 min. · Spain
Direction Francisco Rovira Beleta
Cast Maribel Martín · Juan Ribó · José María Rodero · Carlos Ballesteros
5.4
102 votes
5.4
102 votes
Operación: Embajada
1963 · Movie · 82 min. · Spain
Direction Fernando Palacios
Cast Analía Gadé · Alberto Closas · José Luis López Vázquez · María Asquerino
5.4
22 votes
5.4
22 votes