Florián Rey

Directing · Acting · Writing

Born January 23, 1894, La Almunia de Doña Godina, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain

Florián Rey, real name Antonio Martínez del Castillo (La Almunia de Doña Godina, Zaragoza, January 25, 1894-Benidorm, April 11, 1962), was a Spanish film director, one of the greatest representatives of silent films and the Spanish film industry of the Second Republic. His film La aldea maldita (1930) is considered the masterpiece of Spanish cinema of the silent stage and some of his popular works of the Republican stage, such as Nobleza baturra (1935) or Morena Clara (1936), starring Imperio Argentina, were very successful, which led him to compete even with the American film industry and opened the possibility of developing a genuinely Spanish film industry, although it was aborted with the outbreak of the Civil War. Since 1996, the Florián Rey Association created in his hometown has held the La Almunia Film Festival (FESCILA) every May in honor of this Aragonese filmmaker. This festival hosts a short film contest, a screenplay contest, the Villa de La Almunia award to a person related to the film world who is also related to this town and the Florián Rey award to the professional career.

Filmography

• 1957Polvorilla — Director, Writer
• 1955La Cruz de Mayo — Director
• 19543 citas con el destino — Director
• 1954La danza de los deseos — Director
• 1954La moza de cántaro — Director
• 1950Cuentos de la Alhambra — Director, Writer
• 1948Brindis a Manolete — Director, Writer
• 1948La cigarra — Director, Adaptation
• 1947The Captain's Ship — Director
• 1946Audiencia pública — Director
• 1945La luna vale un millón — Director
• 1944Ana María — Director, Writer
• 1944Orosia — Director, Writer
• 1943¡¡Campeones!! — Florián Rey (uncredited)
• 1943Ídolos — Director
• 1942The Cursed Village — Director, Screenplay
• 1942Éramos 7 a la mesa — Director, Writer
• 1941Stowaway on Board! — Director, Writer
• 1940La Dolores — Director
• 1940Song of Aixa — Director, Screenplay
• 1938Carmen la de Triana — Director, Writer
• 1938Nights in Andalusia — Adaptation
• 1936Morena clara — Director, Adaptation
• 1935I'm a Gentleman — Director, Screenplay, Story
• 1935Nobleza baturra — Director, Screenplay
• 1934Mom's Boyfriend — Director, Writer
• 1934Sister San Sulpicio — Director, Writer
• 1931Her Wedding Night — Director
• 1930El amor solfeando — Director
• 1930The Cursed Village — Screenstory, Director, Screenplay, Producer
• 1929Agustina of Aragon — Director, Writer
• 1929Fútbol, amor y toros — Director, Writer, Story
• 1928The Carnations of the Virgin — Director
• 1927Madrid's Rogue — Director, Writer
• 1927Sister San Sulpicio — Director, Writer
• 1927The Mysteries of Tangier — Director
• 1927The Village Priest — Director, Writer
• 1926Gigantes y cabezudos — Director, Screenplay
• 1925El lazarillo de Tormes — Director, Writer
• 1925La casa de la Troya — Panduriño
• 1925The Girl — Director, Writer
• 1925The School Children — Director
• 1924The Unruly Girl — Director
• 1922Alma rifeña
• 1921La inaccesible
• 1921La señorita inútil
• 1921La verbena de la paloma — Julián
• 1921Víctima del odio — Fernando Guerra