Summaries

A company of Spanish movie makers leaves Franco's Spain and moves to Hitler's Germany to produce a film. Problems soon arise.

During the Spanish Civil War, a movie troupe goes from Spain to Berlin for a joint production with UFA. Besides the jealousies and sexual escapades of any movie set, culture and politics add to the tensions: they use Jewish and Gypsy prisoners as extras to give an Andalucian look, the director is sleeping with his ingénue with no intention of leaving his wife, and the ingénue cooperates with this project in hopes of freeing her father from one of Franco's jails. When Göbbels himself plies her with favors, the director and the rest of the crew encourage her to sleep with him for the good of the production. Does she have any options? Will anyone act unselfishly?—<[email protected]>

After a mutually beneficial agreement between Francisco Franco and Adolf Hitler, a small film crew of Spanish actors arrives in Nazi Berlin to shoot the Andalusian musical drama, "The Girl of Your Dreams", under the director, Blas Fontiveros. However, right from the start, the troupe will realize that they have escaped from one war, only to find another--and above all--the hospitality of the Reich minister of propaganda, Joseph Goebbels, is directly linked to the warmth of the movie's plucky protagonist, Macarena Granada. How far are the Spaniards prepared to go for the sake of the project?—Nick Riganas

Details

Keywords
  • body part in title
  • fascism
  • propaganda
  • newsreel
  • year 1938
Genres
  • Comedy
  • Drama
Release date Nov 12, 1998
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) R
Countries of origin Spain
Language German Spanish Russian
Filming locations Prague, Czech Republic
Production companies Lolafilms Creativos Asociados de Radio y Televisión (CARTEL) Fernando Trueba Producciones Cinematográficas

Box office

Budget $4200000

Tech specs

Runtime 2h 1m
Color Color
Sound mix Stereo
Aspect ratio 2.35 : 1

Synopsis

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