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Alfredo Landa is a Actor Espagnol born on 4 march 1933 at Pamplona (Espagne)

Alfredo Landa

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Birth name Alfredo Landa Areta
Nationality Espagne
Birth 4 march 1933 at Pamplona (Espagne)
Death 9 may 2013 (at 80 years) at Pamplona (Espagne)
Awards Goya Awards, European Film Awards

Alfredo Landa Areta (March 3, 1933 – May 9, 2013) was a Spanish actor.

Biography

He was born in Pamplona, Navarra, Spain. He finished his pre-university studies in San Sebastián. He then began university studies on Law, where he began to work with university school groups. He left university to work in the theater.

After working as a dubbing actor for a short time in the 1950s, he debuted with his first considerable role in film in José María Forqué's Atraco a las tres in 1962.

When Francisco Franco died in 1975, censorship began to disappear. This led to a growth of erotic comedies on Spanish cinema. Landa became the "sexually repressed" role of that trend, especially under directors Mariano Ozores and Pedro Lazaga. He even created his own trend, that some people called landismo.

Afterwards, Landa changed his image, taking much deeper roles, like his bandit in El Bosque animado.

Landa, along with Francisco Rabal, won Best Actor award at 1984 Cannes Film Festival for his memorable performance in Los santos inocentes.

He is now widely recognized as a great dramatic actor.

After a career with more than one hundred and twenty movies, one dozen of TV series, and several stage successes, with a great amount of Spanish and European awards, 74-year-old Landa announced his retirement at the X Festival de Cine de Málaga (10th Movie Festival of Málaga) while receiving a new award.

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Filmography of Alfredo Landa (30 films)

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Actor

The Ark
The Ark (2007)
, 1h28
Directed by Juan Pablo Buscarini
Origin Argentine
Genres Musical theatre, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about religion, Films based on the Bible, Films about Jews and Judaism, Disaster films
Actors Alfredo Landa, Mariana Fabbiani, Alejandro Dolina, Stéphane Cornicard
Rating51% 2.5535252.5535252.5535252.5535252.553525
In the opening scene, animals and humans are seen acting out the seven deadly sins: pride (the peacock), envy (the snake), sloth (the sloth), lust (the hedgehog), gluttony (the toad), wrath (the mandrill), and greed (the human). This results in their mutual doom, as they are killed or captured and taken to market where the survivors are enslaved and the remains of the killed animals are sold.
Sunday Light, 1h51
Directed by José Luis Garci
Genres Drama, Thriller, Romance
Actors Álex González, Alfredo Landa, Paula Echevarría, Carlos Larrañaga, Kiti Mánver, Toni Acosta
Roles Joaco
Rating62% 3.1438953.1438953.1438953.1438953.143895
In early 20th-century Spain, Urbano, an idealistic liberal young man arrives in Cenciella, a small village, to be a secretary at the town hall. Urbano falls in love with Estrella, the daughter of a local landowner Joaco. Politically, the town is split in two, with the forces of evil repped by mayor Atila. Urbano tries to remain neutral but his intentions would be brutally punished.
Merry-Go-Round c. 1950, 2h30
Directed by José Luis Garci
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors María Adánez, Elsa Pataky, Francisco Algora, María Asquerino, Fernando Fernán Gómez, Agustín González
Roles Eusebio Cascajero y Esparza
Rating62% 3.1441253.1441253.1441253.1441253.144125
Set in Madrid in the years after the Second World War, the film offers a nostalgic vision of a city managing to sustain entertainment, hope and love in the face of post-war hardship.
The End of a Mystery, 1h48
Directed by Miguel Hermoso
Genres Drama
Actors Alfredo Landa, Nino Manfredi, José Luis Gómez, Kiti Mánver
Roles Joaquín Panjero
Rating68% 3.4299953.4299953.4299953.4299953.429995
Au tout début de la guerre civile espagnole en 1936, un berger trouve un homme blessé et laissé pour mort. Il décide de laisser le mourant aux bons soins d'un asile. Presque 50 ans plus tard, le berger retrouve la trace de ce mystérieux homme.
Story of a Kiss, 1h45
Directed by José Luis Garci
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Alfredo Landa, Francisco Algora, Agustín González, Manuel Lozano
Roles Blas Otamendi
Rating60% 3.0472853.0472853.0472853.0472853.047285
The plot follows two different stories that take place decades apart from each other. Julio (Carlos Hipolito) attends the funeral of the uncle who raised him. After reminiscing with his uncle's friends, Julio remembers his childhood. At that time, his Uncle Blas (Alfredo Landa) fell in love with a much younger women who made him realize how dispassionate his life had become. The adult Julio also attempts to romance a fellow teacher.
Miracle of Marcellino
Directed by Luigi Comencini
Origin Italie
Genres Drama
Themes Films about children
Actors Didier Bénureau, Fernando Fernán Gómez, Thierry Nenez, Yves Verhoeven, Roberto Herlitzka, Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu
Roles Brother Pappina
Rating60% 3.008313.008313.008313.008313.00831
C'est l'histoire d'un petit garçon de cinq ans, Marcellino pane e vino (pain et vin en italien), qui a été abandonné par sa maman à la naissance.
The Enchanted Forest, 1h43
Directed by José Luis Cuerda
Genres Comedy
Actors Alfredo Landa, Alejandra Grepi, Fernando Rey, Encarna Paso, Marisa Porcel, Roberto Rey
Roles Malvís / Bandido Fendetestas
Rating72% 3.6401753.6401753.6401753.6401753.640175
The Heifer
The Heifer (1985)
, 1h56
Directed by Luis García Berlanga
Origin Espagne
Genres War, Comedy
Themes Political films
Actors Alfredo Landa, José Sacristán, Adolfo Marsillach, Juanjo Puigcorbé, Amparo Soler Leal, María Luisa Ponte
Roles Brigada Castro
Rating74% 3.736223.736223.736223.736223.73622
During the Spanish Civil War on the Aragón frontline the speakers of the Nationalist troops announce a "Fiesta" in a nearby village which includes a bull run and religious procession. A group of Republican soldiers infiltrate the Nationalist side to steal the animal for two reasons; to ruin the holiday for the Nationalists and because their food stores are low.
The Holy Innocents, 1h47
Directed by Mario Camus
Origin Espagne
Genres Drama
Actors Alfredo Landa, Francisco Rabal, Terele Pávez, Agustín González, Maribel Martín, Ágata Lys
Roles Paco, El Bajo
Rating80% 4.042744.042744.042744.042744.04274
Paco (Alfredo Landa), Régula (Terele Pávez), and their three children live on a ranch in Extremadura, where they dutifully serve an upper-class family. One day, Azarías (Paco Rabal), Régula's mentally-handicapped brother, arrives on the ranch. Now, they must face poverty together.
El Crack
El Crack (1981)
, 2h10
Directed by José Luis Garci
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Alfredo Landa, Manuel Lozano, José Bódalo, Maite Blasco, José Luis Merino, Elmer Modlin
Roles Areta
Rating72% 3.6420553.6420553.6420553.6420553.642055
The whole story takes place in Madrid, Spain and New York in December 1980. Germán Areta is a 43-year-old private detective in Madrid. He previously spent 12 years as a Police Detective and now has his own Private Eye agency solving mostly "routine" cases like marital infidelities, working absences, minor celebrity-related information and other matters. Along with him works his employee and "jack-of-all-trades" Cárdenas, (nicknamed El Moro), a chatty and funny man and former car thief, once arrested and after that freed by Germán while he was in the Police. Moro is German's main connection with the underworld and night life.
Las verdes praderas, 1h40
Directed by José Luis Garci
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Alfredo Landa, Carlos Larrañaga, Cecilia Roth, Norma Aleandro, Ángel Picazo, José Luis Merino
Roles José Rebolledo
Rating64% 3.238733.238733.238733.238733.23873
José Rebolledo has a good job at an advertising company and sincerely loves his wife, Elena. The couple has two children and they all seem the perfect family. Without financial problems they can afford some quirks and have acquired a chalet in the Sierra de Madrid where they spend weekends in the company of family and friends, playing sports and having barbecues. However,for José, within this apparent happiness lies a deep sense of frustration with the lifestyle he has chosen. José finds himself out of place in this bourgeois life and he decides to break with it.
Paco the Infallible, 1h25
Directed by Didier Haudepin
Origin France
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Alfredo Landa, Patrick Dewaere, Jean Bouise, Christine Pascal, José Lifante, Ismael Merlo
Roles Paco
Rating55% 2.7633652.7633652.7633652.7633652.763365
L'histoire se déroule dans l'Espagne des années 1920. Paco, jeune homme pauvre et ouvrier dont la femme ne peut pas avoir d'enfants, arrondit ses fins de mois en mettant enceintes des nourrices. Employées par de riches familles, elles peuvent ainsi être rémunérées en nourrissant de leur lait, les bébés privilégiés dont les mères refusent d'abîmer leur poitrine. Paco obtient rapidement la réputation d'être « infaillible » dans sa besogne.
Foul Play
Foul Play (1977)
, 1h44
Directed by Juan Antonio Bardem
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Alfredo Landa, Francisco Algora, Victoria Abril, Fernando Hilbeck, Pilar Bardem, Fernando Pérez
Roles Juan
Rating64% 3.242223.242223.242223.242223.24222
Le Madrilène Juan passe son week-end sur sa moto, flânant et allant à la rencontre des séduisantes touristes de Torremolinos.