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The Lost City (1955 film)

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'The Lost City' (Spanish:'La ciudad perdida' or 'Terrorists in Madrid', Italian:'Terroristi a Madrid') is a 1955 Italian-Spanish drama film directed by Margarita Alexandre and Rafael Mara Torrecilla and starring Cosetta Greco, Fausto Tozzi and Mara Dolores Pradera.Bentley p.124 It is an adaptation of La ciudad perdida (1953) by Spanish author 'Mercedes Formica'.

The film's sets were designed by Enrique Alarcn.

Plot



Rafael, an ex-exiled republican of the Spanish Civil War, returns to his native city after the years and in the company of his fellow maquis (members of the Resistance) with the mission of carrying out an armed action against Franco's regime. But the mission fails and, in his desperate attempt to escape, Rafael kidnaps a beautiful high class woman.

Cast



* Cosetta Greco as Mara

* Fausto Tozzi as Rafael

* Mara Dolores Pradera as Luisa

* Flix Dafauce as Comisario

* Nani Fernndez as Sole

* Manolo Morn as Eliseo

* Santiago Rivero as Il Capo

* Alessandro Fersen as Padre de Rafael

* Emma Baron as Madre de Rafael

References





Bibliography



* Bentley, Bernard. 'A Companion to Spanish Cinema'. Boydell & Brewer 2008.


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