Manuel Luna

Manuel Luna

Born: April 27, 1897
Died: June 9, 1958
in Sevilla, Andalucía, Spain

Movies for Manuel Luna...

Captain Pantoja and the Special Services
Title: Captain Pantoja and the Special Services
Character: Miembro de Comitiva
Released: January 1, 1999
Type: Movie
The Peruvian army captain Pantaleon Pantoja, a very serious and efficient officer, is chosen by his superiors to set up a special service of 'visitors' to satisfy the sexual needs of the soldiers posted on remote jungle outposts.
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María de la O
Title: María de la O
Character: El abuelo Sebastián
Released: September 7, 1959
Type: Movie
María de la O leaves her family and her former boyfriend Miguel to go with a rich landowner who's supposedly in love with her...
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Los clarines del miedo
Title: Los clarines del miedo
Released: November 3, 1958
Type: Movie
Filigranas and Aceituno go out to fight a bull in a village of La Mancha. The hours before the run pass slow, the two thinking about their fear and illusions of victory. Also in Fina, the cutest girl instead, deceived by Juanito, the son of the doctor who is the official promised the Mayor's daughter.
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El piyayo
Title: El piyayo
Character: Jerónimo
Released: February 1, 1956
Type: Movie
The Piyayo offers a calm and friendly reflection on the Providence by the streets of Malaga. He is a gypsy lover of tradition, rich in grace and with a spirit that exudes honesty. He lives offering company to all who listen to him through the city. And so the character touches for the quality and nobility of his feeling, while his conversations, in every corner of Malaga, remember everyone to have faith in Divine Providence, showing a practical lesson on the subject.
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La lupa
Title: La lupa
Character: Victoriano de la Encina
Released: October 10, 1955
Type: Movie
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La hermana alegría
Title: La hermana alegría
Character: Don Sebastián
Released: February 7, 1955
Type: Movie
Soledad enters a women reformatory led by modest nuns who look constantly for the welfare of their girls. These include the Sister Consolación, a humorous and cheerful nun who uses a little disconcerting methods to teach but very useful for the girls, to try to forget their past and prepare for a better future. Soledad takes confidence quickly and said she hopes a son of Fernando, a womanizing Andalusian young gentleman very attractive, which coincidentally, the Sister knows.
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Morena clara
Title: Morena clara
Character: Don Elías
Released: December 23, 1954
Type: Movie
Trini, a gipsy girl, and her uncle Regalito are tried for the theft of several hams. Some time later, she presents herself, disguised as a maid, at the house of her former prosecutor, who ends up falling in love with her.
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Un caballero andaluz
Title: Un caballero andaluz
Character: Don Elías, el párroco
Released: October 8, 1954
Type: Movie
In the farmhouse Los Laureles, owned by Don Juan Manuel Almodovar, wealthy Andalusian landowner, everything is being prepared to receive José Luis, only child of Juan Manuel, who is being educated in a Jesuit school in England and is returning for a holiday with his father. Since the death of his wife, Juan Manuel has set all his love in his son. The father does everything his child says, even when he is asked to accompany him to the Venta del Remedio where a blind gypsy called "Colorín" lives. But at the after party a serious accident occurs
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La hija del mar
Title: La hija del mar
Character: Tío Roque
Released: December 11, 1953
Type: Movie
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Gloria Mairena
Title: Gloria Mairena
Character: Self (cameo appearance)
Released: December 19, 1952
Type: Movie
A widower turned Catholic priest can't overcome his memories of his deceased wife Gloria Mairena, who seems to have found a duplicate in looks and voice in the couple's daughter.
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La hermana San Sulpicio
Title: La hermana San Sulpicio
Character: Don Sabino
Released: October 6, 1952
Type: Movie
Gloria and Ceferino are two antithetical characters. He is a Galician doctor, serious and upright; she, on the other hand, is a beautiful and rich Andalusian with an extroverted and dominant character. However, Gloria makes a surprising decision: to become a nun. Coincidentally, she goes to a hospital where Dr. Ceferino is the director.
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Lola the Coalgirl
Title: Lola the Coalgirl
Character: Mariscal Víctor
Released: March 3, 1952
Type: Movie
Cadiz, during the War of Independence. The Lola singer in love with a French military entrusted an important message ...
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Dawn of America
Title: Dawn of America
Character: Isaac
Released: December 20, 1951
Type: Movie
Kingdom of Castile, the late fifteenth century. The film chronicles the events that Cristóbal Colón lived (Antonio Vilar) from their stay in the Convent of La Rabida, his meeting with the Catholic Monarchs and, above all, the great odyssey that led to cross the Atlantic and reach the shores of America (1492), thus beginning a new era in the history of mankind.
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La Leona de Castilla
Title: La Leona de Castilla
Character: Ramiro
Released: May 28, 1951
Type: Movie
Crown of Castile, 1520. The Comuneros rise up against Charles I, king of Castile and Aragon and emperor of the Hispanic Monarchy. While Juan de Padilla, leader of the uprising, and his captains, Juan Bravo and Francisco Maldonado, fight against the imperial armies, his wife, María de Pacheco, rules the city of Toledo, capital of the rebels.
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De mujer a mujer
Title: De mujer a mujer
Character: Padre Víctor
Released: September 13, 1950
Type: Movie
As every year, the happy marriage of Luis and Isabel wakes up ready to celebrate her onomastics her and that of her daughter, unaware that the day reserves a tragic twist in the destiny of their lives, because the girl dies in a fatal accident. The impression is so strong that Isabel becomes mad until the point of being confined in a sanatorium. And looking for her health, the doctor forbids Luis to see his wife. He can only get news from her via Emilia, the young nurse who cares for Isabel.
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La duquesa de Benamejí
Title: La duquesa de Benamejí
Character: Pedro Cifuentes
Released: October 26, 1949
Type: Movie
Bandits in Sierra Morena assault the carriage in which the Duchess of Benamejí travels. A romance starts between her and the boss of the gang, Lorenzo, that arouses the jealousy of Rocio a gypsy who lives with the bandits. Meanwhile, the Marquis of Peñaflores, a captain in love with his cousin the Duchess, chases the bandits. Rocío reveals to the Marquis where Lorenzo and his men are and taking advantage of the tumult of the fight, she kills the Duchess. Her death will cause a change in attitude both Lorenzo and Peñaflores
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Loyola, the Soldier Saint
Title: Loyola, the Soldier Saint
Character: Beltrán
Released: April 1, 1949
Type: Movie
A historical drama based on St. Ignatius of Loyola as a Warrior, as a Founder of the Jesuit Order and as a Saint .
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Locura de amor
Title: Locura de amor
Character: Don Juan Manuel
Released: October 8, 1948
Type: Movie
The passion that Joan of Castile, daughter of the Catholic Kings and heir to the throne, feels for her husband, Philip the Handsome, sovereign of the Netherlands and son of Maximilian of Austria and Mary of Burgundy, is not reciprocated. Her temperament, her jealousy and an unexpected tragedy will throw Joan into the dark realm of madness and obsession with death, the only realm where she will be a true queen…
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Póker de ases
Title: Póker de ases
Released: December 13, 1947
Type: Movie
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Fuenteovejuna
Title: Fuenteovejuna
Character: Comendador Mayor don Fernán Gómez de Guzmán
Released: November 20, 1947
Type: Movie
A village bands together to kill its tyrannical Comendador, and when officials try to discover who is responsible, the villagers respond that the village committed the crime.
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The Captain's Ship
Title: The Captain's Ship
Character: The Fugitive - Abdalá
Released: September 29, 1947
Type: Movie
Port of Seville, Spain, 1640. A group of people from very different origins embark on the ship Capitana. They are members of the upper class, adventurers, peasants, convicts, who have only one thing in common: the illusion of arriving in America, the promised land where they can make their dreams and ambitions come true.
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Serenata española
Title: Serenata española
Character: Antonio
Released: May 12, 1947
Type: Movie
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Abel Sánchez
Title: Abel Sánchez
Released: March 10, 1947
Type: Movie
Joaquin Monegro feels a huge hatred for Abel Sánchez, who was once his best friend. Over the years, Monegro marries without love, and tries to have his children marry, but not forgetting Abel so far.
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Las inquietudes de Shanti-Andía
Title: Las inquietudes de Shanti-Andía
Character: Juan de Aguirre
Released: February 3, 1947
Type: Movie
Shanti Andía, a veteran sailor, puts together the fragments of a personal diary that he has written through years of tribulations: his childhood in the Basque Country, his youth in the lands of Cádiz, and his many adventures and misadventures as a ship captain.
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Dos mujeres y un rostro
Title: Dos mujeres y un rostro
Released: January 2, 1947
Type: Movie
Lupe, an adventurer and film specialist, takes advantage of her strong resemblance to the actress she has to voice to defraud her fiancé, a banker.
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The Crime of Bordadores' Street
Title: The Crime of Bordadores' Street
Character: Miguel
Released: October 21, 1946
Type: Movie
Madrid, late 19th century. A wealthy woman is found murdered at home and her maid appears as the main suspect, but her statement entangles this seemingly simple case.
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White Mission
Title: White Mission
Character: Brisco
Released: March 28, 1946
Type: Movie
Arriving at a Guinean Christian mission, a young priest is told by his elder ones the story of Father Javier, another young missioner who restlessly fought to convert a villain not only for God's sake, but also for sentimental reasons.
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El doncel de la reina
Title: El doncel de la reina
Character: Zeide
Released: January 1, 1946
Type: Movie
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Una sombra en la ventana
Title: Una sombra en la ventana
Character: Rodrigo Abril
Released: March 31, 1945
Type: Movie
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Con los ojos del alma
Title: Con los ojos del alma
Character: Capataz
Released: November 4, 1943
Type: Movie
A 1943 Spanish film.
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El escándalo
Title: El escándalo
Released: January 1, 1943
Type: Movie
In 1860s Madrid, Fabián Conde is a dissolute young man who drives his dishonored identity into a life of seduction and dueling. When he eventually falls in love, changes for good and finds the truth about his family, his two opposite friends give him contrasted advice on what he should do. He chooses and time goes by. Then something unexpected happens that will put him on the brim of loosing everything he has fought for.
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Malvaloca
Title: Malvaloca
Character: Salvador
Released: September 14, 1942
Type: Movie
Malvaloca is a good girl who goes wrong until she finds a good man that really loves her, yet her past marks her life.
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Follow the Legion!
Title: Follow the Legion!
Character: Commander Tudela
Released: May 11, 1942
Type: Movie
In North Africa, in a detachment of the Spanish Legion, el Grajo, a brave veteran, and Mauro, who has just enlisted, become close friends. When an unfortunate circumstance results in the death of a man, suspicions fall on one of them.
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Los ladrones somos gente honrada
Title: Los ladrones somos gente honrada
Character: Daniel
Released: March 9, 1942
Type: Movie
Based on a play
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Torbellino
Title: Torbellino
Character: Segundo Izquierdo
Released: December 22, 1941
Type: Movie
Carmen, a young Sevillian woman who wants to succeed on the radio, arrives at a decrepit station that goes through bad times. Thanks to her, the radio station will get a much quoted prize.
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Los millones de Polichinela
Title: Los millones de Polichinela
Released: November 5, 1941
Type: Movie
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Su hermano y él
Title: Su hermano y él
Released: September 22, 1941
Type: Movie
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Song of Aixa
Title: Song of Aixa
Character: Abslam
Released: July 16, 1940
Type: Movie
Abslan and Hamed, two cousins of very different character and lives, whose families have put an end to old quarrels, become rivals for the love of the young and beautiful half-breed Aixa.
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La Dolores
Title: La Dolores
Character: Melchor
Released: February 19, 1940
Type: Movie
Dolores, a beautiful young woman, works at the inn Daroca and is courted by the local barber Melchor, and Mr. Patricio, the richest farmer in the region. One day the young Lazarus appears at the inn, a Latin student who falls for the girl and is repaid in the same way. Frustrated, Melchor invents the famous song of Dolores, known by all, staining the honor of the girl.
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Carmen la de Triana
Title: Carmen la de Triana
Character: Antonio Vargas Heredia
Released: July 5, 1938
Type: Movie
The story of a beautiful, vivacious gypsy girl and the two doomed men who fall for her.
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Morena clara
Title: Morena clara
Character: Enrique - el fiscal
Released: April 11, 1936
Type: Movie
Trini and her brother Regalito are two gypsy brothers stealing hams. At trial, the severe prosecutor Enrique accused them of the misdemeanor, although they do not understand the nature of their crime and the justice of non-gypsies. Trini ends up serving in the house of the prosecutor, who, discovering her good heart, eventually falls in love with her.
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Nobleza baturra
Title: Nobleza baturra
Character: Marco
Released: October 11, 1935
Type: Movie
Aragón, Spain, early 20th century. María del Pilar is a honest girl whose good name is dirtied when an old suitor seeking revenge accuses her of losing her virginity outside of marriage. The scandal soon spreads throughout the countryside.