Florián Rey

Biography

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.

Directed

1. The Cursed Village (1930) — Director
2. The Cursed Village (1942) — Director
3. Carmen la de Triana (1938) — Director
4. Morena clara (1936) — Director
5. Song of Aixa (1940) — Director
6. Nobleza baturra (1935) — Director
7. 3 citas con el destino (1954) — Director
8. Cuentos de la Alhambra (1950) — Director
9. The Village Priest (1927) — Director
10. The Unruly Girl (1924) — Director
11. La luna vale un millón (1945) — Director
12. The Captain's Ship (1947) — Director
13. Gigantes y cabezudos (1926) — Director
14. The School Children (1925) — Director
15. La Cruz de Mayo (1955) — Director
16. La Dolores (1940) — Director
17. Audiencia pública (1946) — Director
18. La moza de cántaro (1954) — Director
19. La cigarra (1948) — Director
20. Brindis a Manolete (1948) — Director
21. Fútbol, amor y toros (1929) — Director
22. Agustina of Aragon (1929) — Director
23. El amor solfeando (1930) — Director
24. Sister San Sulpicio (1927) — Director
25. Ídolos (1943) — Director
26. I'm a Gentleman (1934) — Director
27. Orosia (1944) — Director
28. La danza de los deseos (1954) — Director
29. Éramos 7 a la mesa (1942) — Director
30. Polvorilla (1957) — Director
31. Stowaway on Board! (1941) — Director
32. Her Wedding Night (1931) — Director
33. Sister San Sulpicio (1934) — Director
34. Mom's Boyfriend (1934) — Director
35. The Girl (1925) — Director
36. El lazarillo de Tormes (1925) — Director
37. Madrid's Rogue (1927) — Director
38. The Mysteries of Tangier (1927) — Director
39. The Carnations of the Virgin (1928) — Director
40. Ana María (1944) — Director

Also appeared in

1. La casa de la Troya (1925) — Panduriño
2. ¡¡Campeones!! (1943) — Florián Rey (uncredited)
3. La inaccesible (1921)
4. Alma rifeña (1922)
5. The Girl (1925)
6. La señorita inútil (1921)
7. La verbena de la paloma (1921) — Julián
8. Víctima del odio (1921) — Fernando Guerra