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- In 1789, when the Revolution went on, a bandit named "Black Tulip" held the surroundings of village Roussillon in fear. The poor people respected him as Robin Hood, who declare himself a revolutioner but Count Guillaume de Saint Preux "plays" this benefactor. When he fought with Mouche, the policeman he was wounded ...
- Catherine, an out-spoken Parisian laundress follows Napoleon's army to the battlefront to be near her Sergeant Lefevre. The couple perform a deed of heroism which abets Napoleon's victory, so that after the war the grateful Emperor bestows on the now married couple the title of Duke and Duchess. Catherine squabbles with Napoleon's haughty sisters, scandalizes the nobility with her lack of courtly manners, flirts with the men - and consistently creates havoc as she remains true to her earthy background.
- As in the novel of the same title from Camilo Jose Cela, "La Colmena" is a sad composition with the stories of many people in the Madrid of 1942, just the postwar of the spanish civil war. The main theme of the film is the contrast between the poets, surviving close to misery under the Franco's regime, and the winners of the war, the emerging class of the people that makes easy money with illegal business.
- When a Russian spacecraft is lost in space with two cosmonauts on board, the KGB authorities abduct two petty criminals, Franco and Ciccio, to launch them into space and have them return to impersonate the lost cosmonauts, only to have the real cosmonauts, Paradowski and Borovin, return; misunderstandings with the two duos abound.
- Jacques Cournot, a freelance skipper, is hired by Mr Hendrix in Santo Domingo, first of all to advise him regarding the acquisition of a sailing boat. After a thorough inspection of a prospective vessel, the "Dragoon", Cournot reports his positive appraisal to Mr Hendrix and initiates the negotiations with Mrs Osborne, the owner of the craft. Barely a couple of days later, Cournot finds himself in a bind as the police questions him about the exact kind of cruise he was supposed to organize for his principal. For the "Dragoon" is gone; Mr Hendrix has disappeared; Mrs Osborne is not aware of any deal; and the corpses of mysterious individuals, victims of a violent death, are found on the beaches of Santo Domingo.
- Hakim Gregory escapes from prison by killing a number of guards, and returns to his hide-out abroad, to lead again his gang of drug trafficking and contract murders. Layton of the Secret Service must discover, and arrest him. The difficult mission almost becomes impossible with the rivalry of Layton's partner, Petula, the jealousy of his bride, Marion, the possible treachery of a Spanish woman, Dolores Arrabal, and yet a mysterious and sexy informant, Rosario... Too many women for Layton.
- Carlos, a widower in his forties, lives with his daughter Lolita and her sister Merche. He is a candidate to Spanish Court's Proctor, so frequently travels outside Madrid. During one of those trips, he is forced to return home precipitously, because his sister informed him that Lolita has left the house to live with some friends.
- Duelist and poet Cyrano de Bergerac and musketeer d'Artagnan meet and team up to stop the conspiracy against King Louis XIII of France.
- José María "El Tempranillo" fleeing from justice, takes refuge in Sierra Morena. After a period of hard learning, he becomes the leader of a group of bandits.
- In the sixties, U.S.A.F and Spanish Air Forces share the military base at "Torrejon de Ardoz", Spain. An american aviator and his wife take a couple of spanish maids in order to serve in their house. Both maids are engaged with local men, but two american boys appear in action and the things become quite complicated. This story is adapted from a theater comedy of that time.
- A German scientist takes refuge in an unnamed South American country and finishes the development of a weapon of mass destruction; his assistant Lesky is paid by a Chinese spy ring to abduct the scientist and appropriate the weapon. Superagent Z7's mission is to find them and prevent that, which he does--at the cost of a number of lives.
- Spanish political satire.
- Two penniless Italian buskers want to go to the USA but get on the wrong ship and end up in South America in a concentration camp where they are rescued by American parachutists from. Afterwards they become big shots in the States but their dream comes to an end : they are sent to fight in Vietnam
- In 1973 Santander (Spain) before the Law of Divorce, young naval engineer Miguel decides to civil-marry Anne, an American Philology whom he has left pregnant. But to do this, he must make a declaration of previous apostasy, something unheard-of in the conservative, provincial Spanish society; it will bring comments and suspicion from his relatives and acquaintances.
- A Spanish insurance company is absorbed by a multinational, so that, in order to modernize, its employees are obliged to carry out some training courses to adapt to the new situation and the new objectives. Given the relevance of what is at stake, the wives of these men will also be involved at work.
- Doña Pura, don Benito and don Augusto are three venerable old people who usually coincide each month in the queues of the mutuality windows to collect their pension, an opportunity they take advantage of to talk about life. When they learn that the old don Felipe, an acquaintance, is very sick and is alone and without money for a decent funeral, they decide to ask for a loan to help him, but, as they do not grant it, they decide to rob the savings bank. To do this, they will plan everything thoroughly and manufacture a homemade explosive.
- In the beginning of the 70s thousand of spaniards women immigrated to Paris to work as house maids. This is the story of some of them.
- After meeting Johnny, regional artist "Flor de Lis" and her band transform themselves in the famous "Hippy-Loyas" directly from Liverpool.
- Paco (AKA as 'Cocosabio'), his girlfriend Cayetana and Venancio 'el Torralba' commit petty thefts and, from time to time, spend a few days in jail, which is why "they play the piano" (in slang, "the police have a file on them"). But one day they meet don Federico 'el Tizona', a petty thief like them, but with the pretense of a man of the world. So don Federico convinces the gang that, using European methods, their success is guaranteed. Paco then decides to act scientifically to get hold of the surgical material from a hospital.
- Serving the customers of a department store, the salesgirls in their blue uniform go out of their way to serve them. But in their young minds, one idea surpasses all: the hunt for a husband. Ana is in love with Juan, who seems to be very well in his condition of single. Olga has aspirations of the highest level, as her boyfriend must own a great car. Pilar aims to win a radio contest. And there is also Álvaro, the lawyer whose only cause capable of defending, and even with a resounding failure, is the freedom of the bachelor.
- Torremolinos is a seaside resort in Andalusia where Spaniards and foreigners on vacation meet. Among them are Paco, an employee of the Iberia airline company; Ingrid, a beautiful "sueca" (foreigner); Rafa, a hotel waiter who pleases mature female vacationers; Van Criep, an Englishman who is a bit of a boozer; Marianne and Marcel Leroix, a French couple on holiday and Sofia, their child's baby-sitter. A love story brings Paco and Ingrid together but after a while romantic complications occur...
- Julita, a factory worker, finds out she is pregnant, which normally is happy news, but not in this case. She is the victim of premarital sex with Paco. Paco is an auto mechanic who, according to the theories of a certain French biologist as explained by a podiatrist friend, doesn't consider himself responsible. Don Ramiro, Julita's father, is a security guard and considers himself a man of liberal ideas, but when his daughter confesses she is going to have an illegitimate child he turns out to be quite conservative and expels her from the house. To survive she ends up moving in with some friends and working with them at a nightclub where Paco and his friends are regulars. Julita and Paco keep running into each other as they have the same friends. Julita's best friend Paloma entreats her father to forgive her. He finally comes to see her and they reunite. She moves back home in her advanced state of pregnancy. But when her father finds out Paco is the man responsible for his daughter's state, he tries to shoot him to force him to marry his daughter. So Paco ends up helping her and being her birthing coach. They get back together and get married. Julita goes to the church dressed in white with her belly so pregnant, the priest has to shorten the ceremony to avoid her giving birth in the church. Right after the ceremony ends Julita goes into labor and she and Paco race off in a taxi.
- In 1916, while Europe was in the middle of First World War and Spain was enjoying the advantages of being a neutral country, eroticism was called voluptuousness and Senator Duke of Daroca, despite his ancient lineage, fell completely in love with a famous cabaret singer, Rosario "La Criollita", which was a scandal. At that time, it was doubted that decent women had legs - But this mystery was resolved a decade later, when the roaring twenties arrived and, with them, the sensual Lupe Cardoso.
- Two clever scoundrels somehow manage to live quite well without working--by using thousands of tricks, fakes, and schemes. But they gradually change their attitudes, and their devious ways, when true love finally arrives and takes over their hearts.
- Carmela leaves Julio, her dreamer husband, for an intellectual who has thrived in the US. Julio rents a room in the house of a washed-up aristocrat. From then on, he meets a picturesque gallery of rogues.
- Lola is a beautiful woman of cheerful life who does not have too many scruples. She knows how to get what she wants from men, offering them what they are looking for. Adaptation of the novel by Darío Fernández Flórez, published in 1950.
- A small-time delinquent young man and a book saleswoman at home delivery, who occasionally engage in prostitution as a derivative of her work, try a way of coexistence on the basis of mutual freedom schemes.
- Ramona is the mistress of three wealthy men - Pepe, Gonzalo and Rafa. Ramona is happy because she lives an easy existence, but everything changes when she falls in love with Enrique. Now she has to choose between an easy life or the love.
- Learning that the King of Chaila is going to spend a rigorously incognito vacation in a luxurious hotel on the Costa Brava, a revolutionary group hires a specialist in political attacks to end the monarch's life. For their part, Mike and Dory, a young couple living on the fringes of the law, intend to seize the valuable jewels that the monarch always carries with him.
- Miss Flora Sandoval, in Madrid in 1895, takes a heroic resolution: instead of looking for a boyfriend to maintain her, as advised her own family, decides to be official of the Ministry of Public Works. The scandal is so great in a deeply patriarchal society, that even the Government is forced to intervene, having it no choice but to accept the claim of Florita, if only by way of experiment.
- Pepe and Paco, two great soccer fans, dream of one day becoming coaches of a great team, but for now they form the coaching staff of Casamata F.C., an amateur and quite modest team. Their goal is to move the team up a notch, but to achieve this they need a capitalist partner. Xavier, a man outside the world of football, but who has a lot of money, was then appointed vice president of the club.
- Specialized in arranging weddings, Federico arranges marriage by proxy between Ana and Juan, two friends of his who do not know each other. Juan arrives by plane to Spain after spending ten years of safari in Africa, hoping to meet his wife, who arrives the same day from Buenos Aires. At the airport, Fernando receives him and they go to the bar to wait for Ana. But everything starts badly, because during the wait Juan drinks too much and gets drunk. When Ana arrives, she is displeased to meet her husband in such condition. Then Fernando takes them to a hotel for newlyweds where they meet other happy couples and where a peculiar honeymoon begins.
- Mercedes and her boyfriend Pablo's Christmas Eve celebration is cut short when her ex-boyfriend reappears, a thief and murderer who demands his help to escape by plane to Madrid.
- Circus artist Rocky Carambola meets Maria, nanny of Jorge's four sons. When Jorge wins a lot of money in the soccer betting slips, thugs kidnap one child for ransom. Maria, Rocky and his chimpanzee, Coco, will try to save the boy.
- After several months in the front, the replace the Barleta battalion arrived. But the tranquility does not last long, because soon the order to rejoin the front arrives. There they'll be entrusted to capture a very difficult point.
- Juan does not have a penny, but he lives wonderfully. Their nights of revelry and cabaret are famous in the nocturnal circles of the city. As heir to his elderly and wealthy uncle don Patricio, he is subsidized by his creditors on account of the future inheritance. But Juan keeps a terrible secret: he has long been disinherited. When a telegram arrives announcing the death of the uncle, Juan returns to the family home on the Catalan Costa Brava. There he meets Ana, a wonderful woman, who is the current heiress of the family fortune.
- Two young French girls, Monique and Colette, arrive to Spain in their convertible car to attend summer courses at the International University of San Sebastian. The first contact with the country is in Pamplona. There, Monique considers heroes the boys who run in front of the bulls during the San Fermines.