Enrique Alarcón

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Enrique Alarcón

Art June 13, 1917

Campo de Criptana, Ciudad Real, Spain

Enrique Alarcón was a Spanish architect and film set designer. Throughout his 44-year career (1940-1984), he worked on more than 260 films, including masterpieces of Spanish cine…

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That Obscure Object of Desire

That Obscure Object of Desire

7.5 1977 Movie
Red Sun

Red Sun

6.8 1971 Movie
Tristana

Tristana

7.2 1970 Movie
King of Kings

King of Kings

7.1 1961 Movie
Main Street

Main Street

6.3 1956 Movie
Death of a Cyclist

Death of a Cyclist

7.1 1955 Movie
The Hunting Party

The Hunting Party

6.1 1971 Movie
The Heifer

The Heifer

6.7 1985 Movie
The Light at the Edge of the World

The Light at the Edge of the World

6.0 1971 Movie
The Wheelchair

The Wheelchair

6.8 1960 Movie
Don erre que erre

Don erre que erre

5.9 1970 Movie
Leonor

Leonor

5.7 1975 Movie

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Enrique Alarcón was a Spanish architect and film set designer. Throughout his 44-year career (1940-1984), he worked on more than 260 films, including masterpieces of Spanish cinema such as Tristana, Muerte de un ciclista, and Calle Mayor. He also collaborated with all the great Spanish film directors of the era, such as Luis Buñuel, Luis García Berlanga, Juan Antonio Bardem, and Carlos Saura, among others, as well as with international directors like Nicholas Ray and Anthony Mann. He received countless awards and distinctions, most notably the Goya Award for Lifetime Achievement in 1990, making him the only set designer to have received this honor to date.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 1994
    Miss Bolero

    Movie Art Direction

  2. 1993
    Bethune: The Making of a Hero

    Movie Production Design

  3. 1985
    Our Father

    Movie Set Decoration

  4. 1985
    The Heifer

    Movie Production Design

  5. 1984
    The Last Kamikaze

    Movie Set Decoration

  6. 1980
    Mamá, Levántate y Anda

    Movie Art Direction

  7. 1980
    Viva la clase media

    Movie Art Direction

  8. 1979
    Alejandra, mon amour

    Movie Production Design

  9. 1978
    Red Gold

    Movie Set Decoration

  10. 1978
    The Last Romantic Lover

    Movie Set Decoration

  11. 1977
    That Obscure Object of Desire

    Movie Set Designer

  12. 1977
    Uno del millón de muertos

    Movie Art Direction

  13. 1977
    Asignatura pendiente

    Movie Set Decoration

  14. 1977
    La mujer es un buen negocio

    Movie Set Decoration

  15. 1976
    A la Legión le gustan las mujeres… y a las mujeres, les gusta la Legión

    Movie Art Direction

  16. 1976
    The Mistress

    Movie Production Design

More credits
  1. 1976
    What Changed Charley Farthing?

    Movie Production Design

  2. 1975
    Leonor

    Movie Art Direction

  3. 1975
    El poder del deseo

    Movie Art Direction

  4. 1974
    Say it with Flowers

    Movie Art Direction

  5. 1973
    Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing

    Movie Art Direction

  6. 1973
    The Lonely Woman

    Movie Art Direction

  7. 1972
    Morbidness

    Movie Set Decoration

  8. 1971
    Red Sun

    Movie Set Decoration

  9. 1971
    El diablo Cojuelo

    Movie Set Decoration

  10. 1971
    The Hunting Party

    Movie Art Direction

  11. 1971
    The Light at the Edge of the World

    Movie Art Direction

  12. 1971
    Ivanhoe, the Norman Swordsman

    Movie Set Decoration

  13. 1971
    El sobre verde

    Movie Production Design

  14. 1970
    Don erre que erre

    Movie Set Decoration

  15. 1970
    Tristana

    Movie Production Design

  16. 1970
    El relicario

    Movie Production Design

  17. 1969
    ¡Se armó el belén!

    Movie Set Decoration

  18. 1969
    Carola de día, Carola de noche

    Movie Set Decoration

  19. 1969
    Blood in the Bullring

    Movie Set Decoration

  20. 1968
    Un día es un día

    Movie Set Decoration

  21. 1968
    El marino de los puños de oro

    Movie Set Decoration

  22. 1968
    Verde doncella

    Movie Set Decoration

  23. 1968
    Los flamencos

    Movie Art Direction

  24. 1967
    Le avventure e gli amori di Miguel Cervantes

    Movie Production Design