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Edgar Neville
Madrid, Spain
Edgar Neville Romrée, Count of Berlanga de Duero (1899-1967) was a Spanish diplomat, playwright, and film director. He is considered one of the best directors of post-war Spain.…
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Edgar Neville Romrée, Count of Berlanga de Duero (1899-1967) was a Spanish diplomat, playwright, and film director. He is considered one of the best directors of post-war Spain. Neville's life could be regarded as eventful. After a short participation in the Rif War as a hussar, Neville entered the artistic world, making friends with figures such as José López Rubio, Luis Buñuel, Federico García Lorca, Manuel de Falla, and Salvador Dalí. At the same time, in 1922 he became a diplomat, thanks to which he travelled the world until he settled in Los Angeles. There he met Charles Chaplin, who introduced him to the industry as a writer. In the 1930s, he returned to Spain and became romantically involved with Conchita Montes, with whom he would make most of his films. However, the Civil War broke out and Neville served the Republic as a diplomat in London while also working as a spy for the rebel side. Once discovered, he fled until he ended up in the rebel zone, where he carried out propaganda services. Once the war was over, and after a period in Italy, he settled in Marbella, recording excellent films and plays in all genres, the most outstanding examples being Life on a Thread (1945), The Tower of the Seven Hunchbacks (1944), The Crime of Bordadores' Street (1946), the acclaimed documentary Flamenco (1952), and the successful play The Dance (1952), then made into a film. Neville's talent has often gone unrecognised both because of his alleged political views and the fact that much of his oeuvre has been considered lost for decades. However, thanks to the efforts of Filmoteca Española, it has been possible to recover many of his films and discover the originality behind this interesting figure.
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1992
Una mujer bajo la lluvia
Movie Writer
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1970
Alta comedia
TV show Theatre Play
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1963
El diablo en vacaciones
Movie Novel
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1960
Mi calle
Movie Director
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1959
El baile
Movie Director
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1957
The Irony of Money
Movie Director
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1955
La engañadora
Movie Writer
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1954
Boyfriend in Sight
Movie Screenplay
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1952
Flamenco
Movie Writer
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1952
The Devil's Roundup
Movie Director
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1951
Fairytale
Movie Director
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1950
The Last Horse
Movie Director
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1948
El señor Esteve
Movie Dialogue
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1948
The Marquis of Salamanca
Movie Director
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1947
Nothing
Movie Director
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1947
The Bullfighter's Suit
Movie Writer
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1946
The Crime of Bordadores Street
Movie Director
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1945
Carnival Sunday
Movie Director
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1945
La vida en un hilo
Movie Producer
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1944
La torre de los siete jorobados
Movie Director
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1943
Café de París
Movie Director
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1942
Correo de Indias
Movie Director
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1942
Sancta Maria
Movie Writer
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1941
Verbena
Movie Screenplay
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1941
La Parrala
Movie Writer
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1939
Carmen and the Reds
Movie Director
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1939
Long Live the Free People
Movie Writer
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1939
The Sin of Rogelia Sánchez
Movie Supervising Technical Director
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1938
Ciudad Universitaria
Movie Writer
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1938
Spain Youth
Movie Writer
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1936
La señorita de Trevélez
Movie Un huésped
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1935
El malvado Carabel
Movie Director
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1935
Bound for Cairo
Movie Writer
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1935
Do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, si
Movie Director
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1934
It Happened in Spain
Movie Screenplay
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1933
Fake News
Movie Narrador
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1931
Yo quiero que me lleven a Hollywood
Movie Writer
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1931
Love in Every Port
Movie Stage Director
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1930
The Big House
Movie Dialogue
