María Antonia Abad FernándezMML, known professionally as Sara Montiel, also Sarita Montiel, was a Spanish-Mexican actress and singer. She began her career in the 1940s and became the most internationally popular and highest paid star of Spanish cinema in the 1960s. She appeared in nearly fifty films and recorded around 500 songs in five different languages.
Maurice Ronet was a French film actor, director, and writer.
To Live in Peace is a 1947 Italian neorealist comedy-drama war film directed by Luigi Zampa and starring Aldo Fabrizi, John Kitzmiller and Ave Ninchi.
Franco Fabrizi was an Italian actor.
Eurospy film, or Spaghetti spy film, is a genre of spy films produced in Europe, especially in Italy, France, and Spain, that either sincerely imitated or else parodied the British James Bond spy series feature films. The first wave of Eurospy films were released in 1964, two years after the first James Bond film, Dr. No, and in the same year as the premiere of what many consider to be the apotheosis of the Bond series, Goldfinger. For the most part, the Eurospy craze lasted until around 1967 or 1968. In Italy, where most of these films were produced, this trend replaced the declining sword and sandal genre.
The Thief of Tibidabo is a 1964 Spanish-French crime-comedy film directed by Maurice Ronet and starring Anna Karina.
Killer Cop is a 1975 Italian poliziottesco-crime film directed in 1975 by Luciano Ercoli. The film's plot reprises the Piazza Fontana bombing which happened in Milan in 1969. The gun in the umbrella used in the movie is similar to a Bulgarian umbrella used at London in 1978 to kill Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov.
Leopoldo de Anchóriz Fustel was a Spanish actor and writer, most notable for appearing in Spaghetti Western films.
The Black Chapel is a 1959 political thriller film directed by Ralph Habib and starring Dawn Addams, Peter van Eyck and Ernst Schröder. It is based on the novel Die schwarze Kapelle by Olav Herfeldt. It is a co-production between West Germany, Italy and France.
The Pebbles of Étretat is a 1972 French-Italian romance-drama film written and directed by Sergio Gobbi. Étretat is a coastal commune in the Seine-Maritime department in Normandie region in north-western France.
Wild Cats on the Beach is a 1959 Italian-French comedy film directed by Vittorio Sala.
The Violet Seller, better known under its Spanish title La Violetera, is a 1958 Spanish-Italian historical jukebox musical film produced by Benito Perojo, directed by Luis César Amadori and starring Sara Montiel, Raf Vallone, Frank Villard, Tomás Blanco and Ana Mariscal.
A Girl Against Napoleon or The Devil Made a Woman, also known under its Spanish title Carmen, la de Ronda, is a 1959 Spanish historical adventure film directed by Tulio Demicheli and starring Sara Montiel, Jorge Mistral and Maurice Ronet. It is loosely based on the story of Prosper Mérimée's Carmen, with the setting changed to the Peninsular War era. Carmen is involved with the guerrillas fighting against the French occupation.
The Lost Woman is a 1966 drama film directed by Tulio Demicheli and starring Sara Montiel, Giancarlo Del Duca and Massimo Serato. It was a co-production between France, Italy and Spain.
Queen of the Chantecler is a 1962 Spanish historical drama film directed by Rafael Gil and starring Sara Montiel, Alberto de Mendoza and Luigi Giuliani. A Spanish music hall performer gets caught up in espionage during the First World War.
The Lovely Lola is a 1962 historical musical film directed by Alfonso Balcázar and starring Sara Montiel, Antonio Cifariello and Frank Villard. It was made as a co-production between France, Italy and Spain. It is based on the 1848 novel The Lady of the Camellias by Alexandre Dumas.
My Last Tango is a 1960 Spanish drama film directed by Luis César Amadori and starring Sara Montiel, Maurice Ronet and Isabel Garcés. A former maid enjoys success as a tango performer in Argentina.
The Four Musketeers is a 1963 Italian-French adventure-comedy film co-written and directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia and starring Aldo Fabrizi, Erminio Macario and Nino Taranto. It is a loose parody of Alexandre Dumas' The Three Musketeers.
Storm Over Ceylon is a 1963 adventure film directed by Gerd Oswald and Giovanni Roccardi and starring Lex Barker, Ann Smyrner and Magali Noël. It was made as a co-production between West Germany, Italy and France.
The Viscount is a 1967 crime film directed by Maurice Cloche and starring Kerwin Mathews, Sylvia Sorrente and Jean Yanne. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jean Douarinou. It was made as a co-production between France, Italy and Spain. Warner Brothers distributed the film in Britain and America.
