The Other Life of Captain Contreras

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1955 Spanish film

The Other Life of Captain Contreras
Directed by	Rafael Gil
Written by	Vicente Escrivá Ramón D. Faraldo Rafael Gil Torcuato Luca de Tena (novel)
Produced by	Cesáreo González Pedro Luis Ramírez
Cinematography	Alfredo Fraile
Edited by	José Antonio Rojo
Music by	Juan Quintero
Production company	Suevia Films
Distributed by	Suevia Films
Release date	1 February 1955 (1955-02-01)
Running time	79 minutes
Country	Spain
Language	Spanish

The Other Life of Captain Contreras (Spanish: La otra vida del capitán Contreras) is a 1955 Spanish comedy film directed by Rafael Gil.

Synopsis

Spain, 16th century: The brave captain Alonso Contreras is menaced by the inquisition, but he is not guilty. An alchemist, trying to help, gives Alonso a powerful potion in order to make him sleep until the danger flies. The potion is too much powerful and Alonso wakes up in the 20th century.

The plot is similar to Mel Gibson's film Forever Young.

Cast

Fernando Fernán Gómez as Alonso Contreras
Julio F. Alymán as Román
Francisco Arenzana as Fiscal
María Asquerino as Paca Revilla
Mariano Azaña
Germán Cobos
Félix de Pomés as Marqués del Darro
Juan Domenech as Moñudo
Ramón Elías
Tony Hernández as Luigi
Luis Hurtado
Rufino Inglés
Manuel Kayser
José Manuel Martín
Virginia de Matos
Sergio Mendizábal
Antonio Molino Rojo
Antonio Moreno
Mónica Pastrana
Maria Piazzai as Silvia
Matías Prats
Manuel Requena
Antonio Riquelme
Luis Rivera
Fernando Sancho as Antonio Cornejo
Carlos Miguel Solá
Amparo Soto

References

de España p.119

Bibliography

de España, Rafael. Directory of Spanish and Portuguese film-makers and films. Greenwood Press, 1994.

External links

The Other Life of Captain Contreras at IMDb

v t e Films directed by Rafael Gil
1940s	The Man Who Wanted to Kill Himself (1942) Journey to Nowhere (1942) Traces of Light (1943) Eloisa Is Under an Almond Tree (1943) Lessons in Good Love (1944) The Nail (1944) Thirsty Land (1945) The Phantom and Dona Juanita (1945) The Prodigal Woman (1946) The Holy Crown (1947) Don Quixote (1947) The Faith (1947) Mare Nostrum (1948) The Sunless Street (1948) Just Any Woman (1949) Adventures of Juan Lucas (1949)
1950s	Saturday Night (1950) Apollo Theatre (1950) The Great Galeoto (1951) Our Lady of Fatima (1951) The Song of Sister Maria (1952) From Madrid to Heaven (1952) I Was a Parish Priest (1953) He Died Fifteen Years Ago (1954) Judas' Kiss (1954) The Other Life of Captain Contreras (1955) The Cock Crow (1955) The Big Lie (1956) Miracle of the White Suit (1956) Let's Make the Impossible! (1958) Luxury Cabin (1959) College Boarding House (1959)
1960s	Litri and His Shadow (1960) Darling (1961) Green Harvest (1961) Rogelia (1962) Queen of the Chantecler (1962) You and Me Are Three (1962) The Blackmailers (1963) Pedrito de Andía's New Life (1965) Currito of the Cross (1965) Samba (1965) Road to Rocío (1966) He's My Man! (1966) Another's Wife (1967) Fruit of Temptation (1968) The Sailor with Golden Fists (1968) A Decent Adultery (1969) Blood in the Bullring (1969)
1970s	The Locket (1970) The Man Who Wanted to Kill Himself (1970) The Green Envelope (1971) The Doubt (1972) Nothing Less Than a Real Man (1972) The Guerrilla (1973) The King is the Best Mayor (1974) The Good Days Lost (1975) Forget the Drums (1975) Death's Newlyweds (1975) The Legion Like Women (1976) Two Men and Two Women Amongst Them (1977) Father Cami's Wedding (1979)
1980s	Spoiled Children (1980) And in the Third Year, He Rose Again (1980) Old Shirt to New Jacket (1982) The Autonomines (1984) The Cheerful Colsada Girls (1984)

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