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The Rocket From Calabuch RetroFilm Archive

Films on Demand: World Cinema Video Collection Available online

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Format:
Video
Contributor:
Infobase, film distributor.
RetroFilm Archive (Firm)
Language:
English
Spanish
Genre:
Internet videos
Physical Description:
1 online resource (1 video file (1 hr., 23 min., 42 sec)) sound
Distribution:
New York, N.Y. Distributed by Infobase, 2023
Place of Publication:
[Place of publication not identified] : RetroFilm Archive, [1956]
Language Note:
Closed-captioned
System Details:
Streaming video file
System requirements: FOD playback platform
video file
Summary:
Professor Jorge Serra Hamilton, an American atomic-bomb specialist, flees from his transcendental duties to take shelter incognito in Calabuch, a small, idyllic Spanish village on the Mediterranean shores. Oblivious to their guest's eminence, local residents spend their time engaged in their modest daily chores. The affable Professor Hamilton not only integrates perfectly into the small town, forging deep friendships with his neighbors, but he might also be finding the happiness he craves. Also released as Calabuch. OCIC Award and Nominated for Golden Lion, Venice Film Festival, 1956. Best Film, National Syndicate of Specatacle-Spain, 1956. In Spanish with English subtitles. Directed by Luis García Berlanga. Spain
Notes:
Originally released by RetroFilm Archive, 1956
Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on June 07, 2023
Title from distributor's description
Publisher Number:
288308 Infobase
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license

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