Juan de Orduña

Juan de Orduña y Fernández-Shaw (born December 27, 1900 in Madrid , † February 2, 1974 there ) was a Spanish actor and director .

De Orduña, whose mother had an artistic family tradition, began acting soon after leaving school. In 1924 he made two of Zarzuelas- influenced early films with child actor Alfredo Hurtado . In the following year he rose to a star in Spanish silent films, directed for the first time in 1928 and played again a year later in the first Spanish sound film .

Nobleza baturra from 1935 represented his return after a few years of abstinence from the cinema - a peasant drama shot in Aragon with documentary-style recordings. In the last film before the Spanish Civil War, de Orduña plays in El cura de aldea . In 1939 he is the narrator of a short film by Carlos Arévalo about the victorious entry of Francoist troops. The new Spanish government lets him direct three films about recent political events. In the following years he was involved in many successful films.

At the beginning of the 1950s, de Orduña turned mainly to lighter fabrics, such as the great success El último cuplé with Sara Montiel ; later he also shot international co-productions and a remake of Nobleza baturra . 49 films as a director and 20 as an actor make up the oeuvre of the controversial filmmaker.

Filmography (selection)

Director

• 1928: Un aventura de cine
• 1940: Feria en Sevilla
• 1942: ¡A mí la legión!
• 1944: Tuvo la culpo Adán
• 1946: Souka (Misión blanca)
• 1948: Joan of Castile (Locura de amor)
• 1951: La leona de Castilla
• 1957: El último cuplé
• 1964: Nobleza baturra
• 1967: Waiting list for hell (Anonima de asesinos)
• 1969: Bohemias
• 1973: Me has hecho perder el juicio

producer

• 1971: Two wild companeros (Viva la muerte ... tua!)

Web links and sources

• Juan de Orduña in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Biography (Spanish / French)