Antonio Drove

Born: 1942-11-01

Antonio Drove (Madrid, November 1, 1942 - Paris, September 24, 2005) was a Spanish film director and screenwriter. He began his studies in Industrial Engineering, abandoning them to devote himself to cinema, enrolling in the Escuela Oficial de Cine (Official Film School). He was part of the Argüelles School, together with Luis Revenga, Antonio Franco, José María Carreño, Miguel Marías and Manolo Marinero, who met at the end of the 1960s in the cafeteria La Verdad, and in the cinemas of this neighborhood. The writer Antonio Martínez Sarrión defined him as follows: "The funambulist, the illusionist, the Fregoli of the group was Drove, personification and sign of the noble and ancient art of inventing entertainment". He also wrote in the magazine Nuestro cine and in El Mundo. He also made a documentary on Luis Buñuel. He has German ancestors.


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El hombre de moda

as Carvajal
Released: 1980-11-14

Pedro Liniers, a literature teacher, comes back to Madrid after his wife has just left him....

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Un, dos, tres, al escondite inglés

as Antonio
Released: 1970-03-23

A band of young musicians will do the impossible to boycott a song they didn't like at all, and...

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El gran amante

as The Director
Released: 1969-01-01

A young woman, fan of a leading actor, sneaks into a film set and pretends to be the main actress.

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Coarse Salt

as Voz (voice)
Released: 1984-02-06

A famous composer creative in crisis and must compose a new album, but is going through a...

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Run, Blancanieves, Run

as Dwarf
Released: 1967-01-01

Since her earliest childhood, Blancanieves has lived with seven men who have cared for and...

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