The Lost City
The Lost City (, or Terrorists in Madrid, ) is a 1955 Italian-Spanish drama film directed by Margarita Alexandre and Rafael María Torrecilla and starring Cosetta Greco, Fausto Tozzi and María Dolores Pradera. It is an adaptation of La ciudad perdida (1953) by Spanish author Mercedes Formica.
Plot
Rafael, an ex-exiled republican of the Spanish Civil War, returns to his native city after the years and in the company of his fellow maquis (members of the Resistance) with the mission of carrying out an armed action against Franco's regime. But the mission fails and, in his desperate attempt to escape, Rafael kidnaps a beautiful high class woman.
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| author | José Luis Barbero Margarita Alexandre Mercedes Formica Rafael María Torrecilla |
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| contentLocation | Madrid |
| director | Margarita Alexandre Rafael María Torrecilla |
| editor | Mercedes Alonso |
| genre | drama |
| keywords | attempt to escape civil war high class spanish civil war |
| musicBy | Miguel Asins Arbó |
| productionCompany | Nervión Films Pico Films |
| publisher | Hispano Foxfilms |