
Birthday:
06-12-1894
Deathday:
11-11-1974 (80 years)
Birthplace:
Madrid, Spain
Biography
Benito Perojo González was a Spanish film director, producer, writer, and actor. He centered his oeuvre around the Spanish folklore.
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Clarita y Peladilla en el Football
Act like Peladilla
event1916 star_border 5
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A Spanish Charlie Chaplin wannabe (Benito Perojo/Peladilla) takes his girl to watch a football match in Madrid. Doesn't take long before Peladilla gets in on the action on the pitch.
Bread, Love and Andalucia
Producer
event1958 star_border 6.2
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Determined to postpone his own wedding, a former marshal leaves his bride-to-be and participates in an international music festival in Spain, where he falls for a young dancer.
Mariquilla Terremoto
Director
event1939 star_border 5.3
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Mariquilla lives with his uncle in the village of Las Canteras, where she is beloved for his grace and cheerful nature. Her uncle wants her to debut in the theater, but her nervousness and shyness make her performance not a success.
Marianela
Director
event1940 star_border 5
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Marianela is an orphan young girl living in a small village where she guides the blind young son of a rich country man. She is secretly in love with him, knowing that he loves her only because he can't see her ugly face. But one day a famous doctor appears and promises to operate him so he can see. His father is happy to know this way he will be able to marry his rich cousin. Nela gets desperate knowing his luck will turn into her disgrace when he finally sees her face.
Chiruca
Director
event1945
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An orphan young man in Argentina finds that his family's fortune is in ruins, so he goes back to Spain where he finds Chiruca, the family's maid. Together they will find out who is trying to scam him.
Los hijos de la noche
Director
event1939 star_border 5.9
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A marginal group celebrates Christmas Eve singing and dancing in the street while a millionaire celebrates the feast offering a great dinner to his friends. The millionaire receives a telegram from his sister in America who announces her visit after more than twenty years without seeing each other…
The Songstress
Director
event1946
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Soledad is a young Spanish singer of the last century that everyone wants to conquer. But she only has eyes for one man, Pepe Velazquez, owner of the cafe where she sings. After several incidents caused by all kinds of jealousy and misunderstanding, Pepe embarks for America, leaving Soledad by Manolo, a young man of his town that has always been in love with her.
Suspiros de España
Director
event1939 star_border 5
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Dolores works as a washerwoman with her daughter Sole and they both live with the girl's stepfather and her godfather, a nice good-for-nothing guy. Although they all have a very different personality, they share the illusion of seeing Sole become a great artist.
La verbena de la Paloma
Screenplay
event1935 star_border 5.2
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A young printer's relationship with his girlfriend is in trouble after she accepts another suitor's invitation to the fair. This adaption of a popular operetta aims to please with a simple storyline and goofy slapstick.
La hostería del caballito blanco
Director
event1948
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A famous singer falls in love with the owner of a hostel where he is employed in incognito.
El barbero de Sevilla
Director
event1938 star_border 5.5
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Since he falls for beautiful Rosina, the Almaviva count is questioning his Donjuanesque life. He resolves to travel to Seville to seek advice from famed Figaro, who is much more than a barber.
¡Olé torero!
Director
event1949
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Manuel is a friendly taxi driver in Buenos Aires that helps its beginnings to a famous Spanish bullfighter dubbed "The Carthusian". He travels to Spain to marry a young Sevillian, rich and beautiful, and Manuel accompanies him on the trip, as administrator. During the voyage dies "The Carthusian" afflicted with a terrible disease, and before dying makes him promise to his friend Manuel to comfort Soledad, his fiancee. But to get to Seville is confused with the bullfighter.
La copla de la Dolores
Director
event1951 star_border 6.5
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Pursued by an infamous song that makes her life impossible, Dolores leaves Calatayud.
The Black Man Who Had a White Soul
Director
event1927 star_border 5.8
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Pedro (played by a white actor in blackface), a son of a former slave, leaves Cuba (where he was being mistreated for being black) to seek his fortune in Paris. While working as a bellboy at a dance club, his dancing prowess is discovered and then he goes to become a famous dancer of the Charleston in the city. He falls in love with his dancing partner, who could not stand the thought of marrying him because of his skin color.
Malinconico autunno
Producer
event1958 star_border 6.6
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At school, Luca is falsely accused of a prank and wishes he had a father who would defend him in front of the headmaster. His father is dead, but he meets a sea captain who is willing to pretend to be his parent. Then Captain Andrea falls in love with Luca's mother, textile mill worker Maria. Before things go right, Andrea needs to deal with an ex-girlfriend and a smuggling plot.
Wine Cellars
Director
event1930 star_border 5.3
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Wine Cellars itself is a Spanish-French co-production. He shot the film in the Paris studios and also in Spain, Andalusia and Seville. According to the critics, his story of love, honour, revenge, bulls and vineyards masterfully captures the spirit of this region, the sun beating down on the parched earth, life on the farms and vineyards and the celebrations coloured by the famous flamenco dance. Wine Cellars was originally a silent film and its soundtrack was only added later.
The Singer from Mexico
Producer
event1957 star_border 6.3
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Vincent Etchebar is spotted by the impresario Cartoni who gives him the opportunity to break into Paris. But nothing will go as planned.
The Vampire of Dusseldorf
Producer
event1965 star_border 5.6
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A true story of Peter Kurten, a serial killer who committed nine murders and many other offenses in Dusseldorf during the Great Depression era.
A Prisoner Has Escaped
Director
event1934
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Directed by Benito Perojo
Stella
Screenplay
event1943
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A woman must suffer humiliation, slights and slander to maintain the happiness of her paralyzed sister.
La casta Susana
Director
event1944 star_border 5
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The wife of an officer receives a "prize for virtue" from one of her many lovers, causing several misunderstandings.
Es mi hombre
Screenplay
event1934
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A 1934 film.
Más allá de la muerte
Director
event1924
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Raimundo Davidson is a young man in love with Florence, the niece of Dr. Belforger, master of hypnotics, who takes advantage of this faculty to intervene in a series of illegal business with his friend Burner. Aware of the fortune of Davidson, they accelerate their marriage with Florence to obtain it through the girl. Davidson is put on notice of Belforger's activities by an insurance firm. Discovered and stopped by the doctor, Davidson finally meets with Florence.
Malvaloca
Director
event1926
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Malvaloca is a rather foolish and beautiful girl living with her careless parents. After being abandoned by a man she has a daughter. Later she meets Salvador; when he has an accident she meets his friend Leonardo and they both fall in love. She will try to redeem herself from her past life. At the same time the two men, who have a forge, recast the convent's old bell which also needs to be "redeemed". Silent version of the Álvarez Quintero brothers theatrical play.
Mi último tango
Executive Producer
event1960 star_border 5.8
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A young woman working as a maid for a big time stage performer is mistaken for the star in Buenos Aires and becomes a great success in the land of the tango.
Las locas del conventillo
Producer
event1966 star_border 7
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The neighborhood of La Boca, in Buenos Aires, is divided in two sectors: one is where decent people live under the tutelage of Magdalena, in the other, Manuel,ir responsible of a nightclub. Among decent people live Manolo, the milkman, awaiting the arrival of a Spanish woman to marry her. At the same time, the villain of Manuel also hopes for a Spanish nightclub. Women Arrivals weapon confusion.
Siete mujeres
Screenplay
event1944 star_border 5
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The sisters reject the daughter their father had out of wedlock until she receives a fortune from her dead mother.
Doña Francisquita
Producer
event1952 star_border 6.8
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Francisquita secretly loves Fernando, but he is in love with the beautiful and fickle Aurora.
The Adventurer of Seville
Producer
event1954 star_border 5.7
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Bandits kidnap Figaro, the famous barber of Seville, and use his wonderful voice to attract travelers and rob stagecoaches. Because of this, the police chases him as an accomplice of the bandits. Then Figaro decides to join the army as a volunteer to fight in Puerto Rico. He returns covered with glory and his faults are condoned. However, the adventures of Figaro continue in Seville in the false scene of the aristocracy
Un caballero andaluz
Producer
event1954
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In the farmhouse Los Laureles, owned by Don Juan Manuel Almodovar, wealthy Andalusian landowner, everything is being prepared to receive José Luis, only child of Juan Manuel, who is being educated in a Jesuit school in England and is returning for a holiday with his father. Since the death of his wife, Juan Manuel has set all his love in his son. The father does everything his child says, even when he is asked to accompany him to the Venta del Remedio where a blind gypsy called "Colorín" lives. But at the after party a serious accident occurs
La hermana alegría
Producer
event1955 star_border 5.1
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Soledad enters a women reformatory led by modest nuns who look constantly for the welfare of their girls. These include the Sister Consolación, a humorous and cheerful nun who uses a little disconcerting methods to teach but very useful for the girls, to try to forget their past and prepare for a better future. Soledad takes confidence quickly and said she hopes a son of Fernando, a womanizing Andalusian young gentleman very attractive, which coincidentally, the Sister knows.
Sangre en Castilla
Director
event1950
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During the war against Napoleon the brave Therese of Pinorrey is erected as Alcaldesa in Castilla, Spain
The 317th Platoon
Producer
event1965 star_border 7.4
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In Laos, 1954, eight days before the french defeat in the Indochina war, the 317th platoon – four french soldiers and 41 laotian combatants – has been ordered to leave its outpost and to retreat for the plains of Diên Biên Phu, where the french army is getting stucked. Led by the inexperienced and idealistic sous-lieutenant Torrens, fresh out of the military academy, and by adjutant Willsdorf, a WWII veteran of the Werhmacht, the group must cross 150 kilometers of jungle. But dripping rainwater, hostile nature, and the Viêt-minh ambushes expose them to constant danger.
¡Che, qué loco!
Producer
event1953
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A bankrupt man tries to marry a millionaire woman, which triggers a whole series of misunderstandings.
Crime on a Summer Morning
Producer
event1965 star_border 6.5
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An ill-assorted group of international criminals executes a tightly-planned ransom sting in Spain. Things go along swimmingly until various tensions within the group come to the fore.
Grandes Amigos
Producer
event1967 star_border 6
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Antonio has two wishes he would like to see come true--having friends and seeing the sea. The friendship part was hard for him because of the bullying, but he managed and with their help he was also able to fulfill his second wish.
Morena clara
Producer
event1954 star_border 7
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Trini, a gipsy girl, and her uncle Regalito are tried for the theft of several hams. Some time later, she presents herself, disguised as a maid, at the house of her former prosecutor, who ends up falling in love with her.
Pecado de amor
Executive Producer
event1961 star_border 4.3
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Nun Belen works as a spiritual guide in a women's prison. Is a very understanding woman, possibly due to her past. At the past she was Magda, the star of the cabaret "The Mill of Twenty." She was attractive, young and admired by the public, she had it all, but three very different men end up marking her destination. A fate that is inexorably opposed to her happiness.
Snakes and Ladders
Producer
event1965 star_border 4.8
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Jose Antonio Amor co-stars with Sonia Bruno and Maria Blanco in this comedy drama about a married man with three children. When his family leaves on vacation, the man has an affair with a pretty office worker. The relationship between the two develops slowly before they end up in bed together. Speeded up shots are used effectively to illustrate the thoughts of the characters. Technical aspects and performances are fine and overshadow some uneven editing.
Susanna and Me
Producer
event1957 star_border 5.5
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An expulsive star of a variety theatre cannot decide between the love of an honest archaeology professor and the love of an extravagant official who turns himself into a cabaret comedian in his sparetime.
Un rayo de luz
Producer
event1960 star_border 5.6
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A man and a woman have been secretly married. He belongs to a rich family and she is a poor actress and singer that is failing to success in her career. One day, he decides to tell his family that he's married and flies to Italy, where they live, but the flight has an accident and he dies. The man's brother goes to Spain to look for the body, and he discovers not only that his brother is married, also that his brother's wife is pregnant.
Mi noche de bodas
Producer
event1961 star_border 5.2
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Afther their wedding ceremony, Fernanda and Cosme Martínez go to a luxury hotel to consummate. They receive there some gifts and they find one fabulous diamant bracalet with a note for Fernanda thanking her for unfforgetable nights. Cosme feel jelause and Fernanda offended and during their wedding night they go from one place to another to find out the misunderstanding.
Navy's girlfriend
Director
event1948
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The film narrates the story of a young rich woman who suffers from sleepwalking and a young man convinces her to marry with him.
The Fair of the Dove
Executive Producer
event1963 star_border 5.3
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In Madrid, Spain, an omniscient narrator transforms Mari Loli and Merche, two beautiful sales clerks, into Susana and Casta, who flirt with Don Hilarión, an old apothecary, which arouses the jealousy of Julián, who is in love with Susana.
Suspiros de Triana
Producer
event1955 star_border 6
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The famous singer Carlos Ojeda has come to Seville to hire some Spanish figure to accompany him on the show to be presented in Mexico. Negotiations with Dorita, The Cadiz, fail and Carlos is about to return to empty when discovered Reyes, selling beautiful flowers with a magnificent voice.
Yo no soy la Mata-Hari
Producer
event1950
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After the execution of the spy Mata-Hari, the secret service takes the opportunity to arrest some of her collaborators. To arrest one of the ringleaders, they use his girlfriend Niní, a naive dancer. The girl, tired of being manipulated by everyone, decides to become agent X25.
El mesón del gitano
Writer
event1970 star_border 5
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The young gypsy Peret and his friend Fidel are owners of an inn frequented by tourists. Peret orders the expansion of the business to a young decorator, who falls madly in love with him. Fifth feature by the Rumelo Peret, built for his brilliance, which here plays the owner of a tourist inn, a gypsy rumba singer whose songs will love both a young woman and her mother. A friendly comedy that has as its background the tourist boom of Spain in the late 1960
The Son of Captain Blood
Producer
event1962 star_border 6.4
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The son of a notorious pirate is placed on the path of righteousness by his love for a beautiful young woman.
Sign of Zorro
Producer
event1963 star_border 5
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General Gutierrez, the evil governor of Mexico, terrorizes the people and demands high taxes. The young Ramon Martiney, after discovering that his father was murdered by Gutierrez, dons the mask of Zorro and starts fighting against the injustice.
Villa Rica del Espíritu Santo
Director
event1945
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Spanish conquerors from the XVI century arrive in America to establish a population.
La hermana San Sulpicio
Production Design
event1952 star_border 5
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Gloria and Ceferino are two antithetical characters. He is a Galician doctor, serious and upright; she, on the other hand, is a beautiful and rich Andalusian with an extroverted and dominant character. However, Gloria makes a surprising decision: to become a nun. Coincidentally, she goes to a hospital where Dr. Ceferino is the director.
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