Prince of Shadows

1991 film

13 December 1991 (1991-12-13)

Running time

109 minutesCountrySpainLanguageSpanishBox office$1.2 million (Spain)^[1]

Beltenebros, also known as Prince of Shadows, is a 1991 Spanish crime-thriller mystery film co-written and directed by Pilar Miró and starring Terence Stamp, Patsy Kensit, José Luis Gómez, Geraldine James and Simón Andreu. It was entered into the 42nd Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Silver Bear for outstanding artistic contribution.^[2]

Synopsis

Madrid, 1962. More than twenty years after the Spanish Civil War has ended, an English communist named Darman, who had fought in the International Brigades, comes back to Spain with the mission to find and kill an infiltrated mole or traitor in the clandestine Communist Party. To find his victim, Darman begins an affair with Rebecca, a lounge singer and the most expensive and beautiful prostitute in Madrid, who seems to be the lover of the man Darman is looking for. But in this dark post-war Francoist Spain not everything is at it seems, and Darman must first search in his past before he can find his real enemy, who is looking for him as well.^[3]

Cast

Terence Stamp as Darman
Patsy Kensit as Rebeca
José Luis Gómez as Ugarte / Valdivia
Geraldine James as Rebeca Osorio
Simón Andreu as Andrade
Aleksander Bardini as Bernal (as Aleksander Bardin)
John McEnery as Walter
Jorge de Juan as Luque
Pedro Díez del Corral as Policeman
Carlos Hipólito as Boite Owner
Francisco Casares as Train Steward
Queta Claver as Dancer Boite
Felipe Vélez as Policeman
William Job as Howard
Magdalena Wójcik as Polish Tango Dancer

References

^ "Top 10 grossers in Spain". Variety. 4 October 1993. p. 66.
^ "Berlinale: 1992 Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 27 March 2011.
^ Beltenebros (Prince of Shadows) FilmAffinity

External links

Prince of Shadows at IMDb

Pilar Miró

Films directed

The Crime of Cuenca (1980, also written)
Gary Cooper, Who Art in Heaven (1980, also written)
Werther (1986, also written)
Prince of Shadows (1991, also written)
The Bird of Happiness (1993)
The Dog in the Manger (1996, also written)

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Films directed	With the East Wind (1966, also written) Let Them Talk (1968, also written) The Wind's Fierce (1970, also written) Los días del pasado (1978, also written) La colmena (1982) The Holy Innocents (1984, also written) The House of Bernarda Alba (1987, also written) Shadows in a Conflict (1993, also written) The Color of the Clouds (1997, also written) The Field of Stars (2007, also written)
Films written	The Delinquents (1960) Weeping for a Bandit (1964) Werther (1986) Prince of Shadows (1991) The Bird of Happiness (1993) Beyond the Garden (1996) Roma (2004)
TV series directed	Fortunata y Jacinta (1980, also written) La forja de un rebelde (1990, also written)