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Spanish sculptor and film director From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Carlos Arévalo Calvet (born August 19, 1906, Madrid, Spain – September 7, 1989, Madrid, Spain) was a Spanish sculptor and film director.[1]
Carlos Arévalo Calvet | |
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Born | August 19, 1906 Madrid, Spain |
Died | September 7, 1989 83) Madrid, Spain | (aged
Occupation(s) | Sculptor, film director |
Born in Madrid in 1906, he studied sculpture at the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando.
A Falangist activist,[2] he was involved in filmmaking during the Francoist dictatorship and directed several successful films. Notably, the premiere of Harka (1941),[3] although the film has since been criticized as "militaristic and pro-Francoist propaganda".[4]
In 1942, he released Rojo y negro, a film with Falangist undertones[5] that, after a few weeks in theaters, did not receive approval from the authorities and was eventually withdrawn from circulation.[6] Also in that year, he unsuccessfully attempted to adapt the theatrical work Fuenteovejuna for the screen.[7]
From 1944 onwards, he focused on sculpture and eventually became a professor at the School of Arts and Crafts.[8]
In the 1950s, he resumed his filmmaking activities, directing several more films.[9]
He passed away in Madrid in 1989.[10]
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