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Antonio Román

Antonio Román
  • Name: Antonio Román
  • Birthday: 1911-11-09
  • Place of birth: Ourense, Ourense, Galicia, Spain
  • Popularity: 1.022
Biography: Antonio Román (9 November 1911 – 16 June 1989) was a prolific Spanish film director, screenwriter, film producer. Antonio Román was born Ourense, Spain on 9 November 1911. Román began directing films in the later 1930s starting with documentaries. His first dramatic feature film was Esquadrilla. His other work includes an adaptation of Lola Montes and La Fierecilla domada, a retelling of The Taming of the Shrew. Many of these films star his wife, actress Yvonne Bastien. Román has won several international awards such as Golden Olive Tree from the Cine de Humor de Bordighera in Italy for Bombas para la paz and an award for Pacto de silencio from the Cork Festival in Ireland. Román... Read More

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