100 Years of Spanish Cinema provides an in-depth look at the most important movements, films, and directors of twentieth-century Spain from the silent era to the present day.

• A glossary of film terms provides definitions of essential technical, aesthetic, and historical terms
• Features a visual portfolio illustrating key points of many of the films analyzed
• Includes a clear, concise timeline to help students quickly place films and genres in Spain’s political, economical, and historical contexts
• Discusses over 20 films including Amor Que Mata, Un Chien Andalou, Viridana, El Verdugo, El Crimen de Cuenca, and  Pepi, Luci, Born

• Figures 8
• About the Authors 9
• Acknowledgments 11
• Preface 12
• 1 Silent Cinema and its Pioneers (1906–1930) 18
• 1 El ciego de aldea (Ángel García Cardona, 1906) 25
• 2 Amor que mata (Fructuós Gelabert, 1909) 27
• 3 Don Pedro el Cruel (Ricardo Baños, Albert Marro, 1911) 29
• 4 La aldea maldita (Florián Rey, 1930) 32
• 2 Surrealism (1924–1930) and the Advent of Sound (the Second Republic: 1931–1936) 38
• 1 Un chien andalou (Luis Buñuel, 1929) 43
• 2 Tierra sin pan (Luis Buñuel, 1933) 47
• 3 Spanish Civil War (1936–1939) 56
• 1 Suspiros de España (Benito Perojo, 1938) 63
• 2 Canciones para después de una guerra (Basilio Martín Patino, 1971) 69