Comedians (1954 film)

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{{Infobox film

| name = Cómicos

| image = Comicosbardem.jpg

| caption = Spanish DVD cover

| director = Juan Antonio Bardem

| producer = Eduardo Manzanos Brochero
Alberto Soifer

| writer = Juan Antonio Bardem

| starring = Emma Penella
Fernando Rey
Elisa Galvé
Rosario García Ortega
Mariano Asquerino
Carlos Casaravilla
Manuel Alexandre

| music = Isidro B. Maiztegui
Jesus Franco
Manuel Parada

| cinematography = Ricardo Torres

| editing = Antonio Gimeno

| distributor =

| released = {{Film date|1954|05|17|df=y}}

| runtime = 88 minutes

| country = Spain

| language = Spanish

| budget =

}}

Comedians ({{langx|es|Cómicos}}) is a 1954 Spanish drama film directed by Juan Antonio Bardem. It was coproduced with Argentina in the context of its classical-industrial period, but it is a Spanish film about Spaniards actors on stage. Bardem confessed to being inspired by All About Eve. The film was entered into the 1954 Cannes Film Festival.{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/3796/year/1954.html |title=Festival de Cannes: Comedians |accessdate=2009-01-25|work=festival-cannes.com}}

Bardem remade Cómicos as a musical in 1971, Variety starring Sara Montiel.

Plot

Ana Ruiz (Elisa Christian Galvé) is a young and ambitious actress who has so far only had the opportunity to play secondary roles. But she finally gets her big chance to take on a leading role. The only condition set by businessman Carlos Márquez (Carlos Casaravilla) is that Ana becomes his lover. But she is in love with Miguel (Fernando Rey).

Cast

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