The Lost City (1955 film)

"La ciudad perdida" redirects here. For the archaeological site in Colombia, see Ciudad Perdida.

For the Mexican film, see The Lost City (1950 film).

The Lost City
Directed by	Margarita Alexandre Rafael María Torrecilla
Written by	Margarita Alexandre José Luis Barbero Mercedes Formica (novel) Rafael María Torrecilla
Starring	Cosetta Greco Fausto Tozzi María Dolores Pradera
Cinematography	Renato Del Frate
Edited by	Mercedes Alonso
Music by	Miguel Asins Arbó
Production companies	Pico Films Nervión Films
Distributed by	Hispano Foxfilms
Release date	11 April 1955 (1955-04-11)
Running time	83 minutes
Countries	Italy Spain
Languages	Italian Spanish

The Lost City (Spanish:La ciudad perdida or Terrorists in Madrid, Italian:Terroristi a Madrid) is a 1955 Italian-Spanish drama film directed by Margarita Alexandre and Rafael María Torrecilla and starring Cosetta Greco, Fausto Tozzi and María Dolores Pradera. It is an adaptation of La ciudad perdida (1953) by Spanish author Mercedes Formica.

The film's sets were designed by Enrique Alarcón.

Plot

Rafael, an ex-exiled republican of the Spanish Civil War, returns to his native city after the years and in the company of his fellow maquis (members of the Resistance) with the mission of carrying out an armed action against Franco's regime. But the mission fails and, in his desperate attempt to escape, Rafael kidnaps a beautiful high class woman.

Cast

• Cosetta Greco as María
• Fausto Tozzi as Rafael
• María Dolores Pradera as Luisa
• Félix Dafauce as Comisario
• Nani Fernández as Sole
• Manolo Morán as Eliseo
• Santiago Rivero as Il Capo
• Alessandro Fersen as Padre de Rafael
• Emma Baron as Madre de Rafael

Bibliography

• Bentley, Bernard. A Companion to Spanish Cinema. Boydell & Brewer 2008.

External links

• The Lost City at IMDb