José Isbert

José Isbert

March 3, 1886

José Isbert (real name: José Ysbert Alvarruiz), also known as Pepe Isbert (3 March 1886 in Madrid – 28 November 1966 in Madrid), was a Spanish actor. In 1912 he debuted in the short film Asesinato y entierro de Don José Canalejas (playing Pardiñas, the anarchist who killed José Canalejas). During…

Known For

7 titles
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The Executioner

The Executioner

1963 · 1h 30m · Movie

An undertaker marries an old executioner's daughter and must continue his father-in-law's profession after his retirement, although he doesn't like it.

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2
El cochecito

El cochecito

1960 · 1h 25m · Movie

Seventy-something Don Anselmo, a retired minister, becomes obsessed with owning a motorized wheelchair and fakes infirmity to get it.

7.3
3
The Rocket from Calabuch

The Rocket from Calabuch

1956 · 1h 33m · Movie

Professor Jorge Serra Hamilton, an American atomic-bomb specialist, flees from his transcendental duties to take shelter incognito in Calabuch, a small, idyllic Spanish village on the Mediterranean shores. Oblivious to their guest...

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4
Los jueves, milagro

Los jueves, milagro

1957 · 1h 24m · Movie

In the village of Fuentecilla is a medicinal spa which was very popular in the past but has now been forgotten by the public. To bring back the tourists, the "prominent men" of the village organize a fake miracle: the apparition o...

7.2
5
La gran familia

La gran familia

1962 · 1h 44m · Movie

Carlos Alonso and Mercedes Cebrián are parents of fifteen children of different ages. They all live with the grandfather and depend exclusively on Carlos work (moonlighting rigger) as the sole breadwinner, which puts them in const...

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Historias de la radio

Historias de la radio

1955 · 1h 35m · Movie

Three different stories whose central axis are radio listeners: several contestants have to get to a radio station studio dressed as Eskimo, a thief answering a call in the house which is stealing and a school teacher who particip...

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Mi tío Jacinto

Mi tío Jacinto

1956 · 1h 30m · Movie

Jacinto, a retired bullfighter who lives miserably with his nephew Pepote, receives a letter in which he is informed that, according to an old agreement, he must participate in a mock bullfight that will be celebrated that day in ...

7.3