Prince of Shadows

1991 film

Prince of Shadows

Directed by| Pilar Miró
Written by| Pilar Miró
Mario Camus
Juan Antonio Portos
Based on| The novel Beltenebros by Antonio Muñoz Molina
Produced by| Andrés Vicente Gómez
Starring| Terence Stamp
Cinematography| Javier Aguirresarobe
Edited by| José Luis Matesanz
Music by| José Nieto

Release date

* 13 December 1991 (1991-12-13)

Running time

| 109 minutes
Country| Spain
Language| Spanish
Box office| $1.2 million (Spain)[1]

Beltenebros, also known as Prince of Shadows, is a 1991 Spanish crime-thriller mystery film co-written and directed by Pilar Miró and starring Terence Stamp, Patsy Kensit, José Luis Gómez, Geraldine James and Simón Andreu. It was entered into the 42nd Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Silver Bear for outstanding artistic contribution.[2]

## Synopsis

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Madrid, 1962. More than twenty years after the Spanish Civil War has ended, an English communist named Darman, who had fought in the International Brigades, comes back to Spain with the mission to find and kill an infiltrated mole or traitor in the clandestine Communist Party. To find his victim, Darman begins an affair with Rebecca, a lounge singer and the most expensive and beautiful prostitute in Madrid, who seems to be the lover of the man Darman is looking for. But in this dark post-war Francoist Spain not everything is at it seems, and Darman must first search in his past before he can find his real enemy, who is looking for him as well.[3]

## Cast

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* Terence Stamp as Darman
* Patsy Kensit as Rebeca
* José Luis Gómez as Ugarte / Valdivia
* Geraldine James as Rebeca Osorio
* Simón Andreu as Andrade
* Aleksander Bardini as Bernal (as Aleksander Bardin)
* John McEnery as Walter
* Jorge de Juan as Luque
* Pedro Díez del Corral as Policeman
* Carlos Hipólito as Boite Owner
* Francisco Casares as Train Steward
* Queta Claver as Dancer Boite
* Felipe Vélez as Policeman
* William Job as Howard
* Magdalena Wójcik as Polish Tango Dancer

## References

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1. ^ "Top 10 grossers in Spain". Variety. 4 October 1993. p. 66.
2. ^ "Berlinale: 1992 Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 27 March 2011.
3. ^ Beltenebros (Prince of Shadows) FilmAffinity

## External links

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* Prince of Shadows at IMDb

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Pilar Miró

Films directed|

* The Crime of Cuenca (1980, also written)
* Gary Cooper, Who Art in Heaven (1980, also written)
* Werther (1986, also written)
* Prince of Shadows (1991, also written)
* The Bird of Happiness (1993)
* The Dog in the Manger (1996, also written)

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Mario Camus

Films directed|

* With the East Wind (1966, also written)
* Let Them Talk (1968, also written)
* The Wind's Fierce (1970, also written)
* Los días del pasado (1978, also written)
* La colmena (1982)
* The Holy Innocents (1984, also written)
* The House of Bernarda Alba (1987, also written)
* Shadows in a Conflict (1993, also written)
* The Color of the Clouds (1997, also written)
* The Field of Stars (2007, also written)

Films written|

* The Delinquents (1960)
* Weeping for a Bandit (1964)
* Werther (1986)
* Prince of Shadows (1991)
* The Bird of Happiness (1993)
* Beyond the Garden (1996)
* Roma (2004)

TV series directed|

* Fortunata y Jacinta (1980, also written)
* La forja de un rebelde (1990, also written)

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