Edgar Neville
Edgar Neville Romrée, Count of Berlanga de Duero (1899-1967) was a Spanish diplomat, playwright, and film director. He is considered one of the best directors of post-war Spain. Neville's life could be regarded as eventful. After a short participation in the Rif War as a hussar, Neville entered the artistic world, making friends with figures such as José López Rubio, Luis Buñuel, Federico García Lorca, Manuel de Falla, and Salvador Dalí. At the same time, in 1922 he became a diplomat, thanks to which he travelled the world until he settled in Los Angeles. There he met Charles Chaplin, who introduced him to the industry as a writer. In the 1930s, he returned to Spain and became romantically involved with Conchita Montes, with whom he would make most of his films. However, the Civil War broke out and Neville served the Republic as a diplomat in London while also working as a spy for the rebel side. Once discovered, he fled until he ended up in the rebel zone, where he carried out propaganda services. Once the war was over, and after a period in Italy, he settled in Marbella, recording excellent films and plays in all genres, the most outstanding examples being Life on a Thread (1945), The Tower of the Seven Hunchbacks (1944), The Crime of Bordadores' Street (1946), the acclaimed documentary Flamenco (1952), and the successful play The Dance (1952), then made into a film. Neville's talent has often gone unrecognised both because of his alleged political views and the fact that much of his oeuvre has been considered lost for decades. However, thanks to the efforts of Filmoteca Española, it has been possible to recover many of his films and discover the originality behind this interesting figure.
El señor Esteve
(Screenplay)
El señor Esteve
(Dialogue)
Boyfriend in Sight
(Screenplay)
The Marquis of Salamanca
(Director)
El baile
(Director)
Nothing
(Director)
Carnival Sunday
(Director)
El señor Esteve
(Director)
The Irony of Money
(Director)
La torre de los siete jorobados
(Director)
The Crime of Bordadores Street
(Director)
The Last Horse
(Director)
Fairytale
(Writer)
The Bullfighter's Suit
(Director)
Fairytale
(Director)
La Parrala
(Writer)
The Bullfighter's Suit
(Writer)
The Devil's Roundup
(Director)
Flamenco
(Writer)
Sancta Maria
(Writer)
The Last Horse
(Writer)
The Last Horse
(Producer)
Carnival Sunday
(Producer)
Flamenco
(Producer)
La vida en un hilo
(Producer)
The Marquis of Salamanca
(Producer)
Nothing
(Producer)
The Devil's Roundup
(Writer)
El baile
(Writer)
Fairytale
(Producer)
Flamenco
(Director)
Take Me to Hollywood
(Director)
The Private Life of a Tenor
(Writer)
Ciudad Universitaria
(Writer)
The Sin of Rogelia Sánchez
(Supervising Technical Director)
The Wicked Carabel
(Director)
Spain Youth
(Director)
Bound for Cairo
(Writer)
The Wicked Carabel
(Writer)
Long Live the Free People
(Writer)
Take Me to Hollywood
(Writer)
The Private Life of a Tenor
(Director)
Spain Youth
(Writer)
La vida en un hilo
(Director)
La vida en un hilo
(Writer)
Sancta Maria
(Director)
Carmen and the Reds
(Director)
Correo de Indias
(Director)
Una mujer bajo la lluvia
(Writer)
My Street
(Director)
Fake News
(Writer)
Fake News
(Director)
The Big House
(Dialogue)
Love in Every Port
(Dialogue)
Love in Every Port
(Stage Director)
The Big House
(Stage Director)
Carmen and the Reds
(Writer)
The Irony of Money
(Writer)
Correo de Indias
(Writer)
Carnival Sunday
(Writer)
Long Live the Free People
(Director)
The Irony of Money
(Producer)
Verbena
(Screenplay)
Verbena
(Director)
The Crime of Bordadores Street
(Screenplay)
The Lady from Trevélez
(Writer)
The Lady from Trevélez
(Director)
Boyfriend in Sight
(Story)
Café de París
(Director)
Ciudad Universitaria
(Director)
Café de París
(Screenplay)
Café de París
(Screenstory)
Verbena
(Screenstory)
La torre de los siete jorobados
(Screenplay)
El diablo en vacaciones
(Novel)
My Street
(Writer)
The Marquis of Salamanca
(Writer)
La Parrala
(Director)
La engañadora
(Writer)
Alta comedia
(Theatre Play)