Niña de tus ojos, La (1998)

Director:

Fernando Trueba

Writers:

Rafael Azcona (writer)
Miguel Ángel Egea (writer)
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Release Date:

13 November 1998 (Spain)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Plot:

A company of Spanish movie makers leaves Franco's Spain and moves to Hitler's Germany to make a film in co-production. Soon some problems start to arise...

Plot Keywords:

Spanish Civil War | Film Industry | Film Making | Solidarity | Nazi

Awards:

13 wins & 16 nominations

Cast

Penélope Cruz	...	Macarena Granada
Antonio Resines	...	Blas Fontiveros
Jorge Sanz	...	Julián Torralba
Rosa Maria Sardà	...	Rosa Rosales
Santiago Segura	...	Castillo
Loles León	...	Trini Morenos
Jesús Bonilla	...	Marco Bonilla
Neus Asensi	...	Lucia Gandia
Miroslav Táborský	...	Václav Passer (as Mirosláv Táborský)
Johannes Silberschneider	...	Goebbels
Karel Dobry	...	Leo (as Karel Dobrý)
Götz Otto	...	Heinrich von Wermelskirch
Hanna Schygulla	...	Magda Goebbels
María Barranco	...	Embajadora
Juan Luis Galiardo	...	Embajador (as Juan Luís Galiardo)
Heinz Rilling	...	Hippel
Jan Preucil	...	Franz Maisch
Borivoj Navrátil	...	Henkel
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Rudolf Bok
Petr Drozda
Martin Faltyn		(as Martin Faltýn)
Marciano de la Fuente
Jirí Knot
Zdenek Krumpl
Petr Sekanina
Otto Sevcik		(as Oto Sevcik)
Petr Vlasak
Robert Fischer	...	Assistant Director (uncredited)

Directed by
Fernando Trueba

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Rafael Azcona		writer
Miguel Ángel Egea		writer
Carlos López		writer
David Trueba		writer

Produced by
Eduardo Campoy	....	producer
Vaclav Eisenhamer	....	line producer
Andrés Vicente Gómez	....	producer
Cristina Huete	....	producer

Original Music by
Antoine Duhamel

Cinematography by
Javier Aguirresarobe

Film Editing by
Carmen Frías

Production Design by
Juan Botella
Gerardo Vera

Costume Design by
Sonia Grande
Lala Huete

Makeup Department
Linda Dvorakova	....	assistant makeup artist (as Linda Eisenhamerova)
Jirí Farkas	....	makeup artist
Tamara Koubová	....	assistant makeup artist (as Tamara Koubkova)
Gregorio Ros	....	key makeup artist
Eva Ungrová	....	makeup trainee

Art Department
Clara León	....	storyboard artist

Sound Department
Pierre Gamet	....	sound
Santiago Thévenet	....	sound editor

Visual Effects by
Emilio Ruiz del Río	....	foreground miniatures

Stunts
Miroslav Lhotka	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Karel Charvat	....	grip
Igor Jelen	....	electrician
Juan Molina	....	camera operator
Jaromir Simek	....	electrician
Petr Svoboda	....	electrician

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Ana Cuerda	....	wardrobe assistant

Editorial Department
Ximo Michavila	....	video colorist

Other crew
Mónica Cruz	....	choreographer
Jana Hrbková	....	production assistant
Vera Matousova	....	production coordinator

Thanks
Víctor Manuel	....	thanks

Production Companies

• Creativos Asociados de Radio y Televisión (CARTEL)
• Fernando Trueba Producciones Cinematográficas S.A.
• Lolafilms

Distributors

• Lolafilms Distribución
• Sagittaire Films (France)
• Ventura Distribution
• Warner Bros. Pictures (Argentina)
• Warner Bros. (Argentina)

Also Known As:

The Girl of Your Dreams

MPAA:

Rated R for sexual content and language.

Runtime:

121 min

Country:

Spain

Language:

Spanish | German | Russian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Iceland:L | Australia:M | South Korea:18 | Argentina:13 | Chile:14 | Finland:K-8 | France:U | Norway:11 | Portugal:M/12 | Spain:13 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Prague, Czech Republic

Company:

Creativos Asociados de Radio y Televisión (CARTEL)

Trivia:

Based on true events during the filming of Carmen, la de Triana (1938) and Andalusische Nächte (1938), both starring Imperio Argentina.

Movie Connections:

References Andalusische Nächte (1938)

Soundtrack:

La bien pagá

The 1998 Spanish film sensation

With a wonderful cast, including the divine Penélope Cruz, this movie is the best Spanish movie of 1998. As a humorous approach to Spanish actors working in Hitler´s Germany, it provides the spectator with large quantities of laughs, as well as with very touching scenes.