Carlos Arévalo

Carlos Arévalo Calvet (19 August 1906 – 7 September 1989) was a Spanish sculptor and film director.

Biography

Born in Madrid in 1906, he studied sculpture at the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando.

A Falangist activist, he was involved in filmmaking during the Francoist dictatorship and directed several successful films. Notably, the premiere of Harka (1941), although the film has since been criticized as "militaristic and pro-Francoist propaganda".

In 1942, he released Rojo y negro, a film with Falangist undertones that, after a few weeks in theaters, did not receive approval from the authorities and was eventually withdrawn from circulation. Also in that year, he unsuccessfully attempted to adapt the theatrical work Fuenteovejuna for the screen.

From 1944 onwards, he focused on sculpture and eventually became a professor at the School of Arts and Crafts.

In the 1950s, he resumed his filmmaking activities, directing several more films.

He died in Madrid in 1989.

Filmography

Ya viene el cortejo (1939) Harka (1941) Rojo y negro (1942) Siempre mujeres (1942) Arribada forzosa (1943) Su última noche (1944) Ángeles sin cielo (1957) Hospital general (1958) Mission in Morocco (1959) The Two Rivals (1960) An American in Toledo (1960)