Luis García Berlanga

Luis García Berlanga was born on Jun 12, 1921 in Spain. Luis García Berlanga's big-screen debut came with Esa pareja feliz directed by Juan Antonio Bardem in 1953. Luis García Berlanga is known for La vaquilla directed by Luis García Berlanga, Alfredo Landa stars as Brigada Castro and Guillermo Montesinos as Mariano. Luis García Berlanga has got 24 awards and 4 nominations so far. The most recent award Luis García Berlanga achieved is Terenci Moix International Award. The upcoming new movie Luis García Berlanga plays is ¡Vivan los novios! which will be released on Apr 12, 2013.

Berlanga commenced his studies in Valencia in1928, although in 1929 his family sent him and his brother Fernando (due to a lung disease) to the Beau-soleil hospital school in Switzerland. In 1930, he returned to the San José School in Valencia where he stayed until 1931, the year in which the Jesuits were expelled from Spain. In 1936, while he was studying at the Academia Cabanilles, the Spanish Civil War began, and he saw active service in the riflemen's 40th Division. After the war Franco's dictatorship imprisoned his father, then a member of the Spanish Parliament for the 'Frente Popular' (Popular Front). In an attempt to improve his father's situation in jail, he joined the División Azul (Blue Division) in 1941, and fought in Russia at the Novgorod front, returning to Spain in 1942.