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José Luis Sáenz de Heredia

Died in 1992

José Luis Sáenz de Heredia was born in Madrid in 1911, a first cousin of José Antonio Primo de Rivera, founder of the Falange. He made his debut in 1934 and shot a film with Luis Buñuel, who saved him from execution when militiamen arrested him in 1936. Having crossed over to the Nationalist side, he became the regime's official director and brought to the screen a script written by Franco himself under a pseudonym. He directed the official film school, made dozens of feature films and died in Madrid in 1992.

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