Life in Shadows

Life in Shadows (Spanish:Vida en sombras) is a 1949 Spanish drama film directed by Lorenzo Llobet Gracia and starring Fernando Fernán Gómez, María Dolores Pradera and Isabel de Pomés. It was made in Barcelona.

Plot
Carlos, born in a fair booth related to cinema, and author of an amateur film when he was fourteen years old, becomes a professional camera operator, since his entire life has been marked by that art.

He married Ana, to whom he proposed during a screening of Romeo and Juliet. When the Civil War breaks out, he separates from his wife to film some shots of the conflict and she dies in a shootout. To escape his remorse, he decides to become a war reporter, and after the end of the war he falls into depression, coming to hate cinema.

Cast

 * Fernando Fernán Gómez as Carlos
 * María Dolores Pradera as Ana
 * Isabel de Pomés as Clara
 * Fernando Sancho as Productor
 * Alfonso Estela as Luis
 * Graciela Crespo as Sra. Durán
 * Félix de Pomés as Señor Durán
 * Mary Santpere as Doncella
 * Marta Flores as Esposa
 * Miquel Graneri as Marido
 * Jesús Puche as Fotógrafo
 * Valero as Carlos, niño
 * Juan López as Luis, niño
 * Antonia Llobet as Ana, niña
 * Antonio Leal as Comandante
 * Tomás Gutiérrez Larraya as Vendedor de Films Selectos
 * Hernández as Otor vendedor
 * Joaquín Soler Serrano as (voice)
 * Enrique Tusquets as Hombre del puro
 * Arturo Cámara as Comandante
 * Camino Garrigó as Madre de Ana
 * María Severini as Dueña de la pensión