Claudio Guerin Hill Movies
Claudio Guerín Hill started in the entertainment industry as a writer and director of radio plays in Sevilla, Spain. He became a filmmaker in 1965 after studying at the Escuela Oficial de Cinematografía in Madrid. Guerín Hill's short diploma film, Luciano, received considerable acclaim. After graduation, Guerín Hill started working at Radiotelevisión Española where he soon established himself as a distinguished director of regular programs and as well as adapting popular plays to video. Guerín Hill made his feature directorial debut in 1969 with Los Desafíos/The Challenges. Though Guerín Hill showed promise as a filmmaker, his career was tragically cut short when he suffered a fatal accident in 1973 during the filming of La Campana del Infierno/The Bell of Hell. Director Juan Antonio Bardem completed the film, but took no credit. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
As the French-Spanish Bell from Hell gets under way, the hero released from a mental institution in which he was unjustly confined. He returns home to his aunt and his three female cousins, who had him committed years earlier so that they could get their hands on his inheritance. Biding his time and playing it cool, he plans to exacts chilling revenge. The film's Wellesian climax takes place atop a treacherous bell tower. On the final day of shooting, director Claudio Hill was killed in a fall from that tower, obliging an uncredited Juan Antonio Bardem to finish the picture. Originally La Campana del Infierno, Bell From Hell was also released as The Bell of Hell. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- 1972
This Spanish/Italian melodrama concerns the rivalry between a mother and her daughter for the affections of a rakish drifter. The mother has known his affection before, but on this particular journey through their town, he is drawn to the girl instead. He takes her to his favorite assignation place, a nearby whorehouse, and they begin to see one another regularly, until one day the mother takes her place. The girl's response to this is somewhat drastic. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi
- 1970
Dean Selmier plays an expatriate American in each story of this trilogy. Francisco Rabal and his family star in the first feature filmed at the Rabal family home in Madrid. An over aggressive American soldier tries to put the moves on his wife and daughter before he is clubbed and thrown into the swimming pool. Part two finds a hippie couple slain at the country home of a wealthy local (Alfredo Mayo) after the young woman is offered to him for money and the boy makes love to the man's wife. In part three, an American man, a Cuban girl, two Spanish students and a chimpanzee throw a dance party before the American plants a bomb that destroys everyone. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi
- Starring:
- Francisco Rabal, Dean Selmier, (more)
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