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The Girl of Your Dreams

The Girl of Your Dreams

A romantic comedy about war, filmmaking and impossible love.

19986.52h 1m

Overview

A company of Spanish movie makers leaves Franco's Spain and moves to Hitler's Germany to make a film in co-production. Soon some problems start to arise...

Directed by Fernando Trueba
Written by Rafael Azcona, Miguel Ángel Egea, David Trueba
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Top Cast

Penélope Cruz

Penélope Cruz

Macarena Granada

Antonio Resines

Antonio Resines

Blas Fontiveros

Jorge Sanz

Jorge Sanz

Julián Torralba

Rosa María Sardà

Rosa María Sardà

Rosa Rosales

Santiago Segura

Santiago Segura

Castillo

Loles León

Loles León

Trini Morenos

Jesús Bonilla

Jesús Bonilla

Marco Bonilla

Neus Asensi

Neus Asensi

Lucía Gandía

Miroslav Táborský

Miroslav Táborský

Václav Passer

Johannes Silberschneider

Johannes Silberschneider

Joseph Goebbels

Themes & Keywords

prisonernazi

About The Girl of Your Dreams

The Girl of Your Dreams is a comedy, drama, war film released in 1998 exploring themes of prisoner, nazi. Directed by Fernando Trueba, it stars Penélope Cruz, Antonio Resines, Jorge Sanz. A company of Spanish movie makers leaves Franco's Spain and moves to Hitler's Germany to make a film in co-production. Soon some problems start to arise...

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