List of films shot on the Costa Brava

Below is an incomplete list of fictional feature films, short films or miniseries that have been filmed in locations of the Costa Brava.

Year Original Title Locations Director / Studios Country Actors Description/Notes1914 Amor de pescadora o Mercedes, la pescadora o La pescadora de Tossa Tossa de Mar José de Togores and Giovanni Doria / Segre Films (Barcelona) Luis Alcalde, Lola Ojeda, Lola París, Gerardo Peña, Domènec Ceret A production based on a story by Eduard Marquina1915 El amor hace justicia Sant Feliu de Guíxols Magí Murià / Barcinógrafo (Barcelona) Margarida Xirgu, Guibernat, Dolors Puchol, Carles Capdevila, Ricardo Puga, Modesto Santaulària Filmed by Fructuós Gelabert, with the cast of the theatre company run by Margarida Xirgu and Ricard Puga1916 El secreto del mar Beach of L'Estartit, Begur, Torroella de Montgrí, Cala Farriola, Aiguablava, Paradís, Fornells, banks of Ter, El Port de la Selva Josep de Togores and Giovanni Doria / Emporium Films (Barcelona) Amèlia Grossi, Pere Portes, Geo Boronsky Drama and adventures based on a plot and script by Josep Massot i Ventós1917 La herencia del diablo Tossa de Mar and other locations of the coast Domènec Ceret and Joan Solà i Mestres / Studio Films (Barcelona) Lolita París, Tina Jordi, Alberto Martínez, Antoni Casanovas, Assumpció Casals, Juli Nolla Adventure series (eight episodes)1921 Lilian Lloret de Mar Juan Pallejá / Good Silver Film Corporation (Barcelona) Inocencia Alcubierre, Juan Pallejá A drama with Llorenç Bau Bonaplata (whose second surname means good silver in English) and Antoni Cànovas1926 Entre marinos Lloret de Mar Josep G. Barranco and Rafael Roca / Ralph Films (Barcelona) - Shot in the company's own studios and laboratory and based on the life of Catalan fishermen on the Costa Brava, with an American couple in the star roles. 1926 Gent i paisatge de Catalunya Aiguablava, Medes Islands, L'Escala, Castelló d'Empúries, Portbou, Roses, Cadaqués, El Port de la Selva, Llançà Josep Gaspar / Cinematogràfiques Ginesta (Barcelona) - 1927 Baixant de la Font del Gat o La Marieta de l'ull viu Hostalric and Blanes Josep Amich and Bert Amichatis / Ediciones J. Alfonso (Barcelona) Josep Santpere, Jaume Devesa, Marina Torres, Alexandre Nolla, Enric Guitart, Rosita Hernáez, Ricard Alís, Francesc Tressols, Blanquita Muñoz Based on a plot and script by Amichatis and Gastó A. Màntua, which draws on the popular Catalan song and cartoon. The Catalan language is used for the titles and the sung parts. It was released in Spanish as “La moza del cantar”1927 Lo más sublime Tossa de Mar, Lloret de Mar and Blanes Enrique Ponsá / Producciones ELA (Barcelona) Mercè Domènech, Valeriano Cortés, Antoni B. de Vila, Antoni Granell, Eduard de C. Tarragó, Enric Filló, Jaume Reixach, Juli Payà, Luisa Vivarelli, Rosita Ponsá Written, produced and artistically directed by the director himself1927 La tía Ramona Sant Feliu de Guíxols and other locations on the Costa Brava Nick Winter and Francesc Gargallo / Edición Nacional Gaumont (Barcelona) Ángeles Guart, María Luisa Rodríguez, Josep Acuaviva, Luisa Fernanda Sala, Maria Lluïsa Gargallo, Tomás Cola Based on a plot by the latter, who also produced the sets1927 La puntaire Santa Cristina d'Aro and Lloret de Mar Josep Claramunt and Fructuós Gelabert Teresa Pujol, Joan Xuclà, Llorenç Adrià, Joan Formiguera, Teresa Martí, Carme Prats, Llorenç Gibert Based on the comedy of the same title by Tomàs Ribas i Julià, which was inspired in its turn by the poem by Manuel Ribot i Serra1930 L'Âge d'Or Cap de Creus Luis Buñuel Gaston Modot, Lya Lys, Caridad de Laberdesque, Max Ernst, Josep Llorens Artigas, Lionel Salem, Germaine Noizet, Duchange Scripted by the director from the novel of the same title by Pedro Mata, concerning love-affair tangles1930 Un chien andalou Costa Brava Luis Buñuel Simone Mareuil, Pierre Batcheff, Salvador Dalí, Robert Hommet The second flagship film from Buñuel, the filmmaker from Calanda, produced by the French viscount and patron Charles de Noailles. Salvador Dalí made a substantial contribution to the script in the form of ideas, this being immediately apparent in the shots, symbolism and metaphors, which feature a strong surreal element. The initial title was “The icy water of egotistical calculation”, an expression borrowed from The Communist Manifesto.1932 El hombre que se reía del amor Tossa de Mar Benito Perojo / Star Film (Barcelona) Rafael Rivelles, María Fernanda Ladrón de Guevara, Ricardo Núñez, Rosita Díaz Gimeno, Gabriel Algara and Antoñita Colomé Scripted by the director from the novel of the same title by Pedro Mata, concerning love-affair tangles1933 El cafè de la Marina El Port de la Selva Domènec Pruna / Orphea Film (Barcelona) Pere Vantaiols (Catalan version), Rafael Rivelles (Spanish version), Gilberta Rougé, Rafael Moragas, Moraguetes, Sebastià Gasch, Paquita Torres, Genoveva Ginestà, Ramon Tort, Teodor Busquets, Ricard Gascon, Rosita de Cabo Based on the play of the same title by Josep Maria de Sagarra and adapted by the director, who was the brother of Pere Pruna, the latter taking charge of the café sets in which much of the story unfolds. The film was shot alternating Catalan and Spanish, with different actors for each. El Port de la Selva was the setting for much of the filming, particularly the beach and sea scenes with seamen, some of whom were the real thing and acting as extras. It is the first ever commercial film with the dialogue entirely in Catalan 1935 ¡Abajo los hombres! Sant Feliu de Guíxols (Boulevard and around the hermitage of Sant Elm) Josep Maria Castellví / Ediciones y Distribuciones Cinematográficas, SA (Barcelona) Pierre Clarel, Carmelita Aubert, Alexandre Nolla, Tina Vidal, Libya Dimas, Samuel Crespo, Agustina Gratacós, Maruja Sanchiz A musical comedy based on the operetta S.O.S. by Pierre Clarel, adapted for the screen by Valentín R. González1940 Muñequita Calella de Palafrugell, Aiguablava and Camprodon Ramon Quadreny i Orellana / Levante Films (Valencia) Alfonsina de Saavedra, Rafael Durán, Leonor Fábregas, Francisco de A. Villagómez, Josita Hernán, Pedro Hidalgo, Pere Mascaró, Remée Meléndez, Teresa Molgosa, Luis Rocaberty, Amparo Romo, Amparo Saus, José Torró Comedy based on the romantic novel of the same title by Rafael Pérez y Pérez. A princess falls in love with a sailor, who turns out to be the heir to a principality1944 La llamada del mar Cadaqués, Roses and Palamós José Millán / Helios Films (Paris) Jorge Mistral, Maraly Aloy, Juan Monfort, Ana Morera, César Delgado, Arturo Cámara, Mercedes Fusté, Miguel Garcia A drama with a seafaring atmosphere. It was shot essentially in Cadaqués (Ció's trap appears – the one she used to bring milk from the Perafita farm to his customers in the village)1946 Costa Brava o Tormenta de almas Girona, Lake of Banyoles, Palamós, Calella de Palafrugell, Aiguablava, Sant Feliu de Guíxols, S'Agaró Julio Fleischner / Concordia Films (Barcelona) Josep Vivó, Alfonso Muñoz, Sílvia Morgan, Alfonso Cámara, Juan Muñiz A drama to a script by Ricardo Mazo and Alonso Pesquera1947 Las tinieblas quedaron atrás S'Agaró Miquel Iglesias / Acor (Barcelona) Rina Celi, Ángel Picazo, Oswaldo Genazzani, José María Lado, Sílvia Morgan Based on the radio play “Sonrisa de terciopelo” by Lluís G. de Blain1947 La sirena negra Coves of Begur and a stately home in the town Carlos Serrano de Osma / Producciones Boga Fernando Fernán Gómez, Anita Farra, Ramon Martori, Isabel de Pomés, José María Lado, Maruja Asquerino, Fernando Sancho, Modest Cid A drama based on the novel by Emilia Pardo Bazán1948 En un rincón de España Girona, Tossa de Mar and Tamariu Jerónimo Mihura / Emisora Films-Procisa (Barcelona) Adriano Rimoldi, Blanca de Silos, Mery Martin, Carlos Agosti, Juan de Landa, Conrado San Martín, Josep Bruguera, Juan Manuel Soriano, Pepe Isbert Shot in cinefotocolor and based on a story by Manuel Tamayo, Juli Coll and Joan Lladó1948 Rostro al mar Cadaqués Carlos Serrano de Osma / Titán Films (Barcelona) Eulàlia Montero, Carlo Tamberlani, Camino Garrigó, Paco Megares, Lili Vicenti, Josep Bruguera, Antonio Bofarull, Fortunato Garcia, Francisco Melgares Melodrama and maritime adventures ranging between Marseille and the Costa Brava1948 Mi hija Verónica Lake of Banyoles and S'Agaró Enrique Gómez Bascuas / Aureliano Campa-Olimpia (Barcelona) Margarita Andrey, Fernando Nogueras, Sílvia Morgan, Guillermo Marín, Maruchi Fresno A drama based on the novel by Elisabeth Mulder1951 Pandora and the Flying Dutchman Tossa de Mar (beaches of Platja Gran, Vila Vella, Mar Menuda, Es Codolar, and church and Tower of Homage), Girona (bullring), Palamós (beach of Castell), Castell-Platja d'Aro and S'Agaró Albert Lewin / Romulus Film (USA) Ava Gardner, James Mason, Nigel Patrick, Sheila Sim, Harold Warrender, Mario Cabré, Marius Goring That was filmed exclusively on the Costa Brava. This shooting also brought over Frank Sinatra himself, jealous at the relationship that was rumored to have arisen between the star and the bullfighter Mario Cabré1951 Niebla y sol Aiguablava José María Forqué / Producciones Ariel The ballet of Antonio and Rosario, Carlos Muñoz, Asunción Sancho, José María Mompín, Paco Melgares, María Dolores Pradera and the ballet of Sacha Goudine A tragedy based on the play “El infierno frío” by Horacio Ruiz de la Fuente, adapted by the film's director and Pere Lazaga1952 Decameron Nights Beach of Sant Francesc, Blanes Hugo Fregonese / Gate Studios (Hertfordshire) Joan Fontaine, Louis Jourdan, Godfrey Tearle, Joan Collins, Binnie Barnes, Meinhart Maur An English production recounting various stories of gallantry by Bocaccio, the caravels originally built for the film Alba de América (1951, Juan de Orduña) were taken there from Barcelona1953 Hochzeit auf Reisen Tossa de Mar, Sant Feliu de Guíxols and S'Agaró Paul Verhoeven and Erich Morawsky Ilse Bally, Karlheinz Böhm, Gert Fröbe, Gardy Granass, Walter Gross A joint production with Germany1953 La hija del mar Cadaqués and El Port de la Selva Antoni Momplet / IFISA (Barcelona) Virgílio Teixeira, Isabel de Castro, Manuel Luna, Carlos Otero, Juny Orly, Mercè de la Aldea, Jesús Colomer, Emilio Fábregas, Luis Induni Based on the text of the same title by Àngel Guimerà1954 Contraband Spain Blanes Lawrence Huntington and Juli Salvador / Balcazar Producciones Cinematográficas (Barcelona) and Diadem Films (California) Richard Greene, Anouk Aimée, José Nieto, Alfonso Estela, Conrado San Martín, Antonio Amorós, Michael Denison, John Warwick, Philip Saville A spy crime film1954 Mr. Arkadin (Confidential Report) Sant Feliu de Guíxols: S'Agaró, Hostal de La Gavina, the loggia and cliffs environments Orson Welles Paola Mori, Robert Arden, Amparo Rivelles, Mischa Auer, Katina Paxinou, Michael Redgrave, Patricia Medina, Akim Tamiroff A co-production between Spain, Switzerland and France1956 Rapsodia de sangre Girona (La Devesa) and L'Escala Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi, (Barcelona) Vicente Parra, Maria Rosa Salgado, Albert Helm, Lidia Baarova, Tomás Blanco, Jesús Colomer, Margarita Lozano, Carles Lloret Hungary after the Soviet invasion1956 The Spanish Gardener Palamós: La Planassa before the port, Ribera modernist house and beach of Castell; Sant Feliu de Guíxols: arch of Sant Benet, Monticalvari, Can Ribot, in Boulevard of Mar and S'Agaró; Tossa de Mar; Gavarres; Girona: Stone Bridge (Pont de Pedra); Camprodon Philip Leacock / Pinewood Studios (Buckinghamshire) Dirk Bogarde, Jon Whiteley, Michael Hordern, Cyril Cusack, Maureen Swanson, Lyndon Brook, Josephine Griffin, Bernard Lee Based on the novel by A. J. Cronin1956 Juanillo, papá y mamá Arbúcies (castle, La Capella square, waterfall of La Dona d’Aigua, field of Fogueres, etc.), Camprodon and Llagostera Juli Salvador and Joan Alberto i Soler Conrado San Martín, Lina Rosales, Josep Goula, Carmen Pardo, Jaime Avellán, Julia Caba Alba, Joan Capri, Carmen López Lagar, Miguel Ángel Rodríguez A “film starring a child”1958 Su desconsolada esposa Cale