Spanish cinema

The first productions of Spanish cinema were in 1886 and the first Spanish film was “Salida de la misa de dode de la iglesia del Pilar de Zaragoza” and the director was Eduardo Jimeno Correas.

In Spain, we have got different types of cinema:

Historical: It explains the big adventures of the past and they are classified into different types (colonial, medieval ages and independence wars).

Bandit cinema: It describes the lives of the bandits and invaders in the XVIII century.

Classical cinema: It show us important images of literature.

Musical: This type of cinema is very popular in the world. This kind of films consists of telling a story with music. Here we can find a folklore cinema, zarzuela cinema…

Finally, in the Spanish cinema we can find terror films, comedy and romance films…Currently, if we compare the Spanish cinema with the films of Hollywood, our cinema has got a secondary position.