Welcome Mr. Marshall!

1953 · 78 MIN · IMDB 7.9 · 4,998 VOTES · DIR. Luis García Berlanga

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Overview

A small Spanish town, Villar del Río, is alerted to the upcoming visit of American diplomats and its ruling townsmen begin preparations to impress the American visitors, in the hopes of benefiting under the Marshall Plan. Hoping to demonstrate the side of Spanish culture with which the visiting foreign officials would be more familiarized, the Castilian citizens don unfamiliar Andalusian costumes, hire a renowned flamenco performer, and re-decorate their town in Andalusian style, meantime waiting for their uncertain arrival.

Comedy1950s

Dialogue Timeline — 994 lines

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00:01:53 Well, gentlemen, there was once a Spanish town.
00:04:23 He is agent, mentor, pianist and lady-in-waiting to the famous songstress of Andalucian repertoire.
00:07:00 Now he's ready to announce that Eulalia, from the mill
00:10:16 The General Delegate.
00:12:01 Simply, the Marshall Plan.
00:14:16 Del Rio!
00:17:20 from the gifts they will receive. What do you think?
00:19:08 Don't forget, I'm a pharmacist, of course I know that.
00:21:32 And after the symbolic presentation to the mayor of Naples
00:24:45 How can they be here?!
00:27:11 - Very well - Eh?
00:28:59 That due to solar reflection
00:30:54 Understood?
00:34:33 Half an hour! Are you aware?
00:36:46 - Perfectly! - Oh, good!
00:39:58 As your Mayor, I owe you an explanation.
00:42:03 We will win the prize for our welcome because
00:44:31 The good days are just around the corner!
00:51:40 What do you ask?
00:53:02 I have already said you can only ask one thing of the Americans.
00:54:56 And who knows, maybe he's listening to it now.
01:00:18 And besides, it's fairly late.
01:12:41 In reality, the petitions are reversed.
100:00:00 wheat from Canada

Cast & Characters

Lolita Sevilla Carmen Vargas Manolo Morán Manolo José Isbert Don Pablo, el alcalde Alberto Romea Don Luis, el caballero Elvira Quintillá Señorita Eloísa, la maestra Luis Pérez de León Don Cosme, el cura Félix Fernández Don Emiliano, el médico Fernando Aguirre Geronimo - el secretario Joaquín Roa Julían - el pregonero Nicolás D. Perchicot Boticario

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed994
Dialogue density12.7 lines / min
First line00:01:53
Final line100:00:00

Production Record

DirectorLuis García Berlanga
LanguageSpanish
IMDb votes4,998