Obra Maestra

1958 People's Pictures

5 Segments, 25 Stars. 5 Cities, 5 Directors.

Director:

Teodorico C. Santos Cesar Gallardo Danilo H. Santiago Efren Reyes Gerardo de Leon

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Producer:

People’s Pictures

Starring:

Choreography:

Emmanuel Roxas

Music:

Tito Arevalo

Screening

Event: Center Theater Screening Date: June 28, 1958
Screening Date: June 29 - July 8, 1958 Venue: Premier Theater & Center Theater

News

Description: 1.Tokyo Director: Teodorico C. Santos Cast: Tessie Quintana, Eddie del Mar, Fernando Poe Jr. "A three-cornered love affair."

2. Macao Director: Cesar Gallardo Cast: Leopoldo Salcedo, Jose Padilla Jr. , Alicia Vergel, Edna Luna "Story of violent love."

3.Manila Director: Danilo H. Santiago Cast: Cynthia Zamora, Jose Romulo, Lauro DElgado, Exequiel Segovia, Lani Oteyza, Vicente Liwanag, Chiquito, Elvira Reyes, Boy Serrano "Jose and Lauro are brothers who choose a life of crime..."

4. Singapore Director: Efren Reyes Cast: Anita Linda, Efren Reyes, Olivia Cenizal, Johnny Monteiro "Efren and Olivia find the latter’s past a haunting shadow in their marriage..."

5.Hongkong Director: Gerardo de Leon Cast: Zaldy Zshornack, Shirley Gorospe, Lopito, Vic Diaz, Eddie Mesa "..." Publication: Manila Times, June 29, 1958
Description: "Filmed in five Aasian capitals--Tokyo, Taipei, Hongkong, Singapore, and Manila..."

"[The film has] 5 stories, 5 directors, 1 musical director, 1 director of photography." Publication: Manila Times, October 20, 1957

Reviews

Description: "[The song] ‘Obra Maestra’ links [all the] stories together and... [it] shows how this music affects the lives of the people who hear it." Publication: Manila Times, June 29, 1958

Trivia

Production Company:

Type:

Film / Video

Release Year:

1958

Language:

Tagalog

Color:

Black & White

Sound Mix:

Mono

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1