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Pedro Calderón de la Barca(1600-1681)

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Pedro Calderón de la Barca was born on 17 January 1600 in Madrid, Spain. He was a writer, known for The Night of Love (1927), El príncipe encadenado (1960) and Der Richter von Zalamea (1920). He died on 25 May 1681 in Madrid, Spain.
BornJanuary 17, 1600
DiedMay 25, 1681(81)
BornJanuary 17, 1600
DiedMay 25, 1681(81)
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Known for

Vilma Bánky and Ronald Colman in The Night of Love (1927)
The Night of Love
6.8
  • Writer
  • 1927
El príncipe encadenado (1960)
El príncipe encadenado
5.4
  • Writer
  • 1960
Ludwig Berger, Lil Dagover, Albert Steinrück, and Josef Fenneker in Der Richter von Zalamea (1920)
Der Richter von Zalamea
4.8
  • Writer
  • 1920
La dama duende (1945)
La dama duende
6.8
  • Writer
  • 1945

Credits

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Writer

  • Jesús G. Maestro
    Podcast Series
    • play
    • 2026
  • Steven Anderson, Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Shakira Searle, Tatanya Lowed-Spence, Jacqueline Youm, Claire Bochenek, Andrea Atwood, Paula K Long, Caitlin Rose Jurewicz, Andrea De Riso, Mira Singer, Aileen Goldberg, and Andrew Gelos in Life Is a Dream (2021)
    Life Is a Dream
    TV Movie
    • play
    • 2021
  • Ficción sonora (2004)
    Ficción sonora
    Podcast Series
    • play
    • 2018
  • Osma sednica ili Zivot je san
    TV Movie
    • play (as Calderon de la Barca)
    • 2007
  • Das Leben ein Traum
    TV Movie
    • play
    • 2007
  • La vida es sueño (2001)
    La vida es sueño
    TV Movie
    • play
    • 2001
  • Philippe Rouillon in Henry VIII (1991)
    Henry VIII
    7.6
    TV Movie
    • play
    • 1991
  • Primera función (1989)
    Primera función
    TV Series
    • play (as Calderon de la Barca)
    • 1990
  • O tapeinos prigipas Eosforos
    Short
    • play
    • 1988
  • Life Is a Dream (1986)
    Life Is a Dream
    7.0
    • play "La vida es sueño"
    • 1986
  • Teatro (1976)
    Teatro
    TV Series
    • play (as Calderon de la Barca)
    • 1986
  • A zalameai bíró
    TV Movie
    • play
    • 1984
  • All the World's a Stage (1984)
    All the World's a Stage
    6.1
    TV Mini Series
    • play 'The Mayor of Zalamea'
    • 1984
  • Zivot je sen
    TV Movie
    • book
    • 1979
  • Estudio 1 (1965)
    Estudio 1
    7.8
    TV Series
    • play
    • 1967–1979

Soundtrack

  • El alcalde de Zalamea (1954)
    El alcalde de Zalamea
    6.8
    • lyrics: "Flor de la jacarandina"
    • 1954

Personal details

  • Alternative names
    • Calderon de la Barca
  • Born
    • January 17, 1600
    • Madrid, Spain
  • Died
    • May 25, 1681
    • Madrid, Spain
  • Other works
    Playwright: "La Hija del Aire".

Did you know

  • Trivia
    One of the most famous playwrights of the Spanish Golden Age; his plays are well-known both for their unusual themes, nearly always concerning the "pundonor" (a sense of honor carried to ridiculous and controversial extremes) and their extravagant use of poetic language. His best known play, "La Vida Es Sueño" (Life Is A Dream) contains the most famous soliloquy in Spanish theatre , as famous in Spanish as Hamlet's "To be or not to be" is in English.

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