Raphael
Also Known As: Rafael, Rafael Martos, Raphäel, Raphael Martos, Miguel Rafael Martos Sánchez
Biography: Miguel Rafael Martos Sánchez, simply referred to as Raphael, is a Spanish singer and television, film and theater actor. Raphael is recognized as one of the most successful Spanish singers in the world. He is nicknamed both El Ruiseñor de Linares, El Divo de Linares and El Niño. His family moved to Madrid when he was nine months old, and he started singing when he was just three. He joined a children's choir at age four. When he was nine, he was recognized as the best child voice in Europe at a contest in Salzburg, Austria. His two idols were US singer Elvis Presley and French diva Edith Piaf. He began his professional career by singing with the Dutch record label Philips. He adopted his own peculiar singing style from the beginning; he is known for acting each one of his songs while on stage, emphasizing his gestures with high dramatic effect. It is not unusual for him to ad lib lyrics as to localize a song depending on the venue he's singing at. He also possesses a wide vocal range, which he often used in the beginning of his career as to evoke a choirboy approach to some songs. When he was nineteen, he won first, second and third awards at the famous Benidorm International Song Festival, Spain, in 1962 and 1963. After a brief relation with Barclay record label, he signed a contract with Hispavox recording company, and began a long artistic relationship with the musical director of this label, the late, talented Argentinian orchestrator Waldo de los Ríos and intensify the partnership with outstanding Spanish songwriter Manuel Alejandro.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Linares, Spain
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Raphael: desde Rusia con amor
Overview: The fantastic story of how in 1970 the Spanish singer Raphael became a renowned artist in the Soviet Union, where he held concerts that attracted huge crowds, despite the Cold War and the systematic veto that the authorities normally imposed on artists from the other side of the implacable Iron Curtain.
Genres: Documentary History Music
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2021-05-13
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When You Are Not Here
Overview: The film is slightly autobiographical, Raphael is trying to find fame and fortune as a popular singer in Spain until he teams up with an up and coming Spanish composer which helps him become a popular singer in Spain.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1966-12-12
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Let Them Talk
Overview: Raphael plays a singer who searches for his classical pianist brother in Buenos Aires, with the brother eventually revealed playing in the squalid bar.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1968-04-14
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Cruce de caminos
Overview: An account of the life and work of the singer and songwriter Miguel Ríos, pioneer and true icon of Spanish rock music.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2022-03-20
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Raphael: 50 años después - En directo y al completo
Overview: Performed at Las Ventas Spain, In celebration of Raphael's 50th anniversary as a performer, this comprehensive collection offers incredible videos from throughout his career. The vaunted Spanish singer and actor first hit the stage as a toddler, and has since played with the biggest Latin artists such as Juanes, Rocio Jurado, Miguel Bose, and many more. 50 ANOS DESPUES features 18 hits including "A Mia Minera," "Cantares," and "Adoro."
Genres: Music
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2009-05-07
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Raphaelismo
Overview: Raphael is one of the most prolific, followed & adored spanish artists in the world. This documentary takes us across his childhood, early years, his home & family, glory, transplant and reinvention as singer & actor in 60 yrs of legacy.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2022-01-13
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El golfo
Overview: Tired of the monotony of her work, Mary O'Hara, executive of an important American company, travels to Acapulco for a few days in search of love and adventure. On the beach, her high hopes fade, since she only meets unscrupulous playboys. She declines all offers she gets until she meets Pancho el Golfo, a young man who makes a living as he can.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1969-10-17
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Al ponerse el sol
Overview: A famous singer and actor is at the peak of his career but fatigue, stress and harassment of the media makes feel unbalanced. His star began to fall rapidly and so goes into a clinic to cure his pain. Coming out, away from his audience, will spend some time at a house that is in the North, to the seashore. There he feels haunted by the story of characters who have lived in a nearby house, in one of which identifies his former secretary.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1967-10-09
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Volveré a nacer
Overview: Mónica, the manager and wife of singer Álex, plans a publicity stunt that goes awry. When her husband shoots a rival singer with a gun supposedly filled with blanks, the singer is killed with live ammo. Álex and Mónica then goes into hiding while trying to find out who set them up.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1973-09-27
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Sin un adiós
Overview: Mario Leyva, famous singer in full glory harassed every day more for his "fans", takes the life that they allow him, dedicated to his art and directed professionally by his "manager". His popularity makes him be mixed in the advertising of a brand of cigarettes by advertising phrases that repeat themselves in all the languages.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1970-09-17
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The Angel
Overview: A Spanish singer, known as "El Ángel", owner of a nightclub, lives a double life as an expert in alarms for gangs of thieves. In his last robbery, he betrays his partners, and his lover is kidnapped and he is blackmailed. Thinking that she has betrayed him, he abandons her to her fate. Finally, she committed suicide. El Ángel reconsiders his life and decides to become a monk. But his former life will meet him within the walls of the monastery.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1969-10-20
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Homenaje María Teresa Campos
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Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2024-01-05
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My Big Night
Overview: Coslada, near Madrid, Spain, October 2015. Hundreds of extras are trapped in a huge stage where they pretend with hysterical joy that they are celebrating a party that will be broadcast on television on New Year's Eve. But more than a week later, the clash between several staff members threatens to prolong indefinitely such a maddening nightmare.
Genres: Comedy Music Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2015-10-23
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Ven a mi casa esta Navidad
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Genres: Music
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2015-12-24
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Raphael, de tanta gente
Overview: Raphael performs some of his greatest hits and songs from his newest album alongside artists such as Pablo López, Nathy Peluso, Mónica Naranjo, Ricardo Montaner, Guitarricadelafuente, Fredi Leis, Israel Fernández, and Ana Mena.
Genres: Music
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2022-12-25
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Carlos Rivera: leyendas
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Original Language: es
Release Date: 2022-05-20
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Todo melódicos
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Genres: Music
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2006-07-18
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Execution: A Story of Mary
Overview: This film is in effect a slideshow of exquisite single photographic images in sparkling black and white, representing Mikesch’s own version of Mary Stuart. “The drama of a woman who attempted a kind of liberal emancipation in a time of upheaval, but got caught in the snares of men,” in her words. Confronted with layers and layers of conflicting information about “how it really was” Mikesch decided not to try to be a historian, but to radicalise the narrative and condense it into striking images of passion, power, love, pain and death.
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Original Language: de
Release Date: 1979-02-27
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Rafael en Raphael
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1975-03-28
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The Twins
Overview: Twins separated at birth are reunited 12 years later.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1963-01-01
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The Last Circus
Overview: A trapeze artist must decide between her lust for Sergio, the Happy Clown, or her affection for Javier, the Sad Clown, both of whom are deeply disturbed.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Drama Horror Thriller
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2010-12-17
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Ritmo, amor y primavera
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Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1981-01-29
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Waldo
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2024-11-15
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Rocío Siempre
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Genres: Music
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2006-06-16
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