"Sir Laurence Olivier in Spain" details why the British actor and director Laurence Olivier (1907-1989) chose 'those stunted Spanish trees and the silver grass' in the Madrid environs to shoot part of his film "Richard III" in 1954. Despite its secrecy, and thanks to certain sources such as Olivier's personal diaries, some secrets about the shooting are revealed. Several interviews given by Olivier and his then-wife, the actress Vivien Leigh, to the Spanish press in 1954 and during his later visit in 1957, provide additional details.

Sir Laurence Olivier en Espana nos narra por que el actor y director britanico Laurence Olivier (1907-1989) eligio "esos raquiticos arboles espanoles y la hierba plateada" para filmar parte de su pelicula Ricardo III en los alrededores de Madrid en 1954. A pesar de su secretismo, y gracias a documentacion como los diarios personales de Olivier, se desvelan algunos misterios del rodaje. Tambien nos permite disfrutar de diversas entrevistas que concedieron Olivier y su esposa de entonces, la actriz Vivien Leigh, a la prensa espanola, tanto en 1954 como en su visita posterior, de vacaciones en...