A film set
rains, since they first
appeared on film in 1895 in the Lumière brothersâ?T Arrival of a
Train at La Ciotat, have evolved on screen as an element
related to passion, disillusion, murder, treachery and
farewells. In films featuring railway atmospheres, stations are
the meeting place where people from all social backgrounds
gather together and, in general, represent the ideal setting for
depicting the joy of encounters and the sadness of separations.
In Madrid, train stations have served as the film set for many
Spanish and foreign productions, and a large amount of films
have been (and are still) made in Delicias Station, which is
often depicted as a foreign terminal.
The following are some of the more than thirty films that have
been shot in Delicias: Life on a Thread (1945), Edgar Neville;
The Violet Seller (1958), Luis César Amadori; My Wedding Night
(1961), Tulio Demicheli; Doctor Zhivago (1965), David Lean;
Eagles Over London (1969), Enzo G. Castellari; Nicholas and
Alexandra (1971), Franklin J. Schaffner; Santa Olaja de acero
(1971), José Antonio Páramo; Travels with My Aunt (1972),
Georges Cukor; Horror Express (1973), Eugenio MartÃn; Torment
(1974), Pedro Olea; March or Die (1977), Dick Richards; Reds
(1981), Warren Beatty; Las cosas del querer (1989), Jaime
Chávarri; Lovers (1991), Vicente Aranda; Love Can Seriously
Damage Your Health (1996), Manuel Gómez Pereira; Camarón (2005),
Jaime Chávarri; Un franco, 14 pesetas (2006), Carlos Iglesias;
Luna caliente (2010), Vicente Aranda; Paper Birds (2010), Emilio
Aragón; Holmes & Watson. Madrid Days (2012), José Luis Garci�
In the case of television, Delicias now forms part of the
history of series such as Cuéntame cómo pasó (RTVE), The Time in
Between (Antena 3), Velvet (Antena 3), La sonata del silencio (RTVE),
Cable Girls (Netflix), and of TV movies such as Prim,
el asesinato de la calle del Turco (RTVE, 2014), Miguel Bardem; La princesa Paca (RTVE, 2017), JoaquÃn Llamasâ?¦
Filming El tiempo entre costuras
Filming of episode 355 of the series Cuéntame cómo pasó (RTVE). 2019. Photo: Luis G. Legido. AHF-MFM
Filming of the TV movie Prim, el asesinato de la calle del Turco (RTVE). 2013. Photo: Luis G. Legido. AHF-MFM