La gran familia is a 1962 Spanish classic comedy film directed by and starring Alberto Closas and Amparo Soler Leal, as a married couple with 15 children, José Isbert and José Luis López Vázquez. It was so successful that it inspired two film sequels, in 1965 and in 1979 and a Antena 3 TV movie, in 1999. Plot Carlos (Alberto Closas) has to work to feed his wife (Amparo Soler Leal), his 15 children and the grandpa (José Isbert). The children dream off having a television. The summer holidays is another trouble for the big family. Cast Alberto Closas as Carlos Alonso Amparo Soler Leal as Mercedes Cebrián José Isbert as the grandfather José Luis López Vázquez as the godfather María José Alfonso Jaime Blanch Maribel Martín Julia Gutiérrez Caba María Isbert Jesús Álvarez Luis Barbero Jesús Guzmán Valentín Tornos José María Caffarel Laly Soldevila José María Prada References External links 1962 films 1960s Spanish-language films Spanish black-and-white films 1962 comedy-drama films Spain in fiction Madrid in fiction Films with screenplays by Rafael J. Salvia Spanish comedy films 1960s Spanish films