List of works by Román Chalbaud

Román Chalbaud worked in Venezuelan film, television and theatre, starting in 1951 and continuing to direct, write, and produce works until his death in 2023. Though most famous for his Golden Age films, he is also renowned in Venezuela as part of the "Holy Trinity" of theater for his contributions not only in playwriting, but also in direction and production. Besides these, he wrote and created many television series and telenovelas, and occasionally acted in both his own and his contemporaries' works. Chalbaud's continuing work into his old age may be due to his affiliation with the successive Venezuelan governments, which have funded his works since such programs began.

Román Chalbaud filmography

Chalbaud in 2011
Releases
↙Films	33
↙Television series	26
↙Theatre plays	19

Film

As director

Year	English title	Original title	Country	Length	Notes
1959	Adolescence of Cain	Caín Adolescente	Venezuela	121 minutes	First film as a director;[1] adaptation of own play[2]
1963	Grown Up Tales/Tales for Adults	Cuentos para Mayores	Venezuela	93 minutes	Anthology film[2]
1971	Chévere, or the Victory of Wellington	Chévere o la Victoria de Wellington	Venezuela	26 minutes	Short film, made on 16mm[3]
1974	The Burning of Judas	La quema de Judas	Venezuela / México	97 minutes	adaptation of own play[2]
1975	Sacred and Obscene	Sagrado y Obsceno	Venezuela	120 minutes	"-"[2]
1977	The Smoking Fish	El Pez que Fuma	Venezuela	120 minutes	adaptation of own play[2]
1978	Carmen, who was 16	Carmen, la que contaba 16 años	Venezuela	107 minutes	adaptation of Carmen[3][4]
1979	The Flock of Angels	El rebaño de los ángeles	Venezuela	124 minutes	[2]
1979	Paper Anniversary	Bodas de Papel	Venezuela	125 minutes	[2]
1982	Crab	Cangrejo	Venezuela	103 minutes	[5]
1983	The Drunken Pussycat	La Gata Borracha	Venezuela	149 minutes	[2]
1984	Crab II	Cangrejo II	Venezuela	103 minutes	won Best Director in Venezuela[5]
1985	Hardware mouse	Ratón de Ferretería	Venezuela	103 minutes	adaptation of own play[5]
1986	Manon	Manon	Venezuela	103 minutes	Also producer and writer;[6] adaptation of Manon Lescaut[3]
1987	The Black Sheep	La Oveja Negra	Venezuela	103 minutes	Also writer[6]
1990	Flaming Knives	Cuchillos de Fuego	Venezuela / Spain	103 minutes	Also writer[2][6]
1990	Joseph Conrad: Heart of Darkness	El corazón de las tinieblas	Spain / Venezuela		[7]
1995	Body of evidence	El cuerpo del delito	Venezuela	75 minutes	TV film. Written by David Suárez
1995	Our lady of Coromoto	Nuestra señora de Coromoto	Venezuela	80 minutes	TV film. Written by Mariela Romero and Freddy Salvador Hernández
1997	Pandemonium, Hell's capital city	Pandemonium, la capital del infierno	Venezuela	103 minutes	Also writer, based on his stage play Vesícula de Nácar[6]
2005	El Caracazo	El Caracazo	Venezuela	110 minutes	Also producer; won 2005 Glauber Rocha Prize[3][8]
2009	Zamora, free land and free men	Zamora: Tierra y hombres libres	Venezuela	135 minutes[9]/ 204 minutes[citation needed]	Two versions exist: a shorter theatrical version and a longer cut made for television[citation needed]
2011	Days of Power	Días de poder	Venezuela	103 minutes	[2]
2015	The Insolent Plant	La planta insolente	Venezuela	103 minutes	[5]
2023	Pretty Baby Doll	Muñequita Linda	Venezuela		Post-production

As assistant director

Year	English title	Original title	Director	Country	Length	Notes
1951	Six Months of Life	Seis meses de vida	Víctor Urruchúa	Venezuela / México	109 minutes	[10]
1953	Light in the High Plains	Luz en el páramo	Víctor Urruchúa	Venezuela / México	90 minutes	[10]

As screenwriter

Year	English title	Original title	Director	Country	Length	Notes
1972	When I want to cry, I don't	Cuando quiero llorar no lloro	Mauricio Walerstein	Venezuela / México	103 minutes	[6]

As producer

Year	English title	Original title	Director	Country	Length	Notes
1987	The Years of Fear	Los Años del Miedo	Miguelangel Landa	Venezuela	103 minutes	Executive producer, also actor[11]
TBC	The Smoking Fish	El Pez que Fuma	Jorge Souki			In production; remake of 1977 film[12]

As actor

Year	English title	Original title	Director	Country	Role	Notes
1986	An Oriental Night	Una noche oriental	Miguel Curiel	Venezuela		[13]
1998		Ver a Hilda Vera				Special[13]
2015	Scrap Metal	Scrap Metal	William Escalante	Venezuela	Policia	TV movie[13]
2017		Cabrujas en el país del disimulo	Antonio Llerandi, Belén Orsini	Venezuela	Himself	Documentary[14]

Television

Year	English title	Original title	Country	Original Broadcast	Length	Notes
1953		Donde nace el recuerdo	Venezuela			[15]
1954	The Venezuelan Story	El Cuento Venezolano	Venezuela			[15]
1954-55		Teatro en el Tiempo	Venezuela			[15]
1956		La piel de zapa	Venezuela			[15]
1956	Crime and Punishment	Crimen y castigo	Venezuela			Adaptation[15]
1956		Niebla	Venezuela			[15]
1957		Marianela	Venezuela			[15]
1957		Bodas de sangre	Venezuela			Adaptation[15]
1965		La tirana (1965) [es]	Venezuela			Writer only[13][16]
1971		Barbara	Venezuela			[7]
1972		La doña (1972) [es]	Venezuela/México	Radio Caracas Television (RCTV)/Galavisión (Mexico)		[17]
1972	A Woman's Sacrifice	Sacrificio de mujer (1972) [es]	Venezuela	RCTV		[7]
1973		La hija de Juana Crespo	Venezuela	RCTV		[15]
1973-74		La trepadora	Venezuela			First TV adaptation of La Trepadora by Rómulo Gallegos[15]
1974		Boves, el Urogallo	Venezuela	RCTV		Based on a novel by Francisco Herrera Luque[18]
1979		La comadre	Venezuela	RCTV/Coral Pictures		Also writer[13][15]
1980	The Assassination of Delgado Chalbaud	El Asesinato de Delgado Chalbaud	Venezuela	RCTV		About the life and murder of Carlos Delgado Chalbaud[19]
1991	Joseph Conrad	Conrad, el rajá de los mares	Venezuela/France/ Spain	Televisión Española	70 minutes	Miniseries based on the life of Joseph Conrad; also known as El rajá de los mares[7][13]
1992	The History of Venezuelan Film	La Historia del Cine Venezolano	Venezuela	Venevisión	90 minutes	Part of the Cuadernos Lagoven series; documentary TV film co-directed with Henry Páez[5]
1996		El perdón de los pecados	Venezuela			[15]
1996		Nuestra Señora de Coromoto	Venezuela			[15]
2000		Amantes de Luna Llena	Venezuela			1 episode[7][13]
2001		Guerra de mujeres	Venezuela			[20]
2002		Las González	Venezuela			[20]
2002		Aguas turbulentas	Venezuela	Venevisión		Writer only[13]
2005		Amores de Barrio Adentro	Venezuela	Canal 8		52 episodes (all)[21]

Theatre

Year	English title	Original title	Theater Company	Notes
1952	The Young Ones	Los Adolescentes		First play; winner of Ateneo de Caracas[5]
1953	Horizontal Walls	Muros Horizontales		[5]
1955	Young Cain	Caín Adolescente		First long play[5]
1957	Requiem for an Eclipse	Requiem para un Eclipse		[5]
1960		Cantata para Chirinos		[15]
1961	Sacred and Obscene	Sagrado y Obsceno		[5]
1962		Las Pinzas		[5]
1962	Coffee and Orchids	Café y Orquídeas		[5]
1965	The Burning of Judas	La quema de Judas		[5]
1967	The Terrible Angels	Los Ángeles Terribles		[5]
1968	The Smoking Fish	El Pez que Fuma		[5]
1972	Hardware mouse	Ratón en Ferretería		[5]
1974	The Cinderella of Anger	La Cenicienta de la Ira		[22]
1980		El Viejo Grupo		[5]
1981		Todo Bicho de Uña		[5]
1981		La Cigarra y la Hormiga		[23]
1992		Vesícula de Nácar		[15]
1993		La Magnolia Inválida		[15]
1996		Reina pepeada		[15]