- An outspoken critic of the Franco regime, his political views prevented him from gaining a diploma from the Spanish cinema institute in 1947. Thereafter, he worked as a critic and finally broke into films as writer/director of the much acclaimed Death of a Cyclist (1955), which won the 1956 Cannes International Critics Award.
- Agricultural Engineer.
- Member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1955.
- Member of the jury at the Berlin International Film Festival in 1993.
- Father of Miguel Bardem.
- First worked for the film department of the Ministry of Agriculture.
- Son of Rafael Bardem and Matilde Muñoz Sampedro.
- Older brother of Pilar Bardem.
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