- Director Miloš Forman, whose parents died in Auschwitz, read a book about the Inquisition in The Kingdom of Spain many years ago and realized how mercilessly history repeats itself, so he made this film. Story ideas.
- Director Miloš Forman set Natalie Hershlag to play the heroine Ines at the beginning, because he thought Portman looked very much like the protagonist in Goya's "The Milkmaid of Bordeaux" and watched the movie "Stealing". After "Heart", it was discovered that Portman had great acting potential.
- The film is the first collaboration between director Miloš Forman and producer Saul Zaenz after 1984's "Mozart" in 20 years.
- Several scenes in the film were filmed on location at the Royal Palace in The Kingdom of Spain.
- For better effect, the crew recreated 18th-century scenes from the streets of The Kingdom of Spain .
Goya's Ghosts behind the scenes gags
2022-03-01 08:01
Extended Reading
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Inés: [model pointing at defaced portrait] Why doesn't that painting have a face?
Goya: Because he is a ghost.
Inés: No, he is not.
Goya: Have you ever seen a ghost?
Inés: No. But I have seen a witch.
Goya: Oh, did you?
Inés: Yes, but she had a face.
Goya: So what did she look like?
Inés: She was... all bent and creepy, and she...
[whispers:]
Inés: stank.
[makes disparaging sound]
Goya: That's interesting, because the witch that I know, she's... she's young, very lovely, and she smells of jasmine.
Inés: [smiles] She does?
Goya: She does. And I'm working on her portrait... right now.
Inés: [smiles as it dawns on her what he means] I'm no witch!
Goya: [chuckles] How do you know?
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Tomás Bilbatúa: [worried father, to his young daughter] You have received a summons from the Holy Office.
[she sits down]
Tomás Bilbatúa: Do you have any idea what it might be about?
Inés: No...
Tomás Bilbatúa: Where did you go with your brothers last night?
Inés: The tavern.
[shakes her head]
Tomás Bilbatúa: Think. Did you say something sacrilegious?
Inés: [shakes her head] No.
Tomás Bilbatúa: [to his two sons] Was there an incident or something they could hold against her?
Álvaro Bilbatúa: She kissed the feet of a dwarf.
[Inés sticks her tongue out at him]
Tomás Bilbatúa: [to his daughter] You did?
Álvaro Bilbatúa: She did.
[his mother scoffs]
Inés: Everyone did.
Ángel Bilbatúa: You know... they can summon her just to... testify against someone else.
María Isabel Bilbatúa: [hoarsely] Someone else?
Inés: Is there someone you know they might be interested in?
Inés: I don't know.
[shakes her head]
Inés: No.