El Lazarillo de Tormes

1959 Spanish film
  • 16 November 1959 (1959-11-16) (Spain)
Running time
114 minutesCountriesSpain
ItalyLanguageSpanish

El Lazarillo de Tormes is a 1959 Spanish-Italian film directed by César Fernández Ardavín. An adaptation of the anonymous sixteenth century novel Lazarillo de Tormes (1554), it tells the story of Lazarillo, a poor boy who has to live by his wits after being sold to a series of cruel masters.

Plot

The film focuses on the childhood of Lazarillo (Marco Paoletti), a young man from a very humble family who is entrusted by his mother to a blind man (Carlos Casaravilla) to serve as his apprentice.

Cast

  • Marco Paoletti - Lazarillo
  • Juan José Menéndez - The Squire
  • Carlos Casaravilla - Ciego (Blind Man)
  • Memmo Carotenuto - Cómico (The Actor)
  • Antonio Molino Rojo - Alguacil (Bailiff)
  • Margarita Lozano - Antona
  • Emilio Santiago - Sacristán de la Sagra
  • Pilar Sanclemente - Ciega (Blind Girl)
  • Mary Paz Pondal - Moza 1ª (Girl #1)
  • Ana Rivero - Moza 2ª (Girl #2)
  • Juana Cáceres - Mujer sacristán
  • Luis Roses - Tejero
  • Victoria Rambla - Viuda (Widow)
  • Carmen Rodríguez - Hilandera vieja
  • Ángeles Macua - Hilandera joven

Awards

Won

See also

  • The Rogues (1987)

References

  1. ^ "Berlinale: Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2010-01-15.
  • El Lazarillo de Tormes at IMDb
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