El Lazarillo de Tormes

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.

This article is about the 1959 Italian-Spanish film. For the 16th-century Spanish picaresque novel, see Lazarillo de Tormes.
El Lazarillo de Tormes
Directed byCésar Fernández Ardavín
Written byCésar Fernández Ardavín
Produced byCésar Fernández Ardavín
StarringMarco Paoletti
CinematographyManuel Berenguer
Edited byMagdalena Pulido
Release dates
16 November 1959 (Spain)
4 April 1963 (USA (NYC only))
Running time
114 minutes
CountriesSpain
Italy
LanguageSpanish

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

Awards
Won

See also

References
  1. "Berlinale: Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2010-01-15.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.