''Currito of the Cross'' (Spanish: ''Currito de la Cruz'') is a 1965 Spanish
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...
directed by
Rafael Gil and starring
Francisco Rabal
Francisco Rabal Valera (8 March 1926 – 29 August 2001), better known as Paco Rabal, was a Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter born in Águilas, a town in the south-western part of the province of Murcia, Spain. Throughout his career, Raba ...
,
Arturo Fernandez and
El Pireo. It is an adaptation of the
novel of the same title by
Alejandro Pérez Lugín.
[Labanyi & Pavlović p.302]
Cast
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Francisco Rabal as Manuel Carmona
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Arturo Fernández as Ángel Romera 'Romerita'
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El Pireo as Currito de la Cruz
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Soledad Miranda as Rocío Carmona
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José Marco Davó
José Marco Davó (1895–1974) was a Spanish film actor.Pitts p.307
Selected filmography
* ''Es mi hombre'' (1934)
* ''Don Quintín el amargao'' (1935) - Nicasio
* ''La última falla'' (1940)
* ''Whirlwind'' (1941) - Portero
* '' Dawn of Americ ...
as Don Emilio
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Adrián Ortega as Don Ismael
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Luis Ferrín as Gazuza
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Yelena Samarina as Teresa
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Ángel Álvarez as Don Antonio
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Julia Gutiérrez Caba
Julia Gutiérrez Caba OAXS MML (born on 20 October 1934 in Madrid) is a Spanish theatre and film actress.
Biography
She is the daughter of actors Emilio Gutiérrez Esteban and Irene Caba Alba and sister of the actress Irene Gutiérrez Caba ...
as Madre María
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Mercedes Vecino as Doña Manuela Alonso, viuda de Varela
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Manolo Morán
Manolo Morán (30 December 1905, in Madrid – 27 April 1967, in Alicante) was a Spanish film actor.
Selected filmography
* ''Carmen fra i rossi'' (1939) - Il capitano Salmeron
* ''El huésped del sevillano'' (1940)
* '' The Unloved Woman'' ( ...
as Copita
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Juan Cortés as Comisario
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Rafael Durán as Carmona
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Carlos Mendy as Pintao
References
Bibliography
* Labanyi, Jo & Pavlović, Tatjana. ''A Companion to Spanish Cinema''. John Wiley & Sons, 2012.
External links
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1965 films
1965 drama films
Spanish drama films
1960s Spanish-language films
Films based on Spanish novels
Films based on works by Alejandro Pérez Lugín
Films directed by Rafael Gil
1960s Spanish films
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