''El canto del gallo'' is a 1955 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. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

directed by

Rafael Gil Rafael Gil (22 May 1913 – 10 July 1986) was a Spanish film director and screenwriter. His film ''La guerra de Dios'' (1953) won the Bronze Lion at the Venice Film Festival in 1953 and also won best film and best director at the San Sebastián ...

Plot

In Hungary, during World War II and at a time when religious were being killed, Gans, a powerful communist commissar, saves the life of Father Miller, a former classmate. But in return he forces her to abjure his Catholic faith and go live with a prostitute. After that, Father Miller commits other sins such as denying confession to a dying man or ratting out a fellow priest. But repenting of his conduct, she returns to his old parish, where he will meet Gans again.

Cast

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* S. Demoslavsky *

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as child * Gracián Espinosa * César Gil as child * Antonio García Gómez * X. Heiss * José Luis Heredia * Francisco Herrera *

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* Ivan Ljevakovich * Hortuño López *

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* Jorge Ochando * Alicia Palacios *

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* G. Rahn *

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* Emilio Sancho * Francisco Sánchez *

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* Lutz Wallen * M. Wulff * José Wyrma

References

Bibliography

* Bentley, Bernard. ''A Companion to Spanish Cinema''. Boydell & Brewer 2008.

External links

* 1955 drama films Spanish drama films 1955 films 1950s Spanish-language films Films directed by Rafael Gil Films scored by Juan Quintero Muñoz Spanish black-and-white films 1950s Spanish films Spanish-language drama films {{1950s-Spain-film-stub