''Nothing Less Than a Real Man'' (Spanish: ''Nada menos que todo un hombre'') is a 1972 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 ...

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 ...

and starring Analía Gadé,

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, Rab ...

and Ángel del Pozo.Bentley, Bernard. ''A Companion to Spanish Cinema''. Boydell & Brewer, 2008. p. 205. . It is based on

Miguel de Unamuno Miguel de Unamuno y Jugo (29 September 1864 – 31 December 1936) was a Spanish essayist, novelist, poet, playwright, philosopher, professor of Greek and Classics, and later rector at the University of Salamanca. His major philosophical essay w ...

's 1916 novel of the same name.

Cast

* Analía Gadé as Julia Yáñez *

as Alejandro Gómez * Ángel del Pozo as Gabriel * José María Seoane * Tomás Blanco as Víctor Yáñez, Julia's father * as Julia's mother * as Berta * Rafael Hernández as Encargado casa del campo * * as Don Rosendo *

José Franco José Franco may refer to: * José Franco (artist) (1920–2009), Portuguese potter and sculptor * José Franco (poet) (born 1931), Panama poet and diplomat * José Antonio Franco (footballer, born 1979), Paraguayan footballer * José Antonio Franc ...

as priest * Jesús Guzmán as notary * as Socio del Casino *

Manuel Tejada Manuel Angel Tejada Medina (born 12 January 1989 in Lima) is a Peruvian footballer who plays for Atlético Grau, as a forward . Club career Manuel Tejada came from Sporting Cristal's youth divisions. He was promoted to the First Team squad fo ...

as Julia's suitor *Ricardo Tundidor as Enrique * *Vicente Roca * Rosa Fontana *Bárbara Lis * *Antonio Cintado as Gustavo *Ángel Menéndez * Carmen Martínez Sierra as Mujer en la iglesia * Ricardo Palacios as Socio del casino

References

External links

* 1972 drama films Spanish drama films Films directed by Rafael Gil 1970s Spanish-language films 1970s Spanish films Films based on works by Miguel de Unamuno {{1970s-drama-film-stub