''The Legion of Silence'' (Spanish:''La legión del silencio'') is a 1956 Spanish

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directed by José María Forqué and

José Antonio Nieves Conde José Antonio Nieves Conde (22 December 1911http://dbe.rah.es/biografias/45978/jose-antonio-nieves-conde José Antonio Nieves Conde. Diccionario biográfico español. Real Academia de la Historia. Access 15 february 2020. in Segovia, Castilla y L ...

and starring

Jorge Mistral Modesto Llosas Rosell (24 November 1920 – 20 April 1972), known professionally as Jorge Mistral, was a Spanish film actor. During the 1940s, he became a star in films produced by CIFESA. In the 1950s, he lived and worked in Mexico and appeare ...

and Nani Fernández.D'Lugo p.182 The film's sets were designed by Sigfrido Burmann.

Cast

as Jean Balzac / Paul Banek * Nani Fernández as Dana *

Joan Capri Joan Capri (Barcelona, July 10, 1917 - Barcelona, February 4, 2000) was a Catalan actor, humorist, and monologuist. His real name was Joan Camprubí i Alemany. His participation in plays and monologues made him an emblem of Catalan humor in the 20 ...

* Fernando Cebrián * Félix Dafauce as Grumko *

José Marco Davó José Marco Davó (May 10, 1895 – September 27, 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 film), W ...

as Kavenko * María Dolores Gispert as Ludmilla * Diana Mayer * César Ojinaga as Lucas * Esther Parera as Maruska * Nicolás D. Perchicot as Padre Orbinski *

Rubén Rojo Rubén Rojo Pinto (15 December 1922 – 30 March 1993) was a Spanish-Mexican actor. Early life He was born in Madrid, the son of the lawyer Rubén Rojo Martín de Nicolás and the writer and poet Mercedes Pinto. His brother was the actor Gustavo ...

as Chapeck * Juan Manuel Soriano as Yenka * Jesús Tordesillas as Josef * Tomás Torres

References

Bibliography

* D'Lugo, Marvin. ''Guide to the Cinema of Spain''. Greenwood Publishing, 1997.

External links

* 1956 drama films Spanish drama films 1956 films 1950s Spanish-language films Films directed by José Antonio Nieves Conde Films directed by José María Forqué 1950s Spanish films Spanish black-and-white films {{1950s-Spain-film-stub