The Executioner (1963)
31/08/1963
Comedy, Drama
1h 31m
- 76% (184 votes)
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An original and brilliant movie
Overview
An undertaker gets married to an old executioner's daughter and, although he doesn't like it, must continue the profession of his father-in-law after his retirement.
- Luis García BerlangaDirector, Screenplay
- Rafael AzconaScreenplay
- Ennio FlaianoScreenplay
Original Title
El verdugo
Status
Released
Original Language
Spanish
Keywords
- dying and death
- death penalty
- spain
- mallorca island, spain
- retirement
- hangman
- executioner
- undertaker
- wedding
- death
- grave digger
Top Billed Cast
Nino Manfredi
José Luis Rodríguez, el enterrador
Emma Penella
Carmen, la hija de Amadeo
José Isbert
Amadeo, el verdugo
José Luis López Vázquez
Antonio Rodríguez, el hermano mayor de José Luis
Ángel Álvarez
Álvarez, el enterrador
Guido Alberti
Director de la prisión
Julia Caba Alba
Mujer visitante de la obra nº 2
María Luisa Ponte
Estefanía, esposa de Antonio
María Isbert
Ignacia, esposa de Álvarez
Erasmo Pascual
San Martín
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