El Lazarillo de Tormes is a 1959 Spanish-Italian film directed by César Fernández Ardavín. An adaptation of the anonymous sixteenth century novel Lazarillo de Tormes (1554), it tells the story of Lazarillo, a poor boy who has to live by his wits after being sold to a series of cruel masters.
Plot The film focuses on the childhood of Lazarillo, a young man from a very humble family who is entrusted by his mother to a blind man to serve as his apprentice.
Cast Marco Paoletti - Lazarillo Juan José Menéndez - The Squire Carlos Casaravilla - Ciego (Blind Man) Memmo Carotenuto - Cómico (The Actor) Antonio Molino Rojo - Alguacil (Bailiff) Margarita Lozano - Antona Emilio Santiago - Sacristán de la Sagra Pilar Sanclemente - Ciega (Blind Girl) Mary Paz Pondal - Moza 1ª (Girl #1) Ana Rivero - Moza 2ª (Girl #2) Juana Cáceres - Mujer sacristán Luis Roses - Tejero Victoria Rambla - Viuda (Widow) Carmen Rodríguez - Hilandera vieja Ángeles Macua - Hilandera joven
Awards Won Berlin Film Festival: Golden Bear Premios CEC: Best Film and Best Director
See also The Rogues (1987)
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