El Lazarillo de Tormes

This article is about the 1959 Italian-Spanish film. For the 16th-century Spanish picaresque novel, see Lazarillo de Tormes.

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.

El Lazarillo de Tormes
Directed by	César Fernández Ardavín
Written by	César Fernández Ardavín
Produced by	César Fernández Ardavín
Starring	Marco Paoletti
Cinematography	Manuel Berenguer
Edited by	Magdalena Pulido
Release date	16 November 1959 (1959-11-16) (Spain)
Running time	114 minutes
Countries	Spain Italy
Language	Spanish

Plot

The film focuses on the childhood of Lazarillo (Marco Paoletti), a young man from a very humble family who is entrusted by his mother to a blind man (Carlos Casaravilla) 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)

External links

• El Lazarillo de Tormes at IMDb