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El canto del gallo is a 1955 Spanish drama film directed by Rafael Gil.[1]

El canto del gallo
Directed by	Rafael Gil
Written by	Vicente Escrivá Ramón D. Faraldo José Antonio Giménez-Arnau
Produced by	Ramón Llidó
Cinematography	Alfredo Fraile
Edited by	José Antonio Rojo
Music by	Juan Quintero
Production company	Aspa Producciones Cinematográficas
Release date	26 September 1955
Running time	95 minutes
Country	Spain
Language	Spanish

Synopsis

In Hungary, during World War II and at a time when religious were being killed, Gans, a powerful communist commissar, saves the life of Father Miller, a former classmate. But in return he forces her to abjure his Catholic faith and go live with a prostitute. After that, Father Miller commits other sins such as denying confession to a dying man or ratting out a fellow priest. But repenting of his conduct, she returns to his old parish, where he will meet Gans again.[2]

Cast

• Asunción Balaguer
• S. Demoslavsky
• Vicente Escrivá as child
• Gracián Espinosa
• César Gil as child
• Antonio García Gómez
• X. Heiss
• José Luis Heredia
• Francisco Herrera
• Luis Induni
• Julia Lajos
• Ivan Ljevakovich
• Hortuño López
• José Manuel Martín
• Jorge Ochando
• Alicia Palacios
• Mónica Pastrana
• Jacqueline Pierreux
• Félix de Pomés
• Francisco Rabal
• G. Rahn
• Antonio Riquelme
• Carmen Rodríguez
• Matilde Muñoz Sampedro
• Emilio Sancho
• Francisco Sánchez
• Porfiria Sanchíz
• Gérard Tichy
• José Villasante
• Lutz Wallen
• M. Wulff
• José Wyrma

References

Bibliography

• Bentley, Bernard. A Companion to Spanish Cinema. Boydell & Brewer 2008.

External links

• El canto del gallo at IMDb

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