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.
Direction
Berlanga's long takes let dread and comedy breathe together.
Acting
José Isbert's hangman: jolly, terrifying, impossibly human.
Writing
Dialogue so sharp it cut through Francoist censorship.
Director
Luis García Berlanga
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
Xan das Bolas
Guarda de la obra
José Orjas
Marqués
José María Prada
Vigilante con botella de champán
Félix Fernández
Organista
Antonio Ferrandis
Funcionario de prisiones
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot under Franco's regime with government funding, yet savagely mocked capital punishment—somehow released uncensored.
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