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'The Nightingale in the Mountains' (Spanish: 'El ruiseor de las cumbres') is a 1958 Spanish musical film directed by Antonio del Amo and starring Joselito, Roberto Camardiel and Dolores Villaespesa.de Espaa, Rafael. 'Directory of Spanish and Portuguese Film-Makers and Films'. Greenwood Press, 1994. p. 9. . Written by Jaime Garcia-Herranz with the original title of 'Once upon a time there was a shepherd' (Spanish: Era una vez un pastor) it is the last film of what was called the Nightingale trilogy, which included 'The Little Nightingale (Spanish: El Pequeo Ruiseor)' (1956) and 'The Song of the Nightingale' (Spanish: 'Saeta del ruiseor') (1957).

The film's sets were designed by Enrique Alarcn. It was filmed in the Spanish locations of Alcal de la Selva and Mora de Rubielos, as per the insistence of the writer, Jaime Garcia-Herranz, natural of Mora de Rubielos.

Plot



Joselito is a boy, with a prodigious voice, who spends most of his time in the mountains taking care of a flock of sheep. One fine day he discovers that the fruit of his work ends in drunkenness for his father and decides to try his luck in life through music, for which he associates with the cunning Peppino.

Cast



*Joselito as Joselito

*Roberto Camardiel as Peppino

*Dolores Villaespesa as Manuela, Joselito's mother

*Antonio Casas as Sebastin, Joselito's father

* as owner of the villa

*Flix Fernndez as Dueo puesto de feria

*Jos Moratalla as Crispn

*Adela Carbon

*Domingo Rivas as Don Javier

*Rosa Fster

*Juan Garca Delgado as Alcalde

*Juana Cceres as owner's wife

*Jos Cuenca as Sr. Flix

*Francisco Gmez Delgado as doctor

*Emilia Zambrano

*Mery Leyva as Camarera

*Mara Teresa Campos as visitor at the villa

*Carmelo G. Robledo

*Jos Mayordomo

References




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