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'El Lazarillo de Tormes' is a 1959 Spanish-Italian film directed by Csar Fernndez Ardavn. 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 (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 Jos Menndez - The Squire

* Carlos Casaravilla - Ciego (Blind Man)

* Memmo Carotenuto - Cmico (The Actor)

* Antonio Molino Rojo - Alguacil (Bailiff)

* Margarita Lozano - Antona

* Emilio Santiago - Sacristn de la Sagra

* Pilar Sanclemente - Ciega (Blind Girl)

* Mary Paz Pondal - Moza 1 (Girl #1)

* Ana Rivero - Moza 2 (Girl #2)

* Juana Cceres - Mujer sacristn

* Luis Roses - Tejero

* Victoria Rambla - Viuda (Widow)

* Carmen Rodrguez - Hilandera vieja

* ngeles Macua - Hilandera joven

Awards



;Won

* Berlin Film Festival: Golden Bear

*Premios CEC: Best Film and Best Director

See also



*'The Rogues' (1987)

References




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