The Executioner
El verdugo
1963, Film, 90 min, Comedy, Drama, Spanish, Spain, MoviePedia score 73
An original and brilliant movie
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.
Directed by Luis García Berlanga
Cast
- Nino Manfredi as José Luis Rodríguez, el enterrador
- Emma Penella as Carmen, la hija de Amadeo
- José Isbert as Amadeo, el verdugo
- José Luis López Vázquez as Antonio Rodríguez, el hermano mayor de José Luis
- Ángel Álvarez as Álvarez, el enterrador
- Guido Alberti as Director de la prisión
- Julia Caba Alba as Mujer visitante de la obra nº 2
- María Luisa Ponte as Estefanía, esposa de Antonio
- María Isbert as Ignacia, esposa de Álvarez
- Erasmo Pascual as San Martín
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