El Lazarillo de Tormes
El Lazarillo de Tormes is a 1959 Spanish-Italian film directed by César Fernández Ardavín. An adaptation of the anonymous sixteenth century novel Lazarillo de Tormes, 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, a young man from a very humble family who is entrusted by his mother to a blind man to serve as his apprentice.Cast
- Marco Paoletti - Lazarillo
- Juan José Menéndez - The Squire
- Carlos Casaravilla - Ciego
- Memmo Carotenuto - Cómico
- Antonio Molino Rojo - Alguacil
- Margarita Lozano - Antona
- Emilio Santiago - Sacristán de la Sagra
- Pilar Sanclemente - Ciega
- Mary Paz Pondal - Moza 1ª
- Ana Rivero - Moza 2ª
- Juana Cáceres - Mujer sacristán
- Luis Roses - Tejero
- Victoria Rambla - Viuda
- Carmen Rodríguez - Hilandera vieja
- Ángeles Macua - Hilandera joven