El verdugo de Seville

Movie
Original title	El verdugo de Seville
Country of production	Mexico
original language	Spanish
Publishing year	1942
length	97 minutes
Rod
Director	Fernando Soler
script	Enrique García Álvarez Paulino Masip Pedro Muñoz Seca (template)
production	Diane Subervielle de Fontanals
music	Raúl Lavista
camera	Gabriel Figueroa
cut	Jorge Bustos
occupation
Fernando Soler : Don Bonifacio Bonilla Sara García : Doña Nieves Domingo Soler : Sansoni Julio Villarreal : Talmilla Miguel Arenas : Sinapismo Consuelo Guerrero de Luna : Madame Perrin Francisco Jambrina : Don Ismaelito José Morcillo : Frasquito José Pidal : Tresolls Florencio Castelló : Pedro Luis Clifford Carr : Mr. Koles José Ortiz de Zárate : Valenzuela Andrés Novo : Don Rosendo María Jordan : Rosario Aurora Segura : Presentita Manuel Noriega : President of the Court José Luis Menéndez : Rosendito Ricardo Montalbán : Jacobito Dolores Jiménez : Modesta Francisco Valera : Riverita

El verdugo de Sevilla (German: The executioner of Seville ) is a Mexican film from the year 1942. The director of this film comedy led Fernando Soler , who also plays a starring role. The script was written by Enrique García Álvarez and Paulino Masip .

action

Doña Nieves runs a guest house in Madrid. Her daughter, Presentita, is in love with Rosendito and wants to marry him. However, her father cannot lead her to the altar because he, the Italian Sansoni, has been missing for a long time and is considered dead. Nieves wants to marry the guest Bonifacio so that Presentita has a father again. But first Bonifacio has to find work. Through a friend he got the job of the executioner in Seville . He accepts the job because of a misunderstanding: he thinks he should kill rabbits ( conejos ), but in fact he is supposed to execute a criminal nicknamed El Conejos . At the last minute, Bonifacio is saved from the execution of the sentence, as the criminal is pardoned. In the meantime, Sansoni has reappeared, but marries Madame Perrin so that Nieves and Bonifacio can finally celebrate their wedding.

background

The film El verdugo de Sevilla was based on a play by Pedro Muñoz Seca . It was produced by the Films Mundiales production company and premiered in Mexico on November 28, 1942. The film was first shown in Spain on January 19, 1953. Ricardo Montalbán made his debut as an actor in this film.

literature

• David E. Wilt: The Mexican Filmography. 1916 through 2001. McFarland & Co Inc, Jefferson NC et al. 2004, ISBN 0-7864-1537-1 .

Web links

• El verdugo de Sevilla in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ David E. Wilt: The Mexican Filmography. 1916 through 2001. McFarland & Co Inc, Jefferson NC et al. 2004, p. 61.