Lazarillo
Cast & Crew
César Ardavín
Marco Paoletti
Juan José Menéndez
Carlos Casaravilla
Memmo Carotenuto
Margarita Lozano
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
In Spain in 1503 the impoverished and widowed mother of young Lazarillo de Tormes gives her son to a traveling blind beggar in the hope that he will take care of the child. The beggar proves to be a harsh taskmaster, however, and Lazarillo flees from him. He then aligns himself with a priest who dispenses food for the boy's soul but none for his body, and Lazarillo once more searches for a new master. Next he encounters a squire, who turns out to be just as hungry as Lazarillo. Running off again, the boy meets a troupe of theatrical players and is befriended by the chief actor, a wily character who supplements his earnings by posing as a friar and selling papal indulgences. Lazarillo becomes an accomplice, and, although sometimes troubled by his conscience, he decides that he will join the troupe and at least insure himself of a full stomach.
Director
César Ardavín
Cast
Marco Paoletti
Juan José Menéndez
Carlos Casaravilla
Memmo Carotenuto
Margarita Lozano
Antonio Molino
Emilio Santiago
Ana Prehan
Mary Paz Pondal
Enrique Avila
Pilar Sanclemente
Carlo Pisacane
Crew
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Notes
Opened in Madrid in November 1959 as El Lazarillo de Tormes; running time: 109 min.
