El canto del gallo is a 1955 Spanish drama film directed by Rafael Gil.Bentley p.122
Plot In Hungary, during World War II and at a time when religious were being killed, Gans, a powerful communist commissar, saves the life of Father Miller, a former classmate. But in return he forces him to abjure his Catholic faith and go live with a prostitute. After that, Father Miller commits other sins such as denying confession to a dying man or ratting out a fellow priest. But repenting of his conduct, he returns to his old parish, where he will meet Gans again.
Cast Asunción Balaguer S. Demoslavsky Vicente Escrivá as child Gracián Espinosa César Gil as child Antonio García Gómez X. Heiss José Luis Heredia Francisco Herrera Luis Induni Julia Lajos Ivan Ljevakovich Hortuño López José Manuel Martín Jorge Ochando Alicia Palacios Mónica Pastrana Jacqueline Pierreux Félix de Pomés Francisco Rabal G. Rahn Antonio Riquelme Carmen Rodríguez Matilde Muñoz Sampedro Emilio Sancho Francisco Sánchez Porfiria Sanchíz Gérard Tichy José Villasante Lutz Wallen M. Wulff José Wyrma
References
Bibliography Bentley, Bernard. A Companion to Spanish Cinema. Boydell & Brewer 2008.
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