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Writers:
Leonardo Martín (story)
Leonardo Martín (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
28 September 1956 (Italy) more
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Awards:
7 wins & 1 nomination more
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Edmund Gwenn in his last performance more (2 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Edmund Gwenn ... Prof. Jorge Serra Hamilton
Valentina Cortese ... Schoolmistress
Juan Calvo ... Matías
Franco Fabrizi ... Langosta (as Franco Fabrizzi)
Félix Fernández ... Don Félix
Nicolás D. Perchicot ... Andrés (as Nicolás Perchicot)
Mario Berriatúa ... Juan
Francisco Bernal ... Crescencio
María Vico ... Teresa (as Maruja Vico)
Isa Ferreiro ... Carmen
Manuel Guitián ... Don Leonardo
Casimiro Hurtado ... Antonio
Pedro Beltrán ... Fermín
Manuel Alexandre ... Vicente (as Manuel Alejandre)
Lolo García ... Felipe
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Calabuig (Italy)
The Rocket from Calabuch (USA)
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Runtime:
93 min
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Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)
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Trivia:
Edmund Gwenn's final film. more
Movie Connections:
References La Lola se va a los puertos (1947) more

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Edmund Gwenn in his last performance, 27 May 2006
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Author: José Manuel Mirás Avalos from A Coruna, Spain

This title might be remembered as the last movie starring Edmund Gwenn who was a beloved character actor. The beginning is quite seductive: a professor of Physics who had been working for a government in several researches involving atomic bombs vanished. After the introduction we appreciate that the plot is quite different than the expected search for the professor... We are looking the movie from the view point of the professor who is in a small Spanish village enjoying himself with the people of the town. It is an excuse for depicting some of the traditions of the Spanish people at the time the film was shooted and it includes several critics to the Spanish government and way of life of those times. This fact may be a disadvantage for international viewers; however, the movie posses a lot of funny moments which deserve a wide range of public consideration.

This is a funny movie by one of the main directors in Spanish cinema history, Luis García Berlanga and it may be regarded as one of the truly Spanish cinema classics.

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