Un adulterio decente (1969)

Director:

Rafael Gil

Writers:

Enrique Jardiel Poncela (book), Rafael J. Salvia

Stars:

Carmen Sevilla, Fernando Fernán Gómez, Manolo Gómez Bur

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Carmen Sevilla	...	Fernanda
Fernando Fernán Gómez	...	Doctor Leopoldo Cumberri
Manolo Gómez Bur	...	Melecio
Don Jaime de Mora y Aragón	...	Eduardo Bernal
Andrés Pajares	...	Federico Latorre
José Orjas	...	Eladio
Guadalupe Muñoz Sampedro	...	Baruti
Matilde Muñoz Sampedro	...	Magdalena
Mary Begoña	...	Emiliana
Venancio Muro	...	Raigoso
María Isbert	...	Antonia
Julio Riscal	...	Paco
Rosa Palomar	...	Patro (as Rosita Palomares)
Manuel Alexandre	...	Joaquín Renovales
Erasmo Pascual	...	Doctor #1

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

based on book

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

Spain

Language:

Spanish

Release Date:

25 August 1969 (Spain)

Box Office

Gross:

ESP 22,503,704 (Spain)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Coral Producciones Cinematográficas

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

User Reviews

Irregular adaptation of a great play

"Un adulterio decente" is one of the most original plays by Enrique Jardiel Poncela. The plot twists several times and it is full of beautiful paradoxes.

The film has several problems: the main one, they try to make the film look modern by using many 1960s artifacts. That makes the film look dated. It is much better to see the play, but that is seldom possible.

Among the actors, the great Fernando Fernán Gómez plays Cumberri, the main character sustaining the play. Mora de Aragón, a reputed playboy of noble origin, plays the husband, and Carmen Sevilla, little past her heyday, plays the role of a wife whose character seems not to be too far from hers.