The struggles of a Spanish family as it emigrates from the country to Madrid circa 1950.
Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Luis Peña | ... | El Mellao | |
María Asquerino | ... | Pili (as Maruja Asquerino) | |
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Francisco Arenzana | ... | Pepe |
Marisa de Leza | ... | Tonia | |
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Ricardo Lucía | ... | Manolo Pérez (as Ricardo Lucia) |
José Prada | ... | Manuel Pérez (as Jose Prada) | |
Félix Dafauce | ... | Don Roque 'El Chamberlain' (as Felix Dauface) | |
María Francés | ... | La madre (as Maria Frances) | |
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Carmen Sánchez | ... | Tía (as Carmen Sanchez) |
Montserrat Carulla | ... | Rosario | |
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Manuel de Juan | ||
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Mary Merche | ||
Francisco Bernal | ... | Espabilao | |
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José María Martín | ... | (as Jose Mª Martin) |
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José Villasante | ... | (as Jose Villasante) |
The struggles of a Spanish family as it emigrates from the country to Madrid circa 1950.
It don't seems logic that Franco's ideological censors allowed a realistic history based on poor situation in Madrid in 50's early. But the dictatorship's target was to dissuade these people than want to left your rural work and change to a urban way of life while the Spanish industrial development level of these years couldn't yet get job to a lot of workers. 'Surcos' is like a Italian 'neorealistic' film, but also has a highest technical level, with influence from the European (mainly German) expressionism. A great b&w photo, and a good work of players. A 'rara avis' in the Spanish cinematography from these years. Later, the director J.A. Nieves Conde, had a sad career,so far in all ways from 'Surcos'.