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The Executioner (Spanish: El Verdugo) is a 1963 Spanish satirical dark comedy film directed by Luis García Berlanga. It was filmed in black and white, and is widely considered a classic of Spanish cinema. The film won several awards, both in Spain and internationally.
The Executioner: Directed by Luis García Berlanga. With Nino Manfredi, Emma Penella, José Isbert, José Luis López Vázquez. An undertaker marries an old executioner's daughter and must continue his father-in-law's profession after his retirement, although he doesn't like it.
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- Drama, Comedy
- Luis García Berlanga
- 1964-03-13
A furiously funny personal attack on capital punishment, The Executioner evaded the state censors who sought to suppress it, and today is regarded as one of the greatest Spanish films of all time.
1963 1h 35m Comedy Drama List. Reviews 89% Audience Score 500+ Ratings In 1960s Spain, an unlikely romance brews between an undertaker, Jose (Nino Manfredi), and an executioner's daughter,...
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- Luis García Berlanga
- Comedy, Drama
- Nino Manfredi
Jan 30, 2017 · His 1963 masterpiece The Executioner, recently released by Criterion and currently streaming on Filmstruck, is a deceptively whimsical black comedy about capital punishment and the dangers of normalizing life under strongman autocracy.
Jose's reluctant take-over of Amadeo's occupation as Madrid's official executioner - reading the dreaded newspaper's crime section each day, stalling, and hoping and praying for last-minute pardons or a prisoner's sickness to avoid his official responsibilities.
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Spain, 1963. Directed by Luis García Berlanga. Starring Nino Manfredi. DCP. Approx 90 min. A match made in Heaven, as undertaker Nino Manfredi (the Italian comedy super-star), who can’t get dates because of his job, meets Emma Penella, a woman with the same problem: Men can’t get past the occupation of her aging father, the state-appointed ...