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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.
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A gentle undertaker marries an executioner's daughter and inherits his job in this darkly humorous satire of 1960s Spain. Watch the trailer, see the cast and crew, read user and critic reviews, and find out more about the film's awards and trivia.
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- Drama, Comedy
- Luis García Berlanga
- 1964-03-13
Jan 30, 2018 · With Nino Manfredi, Emma Penella and José Isbert. The Executioner Blu-ray (Amazon) : https://amzn.to/49BKjWu The Executioner Blu-ray (Criterion) :...
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A Spanish black comedy about an undertaker who becomes an executioner in Franco's regime. A satire of capital punishment and social hypocrisy, directed by Luis García Berlanga and starring Nino Manfredi.
Jan 30, 2017 · Film Review: “The Executioner” — Death Be Not Pedestrian. January 30, 2017 | Leave a Comment. In this 1963 masterpiece, Luis García Berlanga entertainingly but ruthlessly lampoons the cruelties and absurdities of Spanish life under dictatorship.
Oct 26, 2016 · As a product of General Franco’s fascist Spain, The Executioner has special significance in this regard—and Berlanga had been from the beginning a master of veiled, acidic satire—but as a product of Western civilization, it has a more general one as well.
