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The executioner

Alberti, Guido, 1909-1996 (actor.). Berlanga, Luis García, (film director.). Isbert, José, 1885-1966 (actor.). Manfredi, Nino, 1921-2004 (actor.). Penella, Emma, 1930-2007 (actor.). Criterion Collection (Firm), (publisher.). Nino Manfredi, Emma Penella, Jose Isbert, Guido Alberti. (Cast).

A macabre farce about an undertaker who marries an executioner's daughter and reluctantly takes over her father's job so the family can keep their government allotted apartment.

DVD  - 2016
SPANISH FIC Execu
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Location
Victoria Available

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Subject
Executions and executioners > Drama.
Families > Drama.
Undertakers and undertaking > Drama.
Genre
Dark comedy films.
Comedy films.
Feature films.
Video recordings.
Drama.
  • ISBN: 9781681432175
  • Physical Description 1 videodiscs (92 minutes) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 inches.
  • Publisher [New York, New York] : Criterion Collection, [2016]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally released as a motion picture in 1963.
Title from container.
Special edition: New interview with filmmaker Pedro Almodovar; New program on director Luis Garcia Berlanga, film critic Carlos F. Heredero, writers Fernando R. Lafuente and Bernardo Sanchez Salas, and director of the Berlanga Film Museum Rafael Maluenda; Spanish television program from 2009 on The Executioner, featuring archival interviews with Berlanga; Trailer; Plus: and essay by film critic David Cairns.
GMD: videodisc.
Participant or Performer Note:
Nino Manfredi, Emma Penella, Jose Isbert, Guido Alberti.
Target Audience Note:
14A.
System Details Note:
DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital monophonic.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:
For private home use only.
Language Note:
Spanish dialogue; English subtitles.

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