El bosque del lobo (1970)

Country of Origin: Spain
Year of Production: 1970
Running Times: 87 mins
Length:
Format: 35mm
Colour Format: Eastmancolor
Ratio:
Sound: mono

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Amboto Producciones Cinematográficas
Copyright: Amboto, P.C.
Production Manager: Francisco Colombo

SCRIPT
Script: Pedro Olea, Juan Antonio Porto
Novel: El bosque de ancines by Carlos Martínez-Barbeito

DIRECTION
Directed by: Pedro Olea
Assistant Director: Federico Canudas

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Aurelio G. Larraya
Camera Operator: Diego Úbeda
Assistant Camera: Nicolás Redondo
Electrician: Casimiro Dengra
Still Photographer: Luis E. Ibáñez

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: José Antonio Rojo
Assistant Editor: Eduardo Biurrun

MUSIC
Music: Antonio Pérez Olea

SOUND
Sound Engineer: Eduardo Fernández
Sound Effects: Luis Castro
Synchronisation: Fono España S.A.

COSTUMES AND MAKE-UP
Make Up: Emilio Puyol
Hair: Mercedes Guillot
Wardrobe Mistress: Lola Marquerie

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Location Effects: Syre

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Set Decorator: Pablo Runyán
Property Master: José Sánchez

OTHER CREW
Script Supervisor: Mº Teresa Font
Production Assistant: Juan Casado

LOCATIONS
Locations: Astorga, León, Castilla y León, Spain; Becemea, Lugo, Galicia, Spain; Celanova, Ourense, Galicia, Spain; Santa Baya de Bola, Ourense, Galicia, Spain; Tuy, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain; Verín, Ourense, Galicia, Spain

CAST
José Luis López Vázquez (Benito Freire)
Amparo Soler Leal (Pacucha)
María Arias (Mujer de Nicolás)
Modesto Blanch
Antonio Casas (Abad)
María de las Rivas
Inma de Santis (Teresita)
Manuel Granada (aka: Paul Ellis)
Emilio S. Espinosa
Rafael Hernández (Sacristán)
Víctor Israel (Lameiro)
María Fernanda Ladrón de Guevara (Gabriela)
Pedro Luis León (Minguiños)
Alfredo Mayo (Don Nicolás de Valcárcel)
Lorenzo Rodríguez (Benito as a child)
María Sánchez Aroca (Riquitina)
Fernando Sánchez Polack (Vilairo)
Porfiría Sanchís (Vigaira)
John Steiner (Robert)
Valentín Tornos (Saludador)
Nuria Torray (Avelina)
Pilar Vela (Sabina)
María Vico (Queiruga)

PLOT SUMMARY

A rural region of Galicia in Spain is being haunted by what appears to be a werewolf.

AVAILABILITY

Spain
Theatrical Distributors: Universal Films Española
DVD Distributors: Divisa Home Video

AWARDS

1970
Valladolid International Film Festival, Spain
San Gregorio Prize (Pedro Olea) - winner

1972
Fotogramas de Plata, Spain
Mejor intérprete de cine español (José Luis López Vázquez) - winner

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

The Ancines Woods - English language title
El bosque de ancines - working title

LINKS

SEE ALSO
Romasanta (2004)

KEYWORDS

book into film, werewolves

Last Updated: 15 October, 2008