La torre de los siete jorobados (1944)

Country of Origin: Spain
Year of Production: 1944
Running Times: 85 mins
Length: 2700 metres
Format: 35mm
Colour Format: black and white
Ratio: 1.37:1
Sound: mono

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Producciones Luis Judes / German Lopes Espana / J. Films / Espana Films
Produced by: Luis Judez, Germán López Prieto
Production Manager: Fernando Roldán
Assistant Production Manager: Ricardo Nieto Rúa

SCRIPT
Script: Edgar Neville, José Santugini
Scenario: Emilio Carrere
Novel: Emilio Carrere

DIRECTION
Directed by: Edgar Neville
Assistant Director: José Martín

PHOTOGRAPHY
Directors of Photography: Enrique Barreyre, Andrés Pérez Cubero
Camera Operator: Andrés Pérez Cubero
Assistant Camera: Félix Mirón
Lab: Madrid Film S.A.

EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION
Editor: Sara Ontañón

MUSIC
Music by: José Ruiz de Azagra

SOUND
Sound: Enrique Domínguez

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Wardrobe: Peris Hermanos
Make Up: Antonio Florido

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Setting: Francisco Canet
Set Decorators: Francisco Escriñá, Pierre Schild, Antonio Simont Guillén
Property Master: Ramón Miró

MISCELLANEOUS
Script Supervisor: Encarnita Jiménez
Stage Manager: Samuel Cardona

CAST
Antonio Casal (Basilio Beltrán)
Isabel de Pomés (Inés)
Guillermo Marín (Doctor Sabatino)
Félix de Pomés (Don Robinson de Mantua)
Julia Lajos (Madre de la 'Bella Medusa')
Julia Pachelo (Braulia)
Manolita Morán (La 'Bella Medusa')
Antonio Riquelme (Don Zacarías)
José Franco (Espectro de Napoleón)
Manuel Miranda
Emilio Barta
Antonio L. Estrada
Luis Ballester
Luis Latorre
Rosario Royo
Julián García
Francisco Zabala
Natalia Daina
Carmen García
José Arias
Antonio Zaballos

PLOT SUMMARY

A gambler in 19th century Madrid is given an unexpected helping hand by a mysterious stranger who points out the winning numbers in a roulette wheel with his walking stick. The man is the ghost of an archaelogist looking for help to defend his daughter from a gang of hunchbacks.

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

Spain
Rating: 18

TIMELINE

1944
November
23: Spain – theatrical release

KEYWORDS

book into film, ghosts, hunchbacks

Last Updated: 15 October, 2008