The Tower of the Seven Hunchbacks (film)

The Tower of the Seven Hunchbacks (Spanish:La Torre de los Siete Jorobados) is a 1944 Spanish mystery film directed by Edgar Neville.[1] It is based on a novel of the same title by Emilio Carrere.

The Tower of the Seven Hunchbacks
Film poster
Directed byEdgar Neville
Produced byGermán López Prieto
España Films
Written byEmilio Carrere (novel)
StarringAntonio Casal
Isabel de Pomés
Music byJosé Ruiz de Azagra
CinematographyHenri Barreyre (as Enrique Barreyre)
Andrés Pérez Cubero
Edited bySara Ontañón
Distributed byEspaña Films
Release date
  • 23 November 1944 (1944-11-23)
Running time
85 minutes
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish

Themes

The film features antisemitic tropes as core element of the plot, namely the appearance of a subterranean city dwelled by nefarious hunchbacks, founded by Jews back in 1492.[2]

Cast

  • Antonio Casal as Basilio Beltrán
  • Isabel de Pomés as Inés
  • Guillermo Marín as Doctor Sabatino
  • Félix de Pomés as Don Robinson de Mantua
  • Julia Lajos as Madre de la 'Bella Medusa'
  • Julia Pachelo as Braulia
  • Manolita Morán as La 'Bella Medusa'
  • Antonio Riquelme as Don Zacarías
  • José Franco as 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

References

  1. Mira p.225
  2. España, Rafael de (1991). "Antisemitismo en el cine español". Filmhistoria Online. Barcelona: Universitat de Barcelona. 1 (2): 89–102. ISSN 2014-668X.

Bibliography

  • Mira, Alberto. The A to Z of Spanish Cinema. Rowman & Littlefield, 2010.
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