El gran Calavera (1949)

User Rating:

7.5/10   

Director:

Luis Buñuel

Writers:

Janet Alcoriza (adaptation)
Luis Alcoriza (adaptation)

Release Date:

25 November 1949 (Mexico)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Buñuel's first "comeback" film since "L'Age d'Or" in 1930 (he made only a few musicals in the interim)...

Plot Keywords:

Based On Play

Cast

Fernando Soler	...	Ramiro de la Mata
Rosario Granados	...	Virginia de la Mata
Andrés Soler	...	Ladislao de la Mata
Rubén Rojo	...	Pablo
Gustavo Rojo	...	Eduardo de la Mata
Maruja Grifell
Francisco Jambrina	...	Gregorio de la Mata
Luis Alcoriza	...	Alfredo
Antonio Bravo
Antonio Monsell
María Luisa Serrano

Also Known As:

The Great Madcap (USA)

Runtime:

USA:92 min

Country:

Mexico

Language:

Spanish

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

Ultramar Films

Buñuel masterpiece

this is not an classical Buñuel film he does not use any metaphor. film belong to comedy genre but i thought that it was not funny and it was not a good movie if the director is not Buñuel this film get a point like 3 or 2.sparazitoiler*the story was very basic its about a rich man without desire of living and people surrounding himself that are parasite. one day brother of that man decide to do show how real life is going on and the games begin.* as i said before very basic story and you can add to rich poor love in it. we can think that is 195O but there are a lot of good movies in that time. in conclusion this film is not good.