The Tower of the Seven Hunchbacks (film)
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| The Tower of the Seven Hunchbacks | |
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| Directed by | Edgar Neville |
| Written by | Emilio Carrere (novel) |
| Produced by | Germán López Prieto España Films |
| Starring | Antonio Casal Isabel de Pomés |
| Cinematography | Henri Barreyre (as Enrique Barreyre) Andrés Pérez Cubero |
| Edited by | Sara Ontañón |
| Music by | José Ruiz de Azagra |
| Distributed by | España Films |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
| Country | Spain |
| Language | Spanish |
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.
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
- ^ Mira p.225
- ^ España, Rafael de (1991). "Antisemitismo en el cine español". Filmhistoria Online. 1 (2). Barcelona: Universitat de Barcelona: 89–102. ISSN 2014-668X.
Bibliography
- Mira, Alberto. The A to Z of Spanish Cinema. Rowman & Littlefield, 2010.
External links
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- 1944 films
- 1944 horror films
- 1940s comedy thriller films
- 1940s mystery films
- 1940s ghost films
- 1940s historical horror films
- Films based on Spanish novels
- Spanish films
- Spanish historical films
- Spanish-language films
- Spanish black-and-white films
- Films set in Madrid
- Films directed by Edgar Neville
- Films set in the 19th century
- Spanish mystery films
- Spanish horror films
- Antisemitism in Spain
- Antisemitic works
- 1944 comedy films
- 1940s Spanish film stubs
- 1940s thriller film stubs