La venganza (film)

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La venganza

Spanish film poster
Directed by Juan Antonio Bardem
Produced by Cesáreo González
Manuel J. Goyanes
Written by Juan Antonio Bardem
Narrated by Francisco Rabal
Starring Raf Vallone
Carmen Sevilla
Jorge Mistral
Manuel Alexandre
Fernando Rey
Music by Isidro B. Maiztegui
Cinematography Mario Pacheco
Editing by Margarita de Ochoa
Release date(s) Cannes Film Festival, 1958
February 16, 1959
Running time 122 minutes
Country Flag of Spain Spain
Language Spanish
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La venganza is a 1958 Spanish drama film directed by Juan Antonio Bardem. It was shown at Cannes Film Festival, 1958 in competition, and it was not released in Spain until the following year.

It was co-produced with Italy, starring Italian Raf Vallone. Francisco Rabal narrates the film.

The film had serious troubles with Spanish censorship. Even Bardem went to prison and it was an international scandal.

The film was the first Spanish movie that received an Academy Award as Best Foreign film.

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