Revenge (1958)

Name: Revenge
Genre: Drama
Released: 1958-05-02
Duration: 104 min
Rating: 6.5
Cast: Carmen Sevilla, Raf Vallone, Jorge Mistral, José Prada, Manuel Alexandre

Revenge (1958), directed by Juan Antonio Bardem, starring Carmen Sevilla and Raf Vallone.

05/02/1958 BR Drama 1h 44m

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Synopsis

After spending ten years in prison for a crime he did not commit, Juan is released.

Mario PachecoCinematography
Juan Antonio BardemDirector, Screenplay
Margarita OchoaEditing
Manuel J. GoyanesProducer

About the film

Vengeance (Spanish: La venganza) is a 1958 Spanish drama film directed by Juan Antonio Bardem. It was co-produced with Italy, starring Italian Raf Vallone. Francisco Rabal narrates the film.

The film was shown at the 1958 Cannes Film Festival but not released in Spain until the following year. The film had serious troubles with Spanish censorship. Bardem even went to prison and it was an international scandal. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

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Vengeance (Spanish: La venganza) is a 1958 Spanish drama film directed by Juan Antonio Bardem. It was co-produced with Italy, starring Italian Raf Vallone. Francisco Rabal narrates the film.

Plot

Juan (Jorge Mistral) comes back to the village after being wrongly imprisoned for ten years. Alongside his sister Andrea (Carmen Sevilla), they plot revenge against Luis "el Torcido" (Raf Vallone), whom they believe caused their family's suffering. To execute their plan, they join a group of harvesters searching for work in the Castilian fields, where their enemy is also present as their leader.

Cast

Carmen Sevilla as Andrea Díaz

Raf Vallone as Luis 'El Torcido'

Jorge Mistral as Juan Díaz

José Prada as Santiago 'El Viejo'

Manuel Alexandre as Pablo 'El Tinorio'

Manuel Peiró as Maxi 'El Chico'

Conchita Bautista as Cantante

José Marco Davó

Rafael Bardem

Maria Zanoli

Xan das Bolas as Segador gallego

Production

The movie faced censorship issues, including a ban on its original title "The Reapers" because it coincided with the name of the Catalan anthem. To avoid political controversy, the time frame of the story was shifted from the 1950s to 1935. Eventually, the setting was placed in 1931 to relieve the Republic of any blame for the characters' hardships.

Filming started on June 26, 1957, and wrapped up on September 29 of the same year.

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External links

Vengeance at IMDb

Text from Vengeance (1958 film) on Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vengeance_(1958_film)

Trivia

It premiered on May 2, 1958, a Friday.
It runs 1h44 — a typical feature length.
Its original title is "La venganza".
It won 0 award(s) and received 2 nomination(s) on record at Wikidata — Academy Award for Best International Feature Film among them.
This film's quiz has 12 questions — enough to play more than once without repeats.