La venganza de Don Mendo
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Don Mendo, Marquess of Cabra, gallant and dashing knight of medieval Castilian, is also a virtuous mandoline player and a specialist in climbing towers. But he has a bad run, all played and all lost at seven-thirty (card game), and lost his honor playing in his latest escalation of love to the apartment of his beloved and beautiful Magdalena. Don Nuño Manso de Jarama, father of Magdalena, has pledged the hand of his daughter to the Duke of Toro, and surprises Don Mendo in the room of Magdalena. To save the honor of his beloved one, Don Mendo says that no love has led him to the Tower, but he has climbed to steal. Magdalena is clean of all suspicion, and he is condemned to die buried in the castle wall. The Marquess of Moncada and other noble gentlemen, all friends of Don Mendo, facilitate his escape.
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Fernando Fernán Gómez
Don Mendo Salazar - Marqués de Cabra
Known for
Butterfly
The Spirit of the Beehive
Paloma Valdés
Magdalena
Also in
The Innocents
The Midshipmen
Pedro Muñoz Seca
Juanjo Menéndez
Don Pero Collado, Duque de Toro
Known for
The Miracle of Marcelino
Tristana
Antonio Garisa
El Rey, Alfonso VII
Also in
¿Dónde estará mi niño?
Vamos por la parejita
Joaquín Roa
Don Nuño Manso de Jarama
Known for
Viridiana
The Miracle of Marcelino
Lina Canalejas
La Reina, Berenguela
Known for
Strange Voyage
Dark Habits
María Luisa Ponte
Doña Ramírez
Known for
The Executioner
The Wheelchair
José Vivó
Marqués de la Moncada
Known for
Anna and the Wolves
El Sur
Paula Martel
Azofaifa
Also in
The Sadistic Baron Von Klaus
Robbery at 3 O'clock
Jose Vivo
Marqués de la Moncada
Lola Cardona
Marquesa de Tarrasa
Known for
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
El Sur
Fernando Fernán Gómez Director · Pedro Muñoz Seca Author José F. Aguayo Cinematographer
First release February 19, 1961 · Produced in Spain
Production
Cooperativa ACTA
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Spain
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Original language
Spanish
Spoken on screen
Spanish
Release dates
Spain · February 19, 1961
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No release date listed for United States.
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