Carlos goes to visit his girlfriend Juana at the asylum where she works. Once there, the director introduces him to his niece, who is obsessed with playing the harp, and to a nurse who repeats word for word what Carlos says.
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Susana Canales
Amanda
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Juana
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Fernando Fernán Gómez Director · Luis María Delgado Director Francisco Tomás Comes Screenplay
Director Screenplay
Fernando Fernán Gómez
Director
Luis María Delgado
Screenplay
Francisco Tomás Comes
Author
Edgar Allan Poe
Author
Aleksandr Kuprin
Author
Leonid Andreyev
Composer
Manuel Parada
Cinematographer
Cecilio Paniagua
Cinematographer
Sebastián Perera
Editor
Félix Suárez Inclán
Production designer
Eduardo Torre de la Fuente
First release January 25, 1954 · Produced in Spain · Original title Manicomio
Production
Helenia Films
Production
Spain
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Languages
Original title
Manicomio
Original language
Spanish
Spoken on screen
Spanish
Release dates
Spain · January 25, 1954
Premiere · Madrid
No release date listed for United States.
Spain
July 5, 1954 · Premiere · Barcelona
September 25, 2021 · Premiere · SSIFF (restored version)
May 26, 2023 · TV · TVE (restored version)
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