El canto del gallo

El canto del gallo is a 1955 Spanish drama film directed by Rafael Gil.^[1]

El canto del gallo
Directed by	Rafael Gil
Written by	Vicente Escrivá Ramón D. Faraldo José Antonio Giménez-Arnau
Produced by	Ramón Llidó
Cinematography	Alfredo Fraile
Edited by	José Antonio Rojo
Music by	Juan Quintero
Production company	Aspa Producciones Cinematográficas
Release date	26 September 1955 (1955-09-26)
Running time	95 minutes
Country	Spain
Language	Spanish

Plot

In Hungary, during World War II and at a time when religious were being killed, Gans, a powerful communist commissar, saves the life of Father Miller, a former classmate. But in return he forces her to abjure his Catholic faith and go live with a prostitute. After that, Father Miller commits other sins such as denying confession to a dying man or ratting out a fellow priest. But repenting of his conduct, she returns to his old parish, where he will meet Gans again.^[2]

Cast

• Asunción Balaguer
• S. Demoslavsky
• Vicente Escrivá as child
• Gracián Espinosa
• César Gil as child
• Antonio García Gómez
• X. Heiss
• José Luis Heredia
• Francisco Herrera
• Luis Induni
• Julia Lajos
• Ivan Ljevakovich
• Hortuño López
• José Manuel Martín
• Jorge Ochando
• Alicia Palacios
• Mónica Pastrana
• Jacqueline Pierreux
• Félix de Pomés
• Francisco Rabal
• G. Rahn
• Antonio Riquelme
• Carmen Rodríguez
• Matilde Muñoz Sampedro
• Emilio Sancho
• Francisco Sánchez
• Porfiria Sanchíz
• Gérard Tichy
• José Villasante
• Lutz Wallen
• M. Wulff
• José Wyrma