Alejandro Pérez Lugín (1870–1926) was a Spanish writer and film director. He attended university in Santiago de Compostela, and a number of his books have Galician themes. His 1921 novel '' Currito of the Cross'', which uses

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as its backdrop, has been adapted into film four times.Labanyi & Pavlović p.302 Pérez Lugin himself directed successful film adaptations of two of his works during the

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Works

Literature

* ''La Casa de la Troya'' (1915),

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* ''Currito de la Cruz'' (1921) * ''La corredoira y la rúa'' (1922) * ''Arminda Moscoso'' (Posthumous, 1928) * ''La virgen del Rocío ya entró en Triana'' (Posthumous, 1929)

Selected filmography as director

* '' The House of Troy'' (1925) * '' Currito of the Cross'' (1926)

References

Bibliography

* Labanyi, Jo & Pavlović, Tatjana. ''A Companion to Spanish Cinema''. John Wiley & Sons, 2012.

External links

* * 1870 births 1926 deaths Spanish film directors Spanish male writers Male screenwriters Writers from Madrid 20th-century Spanish screenwriters 20th-century Spanish male writers {{Spain-writer-stub