''Currito of the Cross'' (Spanish:''Currito de la Cruz'') is a 1921 novel by the Spanish writer Alejandro Pérez Lugín which portrays the rise of a young

bullfighter A bullfighter (or matador) is a performer in the activity of bullfighting. ''Torero'' () or ''toureiro'' (), both from Latin ''taurarius'', are the Spanish and Portuguese words for bullfighter and describe all the performers in the activit ...

. The novel was made into a movie four times.Labanyi & Pavlović p.302 Lugín himself directed a silent film adaptation in 1926.

Fernando Delgado Fernando Delgado (1891–1950) was a Spanish actor, screenwriter and film director. Delgado directed a mixture of documentary and feature films, including the 1936 bullfighting drama '' Currito of the Cross''.Labanyi & Pavlović p.302 His son ...

directed version in 1936, Luis Lucia directed a 1949 version, and Rafael Gil a 1965 version.

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* Labanyi, Jo & Pavlović, Tatjana. ''A Companion to Spanish Cinema''. John Wiley & Sons, 2012. 1921 novels 20th-century Spanish novels Novels set in Seville Spanish novels adapted into films Bullfighting books {{1920s-novel-stub es:Currito de la Cruz