''La gitanilla'' ("the little Gypsy girl") is a 1940 Spanish drama film directed by

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 ...

. It is based on the short story "

La gitanilla ''La gitanilla'' ("The Little Gypsy Girl") is the first novella contained in Miguel de Cervantes' collection of short stories, the ''Novelas ejemplares'' (''The Exemplary Novels).'' ''La gitanilla'' is the story of a 15 year old gypsy girl name ...

", from the collection ''

Novelas ejemplares ''Novelas ejemplares'' ("Exemplary Novels") is a series of twelve novellas that follow the model established in Italy. The series was written by Miguel de Cervantes between 1590 and 1612 and printed in Madrid in 1613 by Juan de la Cuesta. ''No ...

'' by

Miguel de Cervantes Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (; 29 September 1547 (assumed) – 22 April 1616 Old Style and New Style dates, NS) was an Early Modern Spanish writer widely regarded as the greatest writer in the Spanish language and one of the world's pre-emin ...

. It was the third film adaptation of the story.

Cast

Manuel Arbó Manuel Arbó (18 July 1898 – 25 May 1973) was a Spanish film actor. He appeared in more than 200 films between 1915 and 1970. Selected filmography * '' Drácula'' (1931, Spanish version) * ''There Were Thirteen'' (1931, Spanish-language ...

as F. Francis de Carcamo *

Estrellita Castro Estrella Castro Navarrete known professionally as Estrellita Castro (26 June 1908 in Seville – 10 July 1983 in Madrid) was a Spanish singer and actress. Early career Born to a humble family (her father, born in 1875, was a Galician fishe ...

as Preciosa *

Concha Catalá Concha Catalá (1881-1968) was a Spanish actress of Basques, Basque heritage and a pioneer of early Spanish theater in the early twentieth century. Early life Concepción García Paz Catalá was born on 11 February 1880 in Bilbao, Spain. Her ...

as Doña Guiomar de Meneses * Manuel González as Corregidor

Reception

The film was received negatively by Spanish film critics, who thought it failed on a technical level. It received the award for Best Screenplay from the National Syndicate of Spectacle.

References

1940 films 1940 drama films Films about Romani people Films based on Spanish novels Films based on works by Miguel de Cervantes Spanish drama films 1940s Spanish-language films Films scored by Juan Quintero Muñoz Works based on La gitanilla 1940s Spanish films {{1940s-Spain-film-stub