''Nothing Less Than a Real Man'' (Spanish: ''Nada menos que todo un hombre'') is a 1972 Spanish

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

directed by

Rafael Gil Rafael Gil (22 May 1913 – 10 July 1986) was a Spanish film director and screenwriter. His film ''La guerra de Dios'' (1953) won the Bronze Lion at the Venice Film Festival in 1953 and also won best film and best director at the San Sebastián ...

and starring

Analía Gadé María Esther Gorostiza Rodríguez (28 October 1931 – 18 May 2019), better known as Analía Gadé, was an Argentine film actress. She appeared in more than 60 films between 1948 and 2001. She appeared in the film '' Emergency Ward'', whic ...

Francisco Rabal Francisco Rabal Valera (8 March 1926 – 29 August 2001), better known as Paco Rabal, was a Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter born in Águilas, a town in the south-western part of the province of Murcia, Spain. Throughout his career, Raba ...

and

Ángel del Pozo Ángel del Pozo (born 14 July 1934) is a Spanish actor. He appeared in more than seventy films since 1960. He retired in 1980, and from 1990 to 2008 he worked as a executive producer and public relations Public relations (PR) is the practi ...

.Bentley, Bernard. ''A Companion to Spanish Cinema''. Boydell & Brewer, 2008. p. 205. . It is based on

Miguel de Unamuno Miguel de Unamuno y Jugo (29 September 1864 – 31 December 1936) was a Spanish essayist, novelist, poet, playwright, philosopher, professor of Greek and Classics, and later rector at the University of Salamanca. His major philosophical essay w ...

's 1916 novel of the same name.

Cast

as Julia Yáñez *

as Alejandro Gómez *

as Gabriel *

José María Seoane José María Seoane (13 September 1913 – 7 July 1989) was a Spanish film actor.Goble p.4 Selected filmography * '' Autumn Roses'' (1943) * '' Cinnamon Flower'' (1943) * '' Life Begins at Midnight'' (1944) * '' Mariona Rebull'' (1947) * ''The Par ...

* Tomás Blanco as Víctor Yáñez, Julia's father * as Julia's mother * as Berta * Rafael Hernández as Encargado casa del campo * * as Don Rosendo * José Franco as priest * Jesús Guzmán as notary * as Socio del Casino * Manuel Tejada as Julia's suitor *Ricardo Tundidor as Enrique * *Vicente Roca *

Rosa Fontana Rosa Fontana is a Spanish actress, who was born as Rosa Engracia Sevilla Plo on January 21, 1938 in Zaragoza. She appeared in many Spanish films and TV series, and she also worked in theatre. Filmography Films *'' ¡Se armó el belén!'' – ...

*Bárbara Lis * *Antonio Cintado as Gustavo *Ángel Menéndez *

Carmen Martínez Sierra Carmen Martínez Sierra (3 May 1904 – 6 November 2012) was a Spanish actress. Biography She started working in the theater at age 16. Her first years as actress elapsed on stages in operas such as Tosca (1952), ''Madame Butterfly'' (1953 ...

as Mujer en la iglesia *

Ricardo Palacios Ricardo López-Nuño Díez (2 March 1940 – 11 February 2015), better known as Ricardo Palacios, was a Spanish actor, film director and screenwriter. Born in Reinosa (Cantabria), Palacios graduated from the Official Film School in Madrid as a ...

as Socio del casino

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* 1972 drama films Spanish drama films Films directed by Rafael Gil 1970s Spanish-language films 1970s Spanish films Films based on works by Miguel de Unamuno {{1970s-drama-film-stub