''The Grandfather'' ( es, El abuelo) is a 1954 Argentine family

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 ...

directed by

Román Viñoly Barreto Román Viñoly Barreto (8 August 1914 – 20 August 1970) was a Uruguayan- Argentine film director. Biography Viñoly Barreto directed 28 feature films between 1947 and 1966 including '' The Black Vampire'', '' Paper Boats'', the 1954 film ...

and written by

Emilio Villalba Welsh Emilio Villalba Welsh (died 7 September 1992) was a prolific Argentine screenwriter. Welsh wrote the scripts for almost 50 films between 1943 and 1987 including the script for the 1954 Román Viñoly Barreto film '' The Grandfather'' which sta ...

. It was based on the novel by Benito Pérez Galdós. Starring

Enrique Muiño Enrique Muiño (July 5, 1881 in A Laracha, Spain – May 24, 1956 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) was a classic Spanish/Argentine actor who appeared in film between 1913 and his death in 1956. Born in Spain, Muiño moved to Buenos Aires and bega ...

and

Mecha Ortiz Mecha Ortiz (née María Mercedes Varela Nimo Domínguez Castro; 1900–1987) was a classic Argentine actress who appeared in film between 1937 and 1981, during the Golden Age of Argentine Cinema. At the 1944 Argentine Film Critics Association A ...

Cast

as Don Rodrigo de Achával *

as Lucrecia Vélez *

Santiago Gómez Cou Santiago Gómez Cousillas (September 26, 1903 in Montevideo, Uruguay – March 24, 1984 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) was a classic Uruguayan - Argentine actor who appeared in films between 1936 and 1980. Born in Montevideo, Uruguay, Cou move ...

as Recitante *

Elsa Daniel Elsa Daniel born Elsa Nilda Gómez Scapatti (13 November 1936 – 25 June 2017) was an Argentine film actress. She entered film in the 1954 classic '' The Grandfather'' and made some 30 appearances in film between then and 1987. Daniel, a blo ...

as Dorotea * Erika Mandel as Leonor * Florindo Ferrario as Zenén * Enrique Fava as Prior * Julián Pérez Ávila as Pio * José Ruzzo as Venancio * Amalia Bernabé as Gregoria * Carlos Lagrotta as Dr. Gutiérrez * Alberto Barcel as Monseñor * Pedro Pompillo as Don Carmelo * Víctor Martucci as Amigo de Lucrecia * Lina Bardo as Vicenta

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* 1954 films Argentine black-and-white films 1950s Spanish-language films 1954 drama films Films based on works by Benito Pérez Galdós Films directed by Román Viñoly Barreto Argentine drama films Films based on Spanish novels 1950s Argentine films {{1950s-drama-film-stub