''The Innocents'' ( es, Los inocentes) is a 1963 Argentine-Spanish drama film written and directed by

Juan Antonio Bardem Juan Antonio Bardem Muñoz (2 June 1922 – 30 October 2002) was a Spanish film director and screen writer, born in Madrid. He was a member of the Communist Party. Bardem was best known for ''Muerte de un ciclista'' (1955) which won the FIPRES ...

. It was entered into the

13th Berlin International Film Festival The 13th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 21 June to 2 July 1963. The Golden Bear was awarded ''ex aequo'' to the Italian film ''Il diavolo'' directed by Gian Luigi Polidoro and Japanese film '' Bushidô zankoku monogatari ...

. The film was shot in the Argentinian city of Mar del Plata, and tells the love story of a young, innocent woman, Elena Ezzquelia, and an older, brokenhearted man, Guido Santroti. Young Elena comes from a rich family, who immediately refused to her having a relationship with Guido, who was just a middle-class man, according to them.

Cast

Alfredo Alcón Alfredo Félix Alcón (; 3 March 1930 – 11 April 2014) was an Argentine theatre and film actor born in Buenos Aires. Widely regarded as one of the best and most important Argentine actors of the 20th century. He worked in more than 50 movies s ...

as Guido Santrori * Paloma Valdés as Elena Ezzquellia *

Enrique Fava Enrique Fava (1920 – 13 June 1994) was an Argentine actor. He appeared in 32 films and television shows between 1948 and 1986. He starred in the film ''Los dioses ajenos'', which was entered into the 8th Berlin International Film Festival. ...

as Ignazio Fuentes * Zelmar Gueñol as Leiva Fuentes * Lía Casanova as Natalia Ezzquellia *

Eduardo Muñoz Eduardo is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the male given name Edward. Another version is Duarte. It may refer to: Association football * Eduardo Bonvallet, Chilean football player and sports commentator * Eduardo Carvalho, Portuguese footbal ...

as Dionisio Ezzquellia

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* 1963 films 1960s Spanish-language films 1963 drama films Argentine black-and-white films Spanish black-and-white films Films directed by Juan Antonio Bardem 1960s Argentine films 1960s Spanish films {{1960s-Spain-film-stub