''The Nail'' (Spanish:''El Clavo'') is a 1944

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romance drama film 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 ...

. It is based on the novel of the same title by

Pedro Antonio de Alarcón Pedro Antonio de Alarcón y Ariza (10 March 183319 July 1891) was a nineteenth-century Spanish novelist, known best for his novel '' El sombrero de tres picos'' (1874), an adaptation of popular traditions which provides a description of village ...

Plot

Castile, 19th Century. Judge Joaquín Zarco (''Rafael Durán'') travel in a stagecoach with a beautiful woman, Blanca (''Amparo Rivelles''). It is Carnavile. They fall in love but she disappears...

Crew

Future filmmaker

José Antonio Nieves Conde José Antonio Nieves Conde (22 December 1911http://dbe.rah.es/biografias/45978/jose-antonio-nieves-conde José Antonio Nieves Conde. Diccionario biográfico español. Real Academia de la Historia. Access 15 february 2020. in Segovia, Castilla y Le ...

was the director's assistant.

Reception

The movie was a great success upon its release. In 1944, it won second place in the ''Best Film'' category of the National Syndicate of Spectacle'''.

External links

* 1944 films Spanish historical romance films 1944 romantic drama films 1940s historical romance films 1940s Spanish-language films Spanish black-and-white films Spain in fiction Films based on Spanish novels Films based on works by Pedro Antonio de Alarcón Films directed by Rafael Gil Films set in the 19th century Cifesa films Spanish romantic drama films 1940s Spanish films {{1940s-Spain-film-stub