''Whom God Forgives'' ( es, Amanecer en Puerta Oscura) is a 1957 Spanish action film directed by

José María Forqué José María Forqué Galindo (8 March 1923 – 17 March 1995) was a Spanish screenwriter and film director. Biography He was the father of the actress Verónica Forqué and the director Álvaro Forqué. He died on 17 March 1995 in Madrid ...

. At the

7th Berlin International Film Festival The 7th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 21 June to 2 July 1957. The International Federation of Film Critics awarded FIPRESCI Award for the first time this year. The Golden Bear was awarded to the American film ''12 Angry ...

it won the Silver Bear Extraordinary Prize of the Jury award.

Plot

Set in Andalusia in the 19th century, it reflects the persecution of some people with blood crimes that they have committed due to forced circumstances. Juan Cuenca, a miner, who has killed the foreman of the mine and his friend, an engineer who, for defending him, has killed the head of the mine. All of them live as refugees in the Andalusian mountains, persecuted by the Civil Guard, and intend to embark for America. The film reflects the tradition of freeing a prisoner during Holy Week in Malaga because of the image of Jesús el Rico.

Cast

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 ...

- Juan Cuenca * Luis Peña - Andrés *

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- Pedro *

Isabel de Pomés Isabel de Pomés (10 April 1924 – 31 May 2007) was a classic Spanish film actress and one of the leading ladies in Spanish cinema of the 1940s and 1950s. She appeared in over 30 films between 1941 and 1965. Her father was the actor and spo ...

- Rosario *

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* José Marco Davó - (as Marco Davo) * José Sepúlveda *

Barta Barry Barta Barri (16 August 1911 – 7 December 2003) was a Hungarian-born Spanish film actor.Pitts p. 121 Selected filmography * ''The Vila Family'' (1950) * '' Criminal Brigade'' (1950) - Mario * ''Verónica'' (1950) * '' Spanish Serenade'' (1952) ...

* Josefina Serratosa * Santiago Rivero *

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* Antonio Puga * Valeriano Andrés * Rafael Calvo Revilla * Alfonso Muñoz * Salvador Soler Marí * Casimiro Hurtado * Adela Carboné

References

External links

* 1957 films Spanish action films 1950s Spanish-language films Films directed by José María Forqué 1950s Spanish films {{1950s-Spain-film-stub