''Don Mendo's Revenge'' () is a 1962 Spanish comedy film directed by

Fernando Fernán Gómez Fernando Fernández Gómez (28 August 1921 – 21 November 2007), better known as Fernando Fernán Gómez, was a Spanish actor, screenwriter, film director, theater director, novelist, and playwright. Prolific and outstanding in all these fiel ...

. It is based on a play by Pedro Muñoz Seca.

Plot

Don Mendo Salazar (Fernando Fernán Gómez) sees how his beloved marries another man and he is unjustly imprisoned. Years later, he escapes and seeks revenge. Disguised as a minstrel, he manages to gather the characters who condemned him in the past and make them kill each other.

Cast

as Don Mendo Salazar - Marqués de Cabra * Paloma Valdés as Magdalena * Juanjo Menéndez as Don Pero Collado, Duque de Toro * Antonio Garisa as the king Alfonso VII * Joaquín Roa as Don Nuño Manso de Jarama * Lina Canalejas as the Queen Berenguela * María Luisa Ponte as Doña Ramírez * José Vivó as Marqués de la Moncada * Paula Martel as Azofaifa

References

External links

* 1962 comedy films 1962 films Films based on works by Pedro Muñoz Seca Films directed by Fernando Fernán Gómez Spanish comedy films 1960s Spanish-language films History of Spain on film Films set in the 12th century Reconquista in fiction 1960s Spanish films {{1960s-comedy-film-stub