Release Date

11 Oct, 1959

Runtime

00:29: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

This excellent short film written by the magnificent filmmaker duo of Luis García Berlanga and screenwriter Rafael Azcona was to be part of a series entitled Los Pícaros (The Rogues) which was never continued. These two artists were responsible for such masterpieces of Spanish cinema as Plácido and El verdugo (The Executioner). Here, Berlanga and Azcona collaborated for the first time, setting the stage for the post-war "Berlanguiana" vision that would develop. José Luis López Vázquez plays Julián, a seedy swindler, who with his cronies tries to sell a streetcar to a rich but naive farmer, a newcomer to the city. High jinx ensue. With this film begins the great stage of Berlanga's filmmaking in which he mixes a little social criticism and notes of anti-clericalism with a great deal of farce.

Original Title

Se vende un tranvía

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Actors

José Luis López Vázquez

Antonio García Quijada

María Luisa Ponte

Antonio Martínez

Goyo Lebrero

Chus Lampreave

José María Tasso

Luis García Berlanga

Pedro Beltrán

Luis Ciges

Jesús Martín Heredia

Luis Marín

Lorenzo Robledo

José Orjas

Xan das Bolas

Lorenzo Villanueva Fernández

Simón Ramírez Fernández

José María Rodríguez

Crew

Juan Estelrich March

Luis García Berlanga

Rafael Azcona

Roque Millán

Francisco Regueiro

Luis Puig

Pablo Tallaví

Miguel Guzmán

Faustino Garcinuño

Francisco Sempere

María Moro

Ramón Sempere

José María Batllé

Enrique Vidal