The Executioner [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

Director: Luis Garcia Berlanga

Overview

In this black comedy, a mortician's assistant wants to marry an executioner's daughter. Her father wants to change professions but cannot, as he will lose his new government-sponsored apartment. The young man is persuaded to take over the job, but he swears he will quit before he must kill someone.

Product Details

Release Date:	10/25/2016
UPC:	0715515187312
Original Release:	1963
Rating:	NR
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[B&W]
Language:	English
Time:	1:32:00
Sales rank:	42,146

Special Features

New, restored 4k digital transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack; New interview with Filmmaker Pedro Almodovar; New program on Director Luis Garcia Berlanga; film critic Carlos F. Heredero;Writers Fernando R. Lafuente and Bernardo Sanchez Salas; and Director of the Berlanga Film Museum Rafael Maluenda; Spanish television program from 2009 on The Executioner, featuring archival interviews with Berlanga; Trailer; New English Subtitle Translation; Plus: An essay by film critic David Cairns

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Nino Manfredi	Jos? Luis Rodr?guez
Emma Penella	Carmen
Jose Isbert	Amadeo,Ignacia
Jos? Luis L?pez V?zquez	Antonio
Angel Alvarez	Alvarez
Maria Luisa Ponte	Estefania
Guido Alberti	Governor of Prison
Felix Fernandez	1st Sacristan
Alfredo Landa	2nd Sacristan
Jose Luis Coll	Organist
Xan das Bolas	Watchman
Jose Sazatornil	Administrator
Julia Caba Alba	Actor
Lola Gaos	Actor
Chus Lampreave	Woman at Works
Miguel Asins-Arbo	Composer

Technical Credits

Rafael Azcona

Luis Garc?a-Berlanga

Ennio Flaiano

Rafael Azcona	Screenwriter
Luis Garc?a-Berlanga	Screenwriter
Ennio Flaiano	Screenwriter