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A Chaste Spanish Man

A Chaste Spanish Man

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A Chaste Spanish Man

1973

1h 36m

5.5(4 votes)

Comedy

Drama

Overview

Don Santiago, a forty-year-old owner of a pastry shop in Madrid de los Austrias, receives surprising news: a woman, in fact his real mother, leaves him with a brothel in England.

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José Frade Producciones Cinematográficas

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

José Luis López Vázquez

José Luis López Vázquez

Santiago

Esperanza Roy

Esperanza Roy

Inés

Mirta Miller

Mirta Miller

Norma

Patty Shepard

Patty Shepard

Verónica

Teresa Rabal

Teresa Rabal

Esther

María Isbert

María Isbert

Sirvienta

María Francés

María Francés

Doña Celia

Eduardo Calvo

Eduardo Calvo

Cliente

Mara Goyanes

Mara Goyanes

Prostituta

Emilio Mellado

Creative team

Directed by: Jaime de Armiñán
Written by: Jaime de Armiñán
Juan Tébar
Produced by: José Frade

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