Alejandro Pérez Lugín | |
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Born | 22 February 1870
Madrid, Spain |
Died | 5 September 1926
A Coruña, Spain |
Occupation(s) | Director, screenwriter, journalist |
Alejandro Pérez Lugín (1870–1926) was a Spanish writer and film director. He attended university in Santiago de Compostela, and a number of his books have Galician themes. His 1921 novel Currito of the Cross, which uses bullfighting as its backdrop, has been adapted into film four times. [1] Pérez Lugin himself directed successful film adaptations of two of his works during the silent era.