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Spanish | Saeta del ruiseñor |
Directed by | Antonio del Amo |
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Cesáreo González Juan Francisco Blanco Lavín |
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Narrated by | Antonio García Quijada |
Cinematography | Juan Mariné |
Edited by | Petra de Nieva |
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Distributed by | Suevia Films |
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Running time | 77 minutes |
Country | Spain |
Language | Spanish |
The Song of the Nightingale (Spanish: Saeta del ruiseñor) is a 1959 Spanish musical film directed by Antonio del Amo and starring Joselito, Ivy Bless and Archibald L. Lyall. [1]
Joselito is a boy who lives in a small town in Seville. He has a sister named Carmela whom he woos "El Quico". As the child has a prodigious voice, her sister's boyfriend wants to take advantage of her since he wants to marry her, to which the boy refuses. Finally, meeting a blind girl named Alicia will make Joselito participate in a radio contest to be able to pay for the operation that can restore his vision.