Sonatas

Sonatas (Spain / Mexico, 1959 / Director: Juan Antonio Bardem)

This is a Eurowestern

• Runtime: 109 min.
• Release Date: 1959

Cast and Crew

• Cast: María Félix (La Niña Chole), Francisco Rabal (marquis Javier de Bradomín), Aurora Bautista (Concha), Fernando Rey (captain Casares), Carlos Rivas (Juan Guzmán), Ignacio López Tarso (chief of guerrillas), Carlos Casaravilla (the count of Brandeso), David Reynoso (lieutenant Elizondo), Nela Conjiu (crazy young woman), Manuel Alexandre (lieutenant Andrade), Ada Carrasco (Nana), José Torvay (second sergeant), Matilde Muñoz Sampedro (Candelaria), Rafael Bardem (Juan Manuel Montenegro), Enrique Lucero (the military prisoner), José María Prada (the miller), Micaela Castejón (abbess mother), Manuel Dondé (the peasant), Noé Murayama (lieutenant Gaviño), Xan das Bolas (the third sentinel), José Chávez (the first sergeant), Manuel Peiró (the student), Manuel Arbó (the colonel), Josefina Serratosa (the miller), Edmundo Barbero (father Lope), Porfiria Sanchíz (the witch), Roberto Meyer (Macario Salas, the old prisoner), Rufino Inglés the doctor), Agustín Fernández (the guerrilla), José Manuel Martín (the first sentinel), Armando Acosta (the card player), Ricardo Adalid (the official), Guillermo Bravo Sosa (the card player), José Dupeyrón (the beggar), Arturo Fernández (the innkeeper), Emilio Garibay (the lieutenant), Leonor Gómez (the villager), Elodia Hernández (the sister), Regino Herrera (the solider), Antonio Leo (Juan’s accomplice), Eduardo Moreno (the peasant‘s son), José Muñoz (Celso), Amado Zumaya (the prison guard), Rogelio 'Frijolitos' Jiménez Pons, Joaquim Jordà.

• Story: Ramón del Valle-Inclán (novel)
• Screenplay: Juan Antonio Bardem, Juan de la Cabada, José Revueltas
• Cinematography: Cecilio Paniagua, Gabriel Figueora
• Music: Isidro B. Maiztegui, Luis Hernández Bretón
• Editors: Margarita de Ochoa, Carlos Savage
• Art decorator: Francisco Canet, Gunther Gerszo
• Set decorator: Francisco Canet, Gunther Gerszo
• Costume designer: Armando Villas Peza, Ricardo Zamorano
• Make-up artists: Carlos Nin, Armando Meyer, Bertha Chiu
• Sound: Aurelio García Tijeras, Manuel Topete
• Producers: Manuel Barbachano Ponce, Guillermo F. Zúñiga, Federico Amérigo