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The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz [Ensayo de un crimen]

Release Year
1955
Runtime
1h 29m
Genres
Comedy
Crime
Drama
Directed By
Luis Buñuel
The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz

A bizarre black comedy about a man whose overwhelming ambition in life is to be a renowned serial killer of women, and will stop at nothing to achieve it - but not everything goes according to plan...

Cast & Crew

Cast

Ernesto Alonso

Archibaldo de la Cruz

Miroslava

Lavinia

Rita Macedo

Patricia Terrazas

Andrea Palma

Mrs. Cervantes

Rodolfo Landa

Alejandro Rivas

Ariadna Welter

Carlota Cervantes

José María Linares Rivas

Willy Corduran

Leonor Llausás

The Governess

Eva Calvo

Señora de la Cruz, Archibaldo's mother

Enrique Díaz 'Indiano'

Señor de la Cruz, Archibaldo's father

Carlos Riquelme

The Commissioner

Carlos Martínez Baena

Priest

Crew

Luis Buñuel

Director

Agustín Jiménez

Director of Photography

Jorge Pérez

Original Music Composer

Jorge Busto

Editor

Alfonso Patiño Gómez

Producer

Gabriel Castro

Lighting Technician

Rodolfo Usigli

Novel

Luis Buñuel

Writer

Eduardo Ugarte

Writer

Teódulo Bustos

Sound Editor

Gonzalo Gavira

Sound Effects Editor

Enrique Rodríguez

Music

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