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La gitanilla (1940 film)

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La gitanilla
Directed byFernando Delgado
Screenplay byRafael Gil
Antonio Guzmán Merino
Juan de Orduña
CinematographyHeinrich Gärtner
Music byGuadalupe Martínez del Castillo
Juan Quintero
José Ruiz de Azagra
Release date
  • 10 May 1940 (1940-05-10)
Running time
85 minutes
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish

La gitanilla ("the little Gypsy girl") is a 1940 Spanish drama film directed by Fernando Delgado. It is based on the short story "La gitanilla", from the collection Novelas ejemplares by Miguel de Cervantes. It was the third film adaptation of the story.[1]

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The film was received negatively by Spanish film critics, who thought it failed on a technical level. It received the award for Best Screenplay from the National Syndicate of Spectacle.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Bentley, Bernard P. E. (2008). A Companion to Spanish Cinema. p. 84. ISBN 9781855661769.
  2. ^ Nieto, Rafael (2015-03-17). "Don Quijote en el cine español (1). Don Quijote de la Mancha (Rafael Gil, 1948)". Centro Virtual Cervantes (in Spanish). Instituto Cervantes. Retrieved 2015-10-03.