---
title: 'El Lazarillo de Tormes (1959)'
type: 'film'
director: 'César Fernández-Ardavín'
released: '1959-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 114
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Italy'
  - 'Spain'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/el-lazarillo-de-tormes-1959'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052995/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# El Lazarillo de Tormes (1959)

1959 · 114 min · Drama · Italy, Spain


## Synopsis

El Lazarillo de Tormes is a 1959 Spanish-Italian film directed by César Fernández Ardavín. An adaptation of the anonymous sixteenth century novel Lazarillo de Tormes (1554), it tells the story of Lazarillo, a poor boy who has to live by his wits after being sold to a series of cruel masters.

## Credits

- **Director:** [César Fernández-Ardavín](https://cinepixo.com/people/cesar-fernandez-ardavin)
- **Screenplay:** [César Fernández-Ardavín](https://cinepixo.com/people/cesar-fernandez-ardavin)
- **Producer:** [César Fernández-Ardavín](https://cinepixo.com/people/cesar-fernandez-ardavin)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Salvador Ruiz de Luna](https://cinepixo.com/people/salvador-ruiz-de-luna)
- **Director of Photography:** [Manuel Berenguer](https://cinepixo.com/people/manuel-berenguer)

## Cast

- [Juanjo Menéndez](https://cinepixo.com/people/juanjo-menendez)
- [Antonio Molino Rojo](https://cinepixo.com/people/antonio-molino-rojo)
- [Carlos Casaravilla](https://cinepixo.com/people/carlos-casaravilla)
- [Margarita Lozano](https://cinepixo.com/people/margarita-lozano)
- [Memmo Carotenuto](https://cinepixo.com/people/memmo-carotenuto)

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