---
title: 'The Exquisite Cadaver (1969)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Vicente Aranda'
released: '1969-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 108
genres:
  - 'Horror'
  - 'Crime'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'Spain'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-exquisite-cadaver-1969'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062836/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Exquisite Cadaver (1969)

1969 · 108 min · Horror, Crime, Thriller · Spain

Original title: Las crueles

## Synopsis

The Exquisite Cadaver AKA: The Cruel Ones is a 1969 Spanish film noir psychological thriller film directed by Vicente Aranda, based on the short story Bailando Para Parker written by Gonzalo Suárez. The plot follows a well-to-do publisher and family man who begins to receive severed body parts in the mail two years after his mistress committed suicide. Along with one of these bloody parcels is a letter of blackmail from the dead woman's former lesbian lover, who seeks vengeance.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Vicente Aranda](https://cinepixo.com/people/vicente-aranda)
- **Screenplay:** [Vicente Aranda](https://cinepixo.com/people/vicente-aranda), [Antonio Rabinad](https://cinepixo.com/people/antonio-rabinad)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Marco Rossi](https://cinepixo.com/people/marco-rossi)
- **Director of Photography:** [Juan Amorós](https://cinepixo.com/people/juan-amoros)

## Cast

- [Carlos Estrada](https://cinepixo.com/people/carlos-estrada)
- [Teresa Gimpera](https://cinepixo.com/people/teresa-gimpera)
- [Judy Matheson](https://cinepixo.com/people/judy-matheson)
- [José María Blanco](https://cinepixo.com/people/jose-maria-blanco)
- [Luis Ciges](https://cinepixo.com/people/luis-ciges)
- [Capucine](https://cinepixo.com/people/capucine)
- [Víctor Israel](https://cinepixo.com/people/victor-israel)
- [Alicia Tomás Martínez](https://cinepixo.com/people/alicia-tomas-martinez)

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