---
title: 'The Grandfather (1998)'
type: 'film'
director: 'José Luis Garci'
released: '1998-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 151
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Spain'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-grandfather-1998'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0176415/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Grandfather (1998)

1998 · 151 min · Drama · Spain

Original title: El abuelo

## Synopsis

The Grandfather is a 1998 Spanish drama film written, produced and directed by José Luis Garci. It stars Fernando Fernán-Gómez, Cayetana Guillén Cuervo and Rafael Alonso. The film, an adaptation of the novel of the same title by Benito Pérez Galdós, tells the story of an aristocrat's search to discover which of his two putative granddaughters resulted from an extramarital affair by his daughter-in-law.

## Credits

- **Director:** [José Luis Garci](https://cinepixo.com/people/jose-luis-garci)
- **Screenplay:** [José Luis Garci](https://cinepixo.com/people/jose-luis-garci), [Horacio Valcárcel](https://cinepixo.com/people/horacio-valcarcel)
- **Producer:** [José Luis Garci](https://cinepixo.com/people/jose-luis-garci)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Manuel Balboa Rodríguez](https://cinepixo.com/people/manuel-balboa-rodriguez)
- **Director of Photography:** [Raúl Pérez Cubero](https://cinepixo.com/people/raul-perez-cubero)
- **Editor:** [Miguel González Sinde](https://cinepixo.com/people/miguel-gonzalez-sinde)

## Cast

- [Félix Acaso](https://cinepixo.com/people/felix-acaso)
- [Francisco Piquer Chanza](https://cinepixo.com/people/francisco-piquer-chanza)
- [María Adánez](https://cinepixo.com/people/maria-adanez)
- [Antonio Valero](https://cinepixo.com/people/antonio-valero)
- [Silvia Abascal](https://cinepixo.com/people/silvia-abascal)
- [Cayetana Guillén Cuervo](https://cinepixo.com/people/cayetana-guillen-cuervo)
- [Selica Torcal](https://cinepixo.com/people/selica-torcal)
- [Emma Cohen](https://cinepixo.com/people/emma-cohen)
- [Fernando Guillén Gallego](https://cinepixo.com/people/fernando-guillen-gallego)
- [Fernando Fernán Gómez](https://cinepixo.com/people/fernando-fernan-gomez)
- [Francisco Algora](https://cinepixo.com/people/francisco-algora)
- [Agustín González](https://cinepixo.com/people/agustin-gonzalez)
- [Rafael Alonso](https://cinepixo.com/people/rafael-alonso)
- [José Luis Merino](https://cinepixo.com/people/jose-luis-merino)

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