El canto del gallo

1955Movie⏱️ 1h 35m

Drama

⭐ 5.6

IMDB Rating

40 votes

A priest in a communist country tries to escape denying his religious condition.

Director

Rafael Gil

Writers

Vicente Escrivá, José Antonio Giménez-Arnau, Ramón D. Faraldo

Stars

Francisco Rabal, Jacqueline Pierreux, Gérard Tichy

Release Date

September 10, 1955

Language

Spanish

Country

Spain

🏆 1

Wins

🎯 1

Nominations

💬 1

Reviews

📽️ View on IMDB

🎭 Top Cast

Francisco Rabal

as Padre Daniel Müller

Jacqueline Pierreux

as Elsa

Gérard Tichy

as Gans

Antonio Riquelme

as Hugo

Julia Lajos

as Carlota

Félix de Pomés

as Obispo

👤

Carmen Rodríguez

as María

👤

José Luis Heredia

as Padre Gruhn

Asunción Balaguer

as Mujer humilde

Luis Induni

as Sargento Lubeck

🎬 Technical Specs

Color

Black and White

Production

Aspa Producciones Cinematográficas

🏷️ Keywords

escapereligionbased on novel

🎯 Categories

SpanishDrama

⭐ Featured Review

Brooding and thoughtful drama of the Fifties about Communist pursuits against unfortunate Catholic population.

by ma-cortes • 2025-12-04

6/10

"In Hungary, during WWII, the Catholic priest Muller (Rabal) meets his high school classmate Gans (Gerard Tichy), now a powerful communist commissar, who saves his life in exchange for signing a declaration where he renounces his faith and goes to live with the prostitute Elsa (Jacqueline Pierreux, Jean Pierre Leud's mother). Furthermore, Father Muller denies confession to a dying man (José Luis Martín) and betrays a fellow priest (José Luis Heredia). After the war, Father Muller returns home, but things worsen once again. Enjoyable and religious story, resulting to be a spiritual film an..."

🎬 More Like This

There's a Road on the Right

📖 Synopsis

A priest in a communist country tries to escape denying his religious condition.