Diego Corrientes (1959 film)

Diego Corrientes is a 1959 Spanish historical adventure film directed by Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi and starring José Suarez, Marisa de Leza and Eulália del Pino.[1] It portrays the life of the eighteenth century highwaymen Diego Corrientes Mateos.

Diego Corrientes
Directed byAntonio Isasi-Isasmendi
Written by
Produced byAntonio Isasi-Isasmendi
Starring
CinematographySalvador Torres Garriga
Edited byEmilio Rodríguez
Music byXavier Montsalvatge
Production
company
Isasi P.C.
Distributed byHispano Foxfilms
Release date
  • 31 August 1959 (1959-08-31)
Running time
98 minutes
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish

Synopsis

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The greed and usury of the Count of Albanes has inflamed the town where Diego Corrientes lives. He confronts the tyrannical count and the latter takes revenge on him by whipping him in the woods. After being rescued by Beatriz, the count's fiancee, Diego is arrested again, managing to escape from the galley that takes him to Seville, but in the scuffle a soldier accidentally dies, which causes Diego to be accused of murder. At that time, Diego Corrientes formed a gang with a few evicted peasants and fled to the mountains, devoting himself to stealing from the rich to distribute among the poor.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ de España p.285

Bibliography

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  • de España, Rafael. Directory of Spanish and Portuguese film-makers and films. Greenwood Press, 1994.
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