The Executioner [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

Director: Luis Garcia Berlanga Luis Garcia Berlanga

Overview

The business of death provides the framework for this black comedy about a mortician's assistant who wants to marry an executioner's daughter. Her father really wants to change professions, but cannot, as he will lose his new government-sponsored apartment. The young man is persuaded to take over the job, but he swears he will quit before he must kill someone. Unfortunately, an execution is scheduled shortly before the beginning of a major carnival, a time when many executions are halted. The bride and groom travel there, hoping the victim will be pardoned, but he is not and the groom must fulfill his duty. Although he swears he will never do another, his face tells another story, and the old executioner knows that many more state-sanctioned deaths will follow.

Product Details

Release Date:	10/25/2016
UPC:	0715515187312
Original Release:	1963
Rating:	NR
Source:	Criterion Collection
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[B&W]
Language:	English
Time:	1:32:00
Sales rank:	2,033

Special Features

New, restored 4k digital transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack New interview with Filmmaker Pedro Almodovar New program on Director Luis Garcia Berlanga; film critic Carlos F. Heredero;Writers Fernando R. Lafuente and Bernardo Sanchez Salas; and Director of the Berlanga Film Museum Rafael Maluenda Spanish television program from 2009 on The Executioner, featuring archival interviews with Berlanga Trailer New English Subtitle Translation Plus: An essay by film critic David Cairns

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Nino Manfredi	José Luis Rodríguez
Emma Penella	Carmen
Jose Isbert	Amadeo,Ignacia
José Luis López Vázquez	Antonio
Angel Alvarez	Alvarez
Maria Luisa Ponte	Estefania
Guido Alberti	Governor of Prison
Felix Fernandez	1st Sacristan
Alfredo Landa	2nd Sacristan
Jose Luis Coll	Organist
Xan das Bolas	Watchman
Jose Sazatornil	Administrator
Julia Caba Alba	Actor
Lola Gaos	Actor
Chus Lampreave	Woman at Works
Miguel Asins-Arbo	Composer

Technical Credits

Rafael Azcona

Luis García-Berlanga

Ennio Flaiano

Luis Garcia Berlanga	Director
Rafael Azcona	Screenwriter
Luis García-Berlanga	Screenwriter
Ennio Flaiano	Screenwriter