El verdugo de Sevilla (1942)

Original title

El Verdugo De Sevilla

Directed by

Fernando Soler

Genre

comedy film

Country

Mexico

Runtime

1h 37m

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A comedic mix-up in Seville involves a man who becomes mistaken for an executioner. The film follows his attempts to navigate the misunderstandings and romantic entanglements that result.

lightheartedcomicwhimsicalmildplayfulold-fashionedmusical-adjacent

What happens

El verdugo de Sevilla ("The Executioner of Seville") is a 1942 Mexican film. It stars Sara García and Fernando Soler. It is based on a play by Pedro Muñoz Seca. It was made as part of a series of Mexican films set in Spain in the 1940s, such as Dos mexicanos en Sevilla (1942). Its title is a reference to The Barber of Seville, an 18th-century French play by Pierre Beaumarchais. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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