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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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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The Hired Husband (1942)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.