El ahijado de la muerte (1946)
- Directed by
- Norman Foster
- Genre
- fantasy film
- Country
- Mexico
- Runtime
- 1h 22m
- Rating
- 6.2 of 10 from 6 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A man makes a pact with Death, becoming its godson. He gains a peculiar power but must navigate the moral consequences of his bargain.
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What happens
El ahijado de la muerte ("The Godson of Death") is a 1946 Mexican film. It was the first film to be written by Luis Alcoriza, co-written with his wife Janet Alcoriza, loosely based on the story by the brothers Grimm. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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