The Little Nightingale (1956)

Original title

El pequeño ruiseñor

Directed by

Antonio del Amo

Genre

drama film, musical film, family film

Country

Spain

Runtime

1h 38m

Rated

AP

Rating

5.5 of 10 from 16 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young boy with a beautiful singing voice gets discovered and begins a career as a performer. The film follows his early rise to fame as a child star.

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What happens

The Little Nightingale (Spanish:El pequeño ruiseñor) is a 1956 Spanish musical film directed by Antonio del Amo. It was the first film to star child singer Joselito. It skyrocketed him to fame. The film is the first of a trilogy dubbed «trilogía del ruiseñor». It was followed by Saeta del ruiseñor (1957) and El ruiseñor de las cumbres (1958). The success of the films allowed del Amo to set up his own production company Apolo Films with studios on the outskirts of Madrid. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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