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La leyenda de Balthasar el Castrado (1996)
Directed by Juan Miñón
Drama · 1h 26m
At the end of the seventeenth century, in Naples, still dominated by the Spaniards, a young pupil, Balthasar,is castrated to preserve the purity and beauty of his voice. The Duchess dies and her son, the Duke of Arcos, takes charge of the inheritance, which includes Balthasar. With the entrance of Maria Loffredo, former lover of the Duke, a triangle is established that unchains tragic consequences to the allegedly callous life of Balthasar.
Cast
Imanol Arias
Duque de Arcos
Coque Malla
Balthasar
Enrique San Francisco
Andres
Aitana Sánchez-Gijón
Maria de Loffredo
Sofia Sá da Bandeira
Dame Camerino
Márcia Breia
Antonia
Dalila Carmo
Elvira
Anabela Teixeira
Dame
M
Maria de Lima
Dame
Isabel de Castro
Duchess of Arcos
João Craveiro
Rogério Samora
Terramare
Crew
- Director
- Juan Miñón
- Writer
- Juan Miñón
- Director of Photography
- Acácio de Almeida
- Original Music Composer
- Mario de Benito
- Editor
- Luis Manuel del Valle
Details
- Release date
- 1996-04-22
- Runtime
- 1h 26m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- ES
- Spoken languages
- Spanish
- Countries
- Spain
- Production
- Animatógrafo, Sogetel