| El Lazarillo de Tormes | |
| Director: | César Fernández Ardavín |
| Producer: | César Fernández Ardavín |
| Starring: | Marco Paoletti |
| Cinematography: | Manuel Berenguer |
| Editing: | Magdalena Pulido |
| Runtime: | 114 minutes |
| Country: | Spain Italy |
| Language: | Spanish |
El Lazarillo de Tormes is a 1959 Spanish-Italian film directed by César Fernández Ardavín. An adaptation of the anonymous sixteenth century novel Lazarillo de Tormes (1554), it tells the story of Lazarillo, a poor boy who has to live by his wits after being sold to a series of cruel masters.
The film focuses on the childhood of Lazarillo (Marco Paoletti), a young man from a very humble family who is entrusted by his mother to a blind man (Carlos Casaravilla) to serve as his apprentice.
Best Film and Best Director