El Lazarillo de Tormes is a 1959 Spanish-Italian film directed by Cesar Fernandez Ardavin, adapting the anonymous sixteenth century Spanish novel of the same name from 1554. It tells the story of Lazarillo, a poor boy forced to live by his wits after being sold into service to a series of cruel masters. The film won the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival in 1960. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Original Language AwardPremios CEC (Best Film) 1 Release Year Connections
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Source El Lazarillo de Tormes (Wikipedia)
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1. El Lazarillo de Tormes (Wikipedia)
El Lazarillo de Tormes, Description, original language
El Lazarillo de Tormes is a 1959 Spanish-Italian film directed by Cesar Fernandez Ardavin, adapting the anonymous sixteenth century Spanish novel of the same name from 1554. It tells the story of Lazarillo, a poor boy forced to live by his wits after being sold into service to a series of cruel masters.
Wikipedia Awards section (golden-bear), checked 2026-09-27
Won: Berlin Film Festival: Golden Bear
Wikipedia Awards section (premios-cec), checked 2026-09-27
Premios CEC: Best Film and Best Director
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16 November 1959 (Spain)
In Medium: Film, Article lead sentence
El Lazarillo de Tormes is a 1959 Spanish-Italian film directed by César Fernández Ardavín.
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