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The Crime of Cuenca(1981)
Status: Released
Date: 1981-08-17
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35 Votes
Time: 1h 29m
Overview:
Osa de la Vega, Cuenca, Spain, 1913. Gregorio and León, employees on the estate of the village's mayor, a powerful landowner, are arrested and accused of the murder of José María el Cepa, a shepherd who mysteriously disappeared three years earlier.
Languages: Spanish.
Countries:
Spain
ProductionCompanies:
Incine
Jet Films
Movie: The Crime of Cuenca
Top 10 Billed Cast
Amparo Soler Leal
Varona
Héctor Alterio
Isasa
Daniel Dicenta
Gregorio
José Manuel Cervino
León
Mary Carrillo
Juana
Francisco Casares
Taboada
Eduardo Calvo
Landowner
José Vivó
Don Rufo
Félix Rotaeta
Secretary
Guillermo Montesinos
José María el Cepa
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Osa de la Vega, Cuenca, Spain, 1913. Gregorio and León, employees on the estate of the village's mayor, a powerful landowner, are arrested and accused of the murder of José María el Cepa, a shepherd who mysteriously disappeared three years earlier.
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1981-08-17
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