El ahijado de la muerte

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El ahijado de la muerte
Directed by Norman Foster
Written by Janet Alcoriza, Luis Alcoriza, Norman Foster from a story by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm
Produced byÓscar Dancigers
Starring Jorge Negrete, Rita Conde, Leopoldo "Polo" Ortín, Emma Roldán, Tito Junco
CinematographyJack Draper
Edited byGeorge Crone
Music by Manuel Esperón
Release date
  • 1946 (1946)
Running time
82 minutes
CountryMexico
LanguageSpanish

El ahijado de la muerte ("The Godson of Death") is a 1946 Mexican film. It was the first film to be written by Luis Alcoriza, co-written with his wife Janet Alcoriza, loosely based on the story by the brothers Grimm.


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