The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz

7.3

1955

1h 29m

ComedyDramaCrime

A bizarre black comedy about a man whose overwhelming ambition in life is to be a renowned serial killer of women, and will stop at nothing to achieve it - but not everything goes according to plan...

Key Crew

Director

Luis Buñuel

Producers

Alfonso Patiño Gómez

Writers

Luis Buñuel

Eduardo Ugarte

Cinematography

Agustín Jiménez

Music

Jorge Pérez

Cast (36)

Ernesto Alonso

Archibaldo de la Cruz

Miroslava

Lavinia

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