Product Review

(1959) 109 min., B&W. In 17th-century Castille, a fatherless boy, abandoned by his mother, finds work with a strange succession of employers, including a blind beggar, fake nobleman, and a travelling band of performers. They all teach him lessons in survival as well as cunning and deception. DVD, in Spanish with English subtitles. This is the original 1959 film, viewing quality is fair.