The Heifer
1985 · Movie · 122 min. · Spain
A platoon of mismatched republican soldiers cross the front-line to steal the bull that the enemy is going to fight on the saint patron date of the village. In addition to ruining the nationals' celebration they want the animal in order to butcher it and feed their famished troops. Written by Mary Solari
Direction Luis García Berlanga
Cast Alfredo Landa · Guillermo Montesinos · Santiago Ramos · José Sacristán · Carles Velat · Eduardo Calvo · Violeta Cela · Agustín González · María Luisa Ponte · Juanjo Puigcorbé · Amelia de la Torre · Carlos Tristancho · Valeriano Andrés · María Elena Flores · Antonio Gamero · Rafael Hernández · Valentín Paredes · Fernando Sancho · Tomás Zori · Joan Armengol · Pedro Beltrán · Luis Ciges · Ana Gracia · Sergio Mendizábal · Fernando Sala · Francisco Valdivia · Adolfo Marsillach · Amparo Soler Leal
Soundtrack Miguel Asins Arbó
Screenplay Rafael Azcona · Luis García Berlanga
Cinematography Carlos Suárez
Original title La vaquilla
7.2
15K votes (FilmAffinity)
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