Lute: Forge On or Die
123 mins
In Spain of the 1960s, a poor family of quinquis - a nomadic ethnic group with a tradition as old as that of the gypsises of Spain but with even more obscure origins - have a nomadic life marked by poverty. The son, Eleuterio Sánchez Rodriguez, nicknamed "El Lute", steals some chickens and is condemned to six months in jail. El Lute moves to the slum outskirts of Madrid with his common law wife, Chelo, starting an itinerant life as a peddler of pots and pans and living in a quinqui shantytown. He gradually embarks upon as life of petty criminality, eventually participating in the theft of a jewelry store during which a bystander is killed.
Margarita Calahorra
La Madre de Chelo
José Luis Alexandre
Policía
Mari Carmen Alvarado
Señora 2
Paco Catalá
Preso
Agustín Guevara
Preso
Raúl Fraire
Guardia Civil en tren
Máximo Astray
Policía
Jorge Bosso
Cabo
José Enrique Camacho
Policía
Anastasio Campoy
Policía
Ignacio Carreño
Guardia Civil
José Cerro
El padre de Chelo
Francisco Clement
Guardia Civil
Vicente del Águila
Guardia Civil en foto
Amador Dobarganes Ruiz
Hombre cantando
Jesús Enguita
Policía municipal
José María Escuer
Padre de 'El Lute'
Pedro Falla
Vendedor de combustible
José María Gambín
Guardia Civil a caballo
Chema Gil
Policía municipal
José María Labernié
Ayudante del Ministro
José Luis Lemos
Sepulturero
Javier Lozano
Carcelero
Arturo López
Director de penal
Carlos Marcet
Sargento
Felipe Martín Puertas
Policía
Fernando Martín
Preso en tren
Isabel del Palacio
Una gitana
Raúl Pazos
Encargado del entierro
Antonio Ross
Barbero
Manuel Salgueró Luque
Teniente Coronel
Óscar San Juan
Conductor de autobús
José Segura
Amigo de 'El Lute'
Mario Siles
Sepulturero
Rubén Tobías
Policía municipal
Rafael Vaquero
Profesor
José Yepes
Guardia Civil
Eleuterio Sánchez
Writer
José María Cunillés
Producer
Isabel Mulá
Executive Producer
Alfredo Mayo
Director of Photography
José Nieto
Original Music Composer