The Executioner

Year: 1963

Runtime: 91 mins

Language: Spanish

Director: Luis García Berlanga

DramaComedy

A morbidly witty tale follows an undertaker who reluctantly marries the daughter of a long‑serving executioner; when his father‑in‑law retires, he is thrust into the grim trade he despises, confronting duty, family honor, and his own aversion to state‑sanctioned death.

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