1974
6.0 (4 votes)
1h 50m
Genres
Drama
Production Companies
Gente de Cine
The Burning of Judas (La quema de Judas)
Overview
Jesús María Carmona is a small-time crook who poses as a cop so he can rob a bank. A few days before the day he planned to do it, a guerrilla group robs the same bank and Carmona is shot to death defending it when he has no other choice but to act as a policeman. Soon after, his image becomes a symbol for the police and he is honored, but his identity is found out. Meanwhile, in the neighborhood where he grew up his effigy is burned as he is now considered a traitor.
Key Crew
Screenplay: José Ignacio Cabrujas, Román Chalbaud
Story: Román Chalbaud
Director of Photography: Abigaíl Rojas
Director: Román Chalbaud
Top Cast
Miguelangel Landa
Jesús Carmona
Hilda Vera
La Danta
Claudio Brook
María Teresa Acosta
Doña Santisima Carmona
