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Status
Released
Release
1959
Runtime
1h 55m
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The story of doctor Santiago Ramón y Cajal, who adapting Golgi's silver staining method enabled the visualization of the real structure of the central nervous system, based on individual cells, the neurons. For which both were bestowed the Nobel prize in 1906.
41 Cast Members
Adolfo Marsillach
Santiago Ramón y Cajal
Julia Caba Alba
Old woman on train
Rafael Bardem
Professor Casas
Asunción Sancho
Silvería
Mario Morales
Antonio Rivas
Isabel de Pomés
Mother
José Marco Davó
Don Justo
María del Valle
Ángel Luis Álvarez
Santiago (young)
Miguel Ángel Rodríguez
Pedro (young)
Estrella Martínez
Enriqueta
Elías Rodríguez
Tomás
Matilde Muñoz Sampedro
Animal seller
José Riesgo
Francisco Masana
Ángel Álvarez
Photographer
Ángel Calero
Priest
José Luis Torrado
Luciano Díaz
Farmer
José Sepúlveda
Shoe salesman
