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{{Infobox film<br />
|name = The Great Madcap<br />
|image = El Gran Calavera.jpg<br />
|caption = Film poster<br />
|native_name = {{Infobox name module|es|El Gran Calavera}}<br />
|director = [[Luis Buñuel]]<br />
|producer = {{ubl|Óscar Dancigers|[[Fernando Soler]]}}<br />
|writer = {{ubl|[[Janet Alcoriza]]|[[Luis Alcoriza]]}}<br />
|starring = {{ubl|Fernando Soler|[[Rosario Granados]]|[[Andrés Soler]]|[[Rubén Rojo]]|[[Gustavo Rojo]]}}<br />
|music = [[Manuel Esperón]]<br />
|cinematography = Ezequiel Carrasco<br />
|editing = [[Carlos Savage]]<br />
|distributor = Ultramar Films<br />
|released = {{Film date|1949|11|25|df=y}}<br />
|runtime = 91 minutes<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/el-gran-calavera-the-great-madcap-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc0zmjg3nzu|title=''The Great Madcap''|publisher=[[British Board of Film Classification]]|access-date=19 June 2024}}</ref><br />
|country = Mexico<br />
|language = Spanish<br />
}}<br />
'''''El Gran Calavera''''' ({{translation}} '''''The Great Madcap''''') is a 1949 Mexican [[comedy film]] directed by [[Luis Buñuel]]. The plot concerns a family patriarch who fakes losing all his wealth to end his family's self-indulgent ways.<br />
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==Plot==<br />
Everyone takes advantage of Ramiro de la Mata ([[Fernando Soler]]), a funny drunkard and rich widower. His daughter Virginia (Rosario Granados), and his son Eduardo ([[Gustavo Rojo]]), as well as his lazy brother Ladislao ([[Andrés Soler]]), and his sister-in-law Milagros (Maruja Grifell), all do nothing while living at Ramiro's expense. Gregorio (Francisco Jambrina), his other brother tries to help him by making everyone believe that Ramiro is financially ruined, forcing the family to look for jobs of their own.<br />
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==Cast==<br />
{{Cast listing|<br />
*[[Fernando Soler]] as Ramiro de la Mata<br />
*[[Rosario Granados]] as Virginia<br />
*[[Andrés Soler]] as Ladislao de la Mata<br />
*[[Rubén Rojo]] as Pablo<br />
*[[Gustavo Rojo]] as Eduardo de la Mata<br />
*[[Maruja Grifell]] as Milagros<br />
*[[Francisco Jambrina]] as Gregorio<br />
*[[Luis Alcoriza]] as Alfredo<br />
*[[Antonio Bravo]] as Alfonso<br />
*Antonio Monsell as Juan, the butler<br />
*María Luisa Serrano as Alfredo's mother<br />
}}<br />
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==Release==<br />
''The Great Madcap'' was screened at the Luis Buñuel Film Institute on 22 July 2015.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.timeout.com/los-angeles/film/last-remaining-seats-el-gran-calavera|title=Last Remaining Seats: El Gran Calavera|date=22 July 2015|magazine=[[Time Out (magazine)|Time Out]]}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
*''[[The Noble Family|Nosotros los Nobles]]'', a 2013 Mexican film that reuses the plot.<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{IMDb title|0041423}}<br />
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{{Luis Buñuel}}<br />
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[[Category:1940s Spanish-language films]]<br />
[[Category:Films directed by Luis Buñuel]]<br />
[[Category:1949 comedy films]]<br />
[[Category:Mexican black-and-white films]]<br />
[[Category:1940s Mexican films]]<br />
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