The Book of Stone (El libro de piedra) 55 years old

The Book of Stone

This classic film tells the story about a little girl Silvya (Lucy Buj) that because of her behaviour is required to be nursed by a special teacher Julia (Marga López) at home. This teacher is experienced in the field and starts looking after the child´s behavior and her friendship with Hugo,a statue of a little boy with a book that is 1,000 years old and supposedly talks to her and make her do things, Her wealthy father Eugenio Rubalcaba (Joaquin Cordero) is very disturbed about his daughters way´s and his new wife Mariana (Norma Lazareno) is trying to cope with her step daugters ideas but fears of the statue. All these characters play their parts well and the atmosphere in this movie is so thick that you can cut it with a knife, locations are well used and the fright factor is there all the time, This is a timeless piece of art that should be taken seriously now a days for next wave horror movie creators.

Credits

The Book of Stone Cast

Name Character
Aldo Monti He was 40, 87 years old when he died as Carlos
Lucy Buj as Silvia
Ada Carrasco She was 56, 81 years old when she died as Paulina "Sirvienta"
Manuel Dondé He was 63, 70 years old when he died as Bruno
Marga López She was 45, 81 years old when she died as Julia Septien
Joaquín Cordero He was 45, 89 years old when he died as Eugenio Ruvalcaba
Lilia Castillo as Herminia
Miguel Gómez Checa as Teniente de Policia (Police Lt.)
Rafael Llamas as Profesor Esquivias
Jorge Pablo Carrillo as Hugo
Norma Lazareno She was 25, now 81 years old as Mariana
Jorge Mateos as Dr. Molina
Eduardo MacGregor He was 30, 18 years old when he died as Fabian

The Book of Stone Crew

Name Department
Carlos Savage as Editor. He was 50 (81) years old when He died Editing
Carlos Enrique Taboada as Director. He was 40 (67) years old when He died Directing
Carlos Enrique Taboada as Writer. He was 40 (67) years old when He died Writing
Carlos Enrique Taboada as Screenplay. He was 40 (67) years old when He died Writing
Raúl Lavista as Music. He was 55 (66) years old when He died Sound
Ricardo Sáinz as Special Effects. Crew
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The Book of Stone (55 years)

  • Release day: Friday, July 18, 1969
  • Runtime: 100 minutes