Leap to Fame (1959)
115 min | Biography, Drama

Leap to Fame (1959)

115 min | Biography, Drama

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...See moreThe 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. See less

Director

León Klimovsky

Writers

Vicente Escrivá (screenplay) (dialogue) (treatment) | Manuel Pombo Angulo (screenplay) (dialogue) | Ramón D. Faraldo (treatment)

Composer

Isidro B. Maiztegui (as Isidro Maiztegui)

Cinematographer

Godofredo Pacheco (as Godo Pacheco)

Editor

José Antonio Rojo

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Updated Jul 31, 1959

Release date

Aug 11, 1960 (Mexico)

Awards

6 wins

Contacts

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Cast	+ Add Cast
42 cast members

Name	Known for
Adolfo Marsillach Santiago Ramón y Cajal Santiago Ramón y Cajal See fewer	Esquilache (1989)
Asunción Sancho Silveria, esposa de Santiago Silveria, esposa de Santiago See fewer	Doña María la Brava (1948)
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Mario Morales Antonio Rivas Antonio Rivas See fewer	Cave of the Sharks (1978)
Isabel de Pomés Madre de Santiago Madre de Santiago See fewer	The Tower of the Seven Hunchbacks (1944)
Ángel Luis Álvarez Santiago niño Santiago niño See fewer	El juego de la oca (1965)
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Estrella Martínez Enriqueta Enriqueta See fewer	Gran Hotel (2011)
Elías Rodríguez Tomás Tomás See fewer	María de la O (1959)
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Julia Caba Alba Viajera del tren Viajera del tren See fewer	Maribel and the Strange Family (1960)
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Joaquín Bergía Ordenanza Ordenanza See fewer	Espionage in Tangiers (1965)
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Rufino Inglés Miembro del comité Miembro del comité See fewer	Espionage in Tangiers (1965)
Manuel San Juan Miembro del comité Miembro del comité See fewer	Leap to Fame (1959)
Carlos Mendy Dr. Ferran (as Carlos Mendi) Dr. Ferran (as Carlos Mendi) See fewer	School of Death (1975)
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