Leap to Fame (1959)
Salto a la gloria
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.
- Date of release
- 1959-10-27
- TMDB
- 9.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 1h 55m
- Genres
- Drama, History
- Director
- León Klimovsky
Casting
- 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
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