Juanito

Juanito – Spanish title

3 Kerle geh'n durch dick und dünn – German title

Unsere Heimat ist die ganze Welt – German title

Viva Juanito! Argentinian title

Juanito - Brazilian title

Juanito, pan, amor y besos – Mexican title

Juanito – Turkish title

Juanito – English title

A 1958 Spanish, German and Argentinian co-production [Jesús Sáiz P.C., Dokumentar Color]

Producer: Heinz Neubert, Jesús Sáiz

Director: Fernando Palacios

Story: Wolf Neumister, H. Bertram (Hans Bertram)

Screenplay: H. Bertram (Hans Bertram), Wolf Neumister

Cinematography: Ricardo Torres [Agfacolor]

Music: Augusto Alguero

Song: ‘Pan, amor y beses’ sung by Francisco del Val

Running time: 105 minutes

Cast:

Juanito - Pablito Calvo

Tom - Hans von Borsody

Carmencita - Sabine Bethmann

Luisa - Pilar Cansino

Paddy - George Thomalla

President Meza - Antonio Casas

General Vegas – Marco Davó (José Marco Davó)

Doctor Agapito - Félix Fernández

Doctor Ramiro - José María Prada

Carras - José M. Martin (José Manuel Martín)

Colonel Cuesta – Alfredo Mayo

Pedrillo - Ángel Ortiz

With: Ena Sedeno, Josefina Serratosa, Francis Bernal de Quiros, Maria Vico, Francisco Bernal, Anibal Vela, José Sepulveda, Juan Cazalilla, José Toledano, Tomás Blanco, Manuel Arbó, Ángel Álvarez

During the Mexican revolution the presidential palace is attacked and it is only thanks to the intervention of a sympathetic maid that the president’s son Jaunito is able to escape. After being mortally injured by an exploding bomb she is forced to ask the help of Tom, a German hunter who – unaware of the boy’s background – agrees to take him into his care. After escaping by train they head to his mountain hut where they meet with Tom’s friend and partner, Paddy. In the meantime the head of the army, General Vegas is desperate to find Jaunito and offers a substantial reward for any information that leads to his recapture. When Tom and Paddy discover the true identity of their charge they decide to do everything they can to keep him safe but, after being betrayed by a duplicitous Doctor, Juanito he is recaptured and they are locked up in a seemingly impregnable prison.