Leap to Fame (1959)
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.
- Released
- 1959-10-27
- Genres
- Drama, History
- Runtime
- 115 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- León Klimovsky
- TMDB rating
- 9.0/10 from 1 votes
Cast
- Adolfo Marsillach as Santiago Ramón y Cajal
- Julia Caba Alba as Old woman on train
- Rafael Bardem as Professor Casas
- Asunción Sancho as Silvería
- Mario Morales as Antonio Rivas
- Isabel de Pomés as Mother
- José Marco Davó as Don Justo
- María del Valle
- Ángel Luis Álvarez as Santiago (young)
- Miguel Ángel Rodríguez as Pedro (young)
- Estrella Martínez as Enriqueta
- Elías Rodríguez as Tomás