The Moises Padilla Story

The Moises Padilla Story
Poster for the film
Directed by	Gerardo de León
Written by	Cesar Amigo Leon O. Ty
Starring	Leopoldo Salcedo
Edited by	Teofilo de Leon
Release dates	1961 (1961)
Country	Philippines
Language	Tagalog

The Moises Padilla Story is a 1961 Philippine drama film directed by Gerardo de León. The film was selected as the Philippine entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 34th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.^[1] The film exists today but is in need of restoration.^[2]

The film is a biography of a Negros Occidental mayoral candidate who in 1951, was tortured and murdered by the private army of the provincial governor after he had refused to withdraw his candidacy.^[3]

Cast

Leopoldo Salcedo as Moises Padilla
Joseph Estrada as The Killer
Lilia Dizon
Ben Perez
Oscar Roncal
Max Alvarado
Rosa Aguirre
Robert Arevalo
Mila Montañez
Alfonso Carvajal
Joseph de Cordova

References

↑ Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
↑ "Finally, a national film archive". inquirer.net. Retrieved 2 February 2011.
↑ "People v. Lacson, et al., G.R. No. L-18188, 13 February 1961". Lawphil.net - Arellano University. Supreme Court of the Philippines. 1961-02-13. Retrieved 2008-01-27.

External links

The Moises Padilla Story at the Internet Movie Database

Philippine submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

Anak Dalita (1956)
The Moises Padilla Story (1961)
Because of a Flower (1967)
Ganito Kami Noon, Paano Kayo Ngayon (1976)
Of the Flesh (1984)
This Is My Country (1985)
Harvest Home (1995)
Dead Sure (1996)
Milagros (1997)
In the Navel of the Sea (1998)
The Kite (1999)
Anak (2000)
In the Bosom of the Enemy (2001)
Small Voices (2002)
Dekada '70 (2003)
Crying Ladies (2004)
The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros (2006)
Donsol (2007)
Ploning (2008)
Grandpa Is Dead (2009)
Noy (2010)
The Woman in the Septic Tank (2011)
Bwakaw (2012)
Transit (2013)
Norte, the End of History (2014)
Heneral Luna (2015)

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