Isabel Alemany

"El Héroe De Cascorro" is a peculiar Spanish silent film, a bizarre fact in itself for a country's film industry scarce in interest or remarkable oeuvres. The film depicts the true, but dramatized, story of the brave Spanish soldier, Herr Eloy Gonzalo, rewarded during the Cuban war for his bravery defending the Spanish army position at Cascorro village.

A social drama advanced for his time: a rape, a single mother, a suicide.

Don Sabino, a priest from the provinces who lives with his niece, Monica. Don Sabino is an arcane priest but his character changes radically when he is with Lucila, a girl whom he and Monica have raised since she was just a baby, when they found her abandoned at the door of their house. Don Sabino is a very helpful priest with his parishioners and life goes on without great upheavals until one day Tomasón appears, fleeing from justice after having committed a murder.

Two rival gangs of bandits in the Andalucian outback: one gang distributes their stolen money among the poor and respects women, and the other gang is just common criminals.

The teacher of a town faces the cacique, Juan Antonio, who forces him to leave the town, which causes a series of conflicts.