Currito of the Cross (Spanish:Currito de la Cruz) is a 1926 Spanish silent drama film directed by Alejandro Pérez Lugín and starring Jesús Tordesillas, Manuel González and Elisa Ruiz Romero. The film was adapted from Lugin's own 1921 novel of the same title, set in the bullfighting world.
In a Cordovan farmhouse, Soledad arouses a passion in two men, which will be cause of misfortune for both when the boyfriend of the protagonist in a jealous attack kills the rival in his presence.
Two dressmaker sisters, who live in Mrs. Rita's pension, are sought out by the old apothecary Don Hilarión. When the two decide to go to the verbena de la Paloma with the pharmacist, the boyfriend of one of them tries to prevent it. Based on the famous Madrid zarzuela of the same name.
