Overview
Biography of San Juan Bautista de la Salle , where the effort and hardships that this canon of the nobility had to overcome in order to offer universal and free education to children, his main devotion, in the time of Louis XIV, are appreciated.
Director and cast
- Luis César Amadori Director
- Mel Ferrer as Juan Bautista de La Salle
- Enrique Diosdado as Padre del Abate Clement
- Manuel Alexandre as Abate Bricot
- Tomás Blanco as Tío de La Salle
- José María Caffarel as Rogier
- Rafael Luis Calvo as Tabernero
- Antonio Ferrandis as Maestro Ravaillao
- Manuel Gil as Abate Clement
- Fernando Rey as Luis XIV
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