

Leap to Fame
1959 · 115 min · Drama, History
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.
- Director
- León Klimovsky
- Writers
- Vicente Escrivá, Manuel Pombo Angulo, Ramón D. Faraldo
- Released
- October 27, 1959
- Language
- Spanish
Cast

Adolfo Marsillach
Santiago Ramón y Cajal

Julia Caba Alba
Old woman on train

Rafael Bardem
Professor Casas

Asunción Sancho
Silvería

Mario Morales
Antonio Rivas

Isabel de Pomés
Mother

José Marco Davó
Don Justo
María del Valle
Ángel Luis Álvarez
Santiago (young)
Miguel Ángel Rodríguez
Pedro (young)
Estrella Martínez
Enriqueta
Elías Rodríguez
Tomás
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