Il romanzo di un torero Filming Locations

Jose, a cattle herder on a Spanish "rancho," is deeply in love with pretty Rosita, the village coquette, and when he finds her engaging in a flirtation with the son of his employer, he loses his head and starts a quarrel with the young man, which leads to his dismissal. Soon afterward the ranchman sends young Santos to a nearby town with a large sum of money to deposit in the bank. He is set upon by a band of murderous mountaineers, robbed and left dead by the roadside. Because of his recent quarrel with the youth, Jose is suspected and placed under arrest. One of the robbers, however, angry because he feels he has not been given his fair share of the spoils, informs the police and after an exciting battle in the foothills, the bandits are captured and Jose exonerated. He is then befriended by a rich manufacturer who gives him money to leave for a distant city, there to start life anew. A year later we find Jose the idol of the populace of Seville and the most skillful toreador in Spain. His benefactor has married in the meantime and one day when he and his bride are attending the bullfight, he is astonished to recognize in the famous toreador his old protege, Jose. The friendship is renewed and Jose becomes a frequent visitor at the manufacturer's mansion. Between Jose and the young wife an intimate friendship springs up which grows stronger and stronger until gradually the jealousy of the husband is aroused. Jose, seeing that he really is falling in love and realizing that he is on the verge of destroying the happiness of his friend, writes him a note to the effect that be is going away. That afternoon the great crowd at the bullfight is horrified to see the great toreador trampled and gored by the hoofs and horns of the infuriated bull.