<P> The film starred Paul Calderón as the old man and Alex Mills as the young thief . </P> <P> This version of the film is shot in color and set in modern - day times . Sultanov adapted the screenplay, making the dialogue more fitting to today's speech . Sultanov chose actors with a dramatic, method acting approach to display the truthful effect of rheumatic pain . </P> <P> In William Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida, Act III, Scene iii - Ulysses, speaking to Achilles says that "One Touch of Nature Makes the Whole World Kin". </P> <P> In this quote, Nature is defined as: </P>

One touch of nature makes the whole world kin play