The Duchess of Benameji (film)
The Duchess of Benameji | |
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Directed by | Luis Lucia |
Written by |
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Starring | Amparo Rivelles |
Cinematography | Theodore J. Pahle |
Edited by | |
Music by | Juan Quintero |
Production company | CIFESA |
Distributed by | CIFESA |
Release date | 26 October 1949 |
Running time | 103 minutes |
Country | Spain |
Language | Spanish |
The Duchess of Benameji (Spanish: La duquesa de Benamejí) is a 1949 Spanish historical drama film directed by Luis Lucia and starring Amparo Rivelles. The film is set in the nineteenth century, with Rivelles playing dual roles as a countess and a gypsy. The film was an expensive costume production by Spain's largest studio CIFESA. It is an adaptation of the 1932 play of the same name by Antonio and Manuel Machado. Before its release, the censor demanded that it be rewritten to more overtly punish bandits.[1]
Cast[]
And in alphabetical order
- Valeriano Andrés as Teniente
- Irene Caba Alba
- Julia Caba Alba
- Eduardo Fajardo
- José Jaspe
- Manuel Luna
- Antonio Riquelme
References[]
- ^ Bentley p.106
Bibliography[]
- Bentley, Bernard. A Companion to Spanish Cinema. Boydell & Brewer 2008.
External links[]
Categories:
- Spanish-language films
- 1949 films
- Spanish historical drama films
- 1940s historical drama films
- Films directed by Luis Lucia
- Films set in the 19th century
- Spanish films based on plays
- Cifesa films
- Films scored by Juan Quintero Muñoz
- Spanish black-and-white films
- 1949 drama films
- Spanish films
- 1940s Spanish film stubs