The Lioness of Castille

The Lioness of Castille
The Lioness of Castille
Directed by	Juan de Orduña
Written by	Francisco Villaespesa (play); Vicente Escrivá; Juan de Orduña;
Starring	Amparo Rivelles; Virgilio Teixeira; Alfredo Mayo; Manuel Luna;
Cinematography
Edited by	Petra de Nieva
Music by	Juan Quintero
Production; company	CIFESA
Distributed by	CIFESA
Release date	28 May 1951
Running time	106 minutes
Country	Spain
Language	Spanish

The Lioness of Castille (Spanish: La leona de Castilla) is a 1951 Spanish historical drama film directed by Juan de Orduña and starring Amparo Rivelles, Virgilio Teixeira and Alfredo Mayo. De Orduña had directed a number of the most expensive Spanish costume films of the era for the leading studio CIFESA. The film portrays the sixteenth century noblewoman María Pacheco, in a fictitious story that has her battling foreign agents during the reign of Charles V.^[1]

Cast[]

Amparo Rivelles as María de Pacheco
Virgilio Teixeira as Pedro de Guzmán
Alfredo Mayo as Manrique
Manuel Luna as Ramiro
Eduardo Fajardo as Tovar
Rafael Romero Marchent as Juan de Padilla hijo
Antonio Casas as Juan de Padilla
as Doña Isabel
as Sirvienta de María de Pacheco
as Cura en ejecución
Alberto Romea as Arzobispo
Manuel Arbó as Noble toledano
as Noble toledano
José Jaspe as Juan Bravo
as Francisco Maldonado
as Noble toledano
as Líder de los Imperiales
Jesús Tordesillas as Don López
Faustino Bretaño
Adriano Dominguez
Antonio Riquelme
Germán Cobos
Francisco Maroto

References[]

^ Bentley p.101

Bibliography[]

Bentley, Bernard. A Companion to Spanish Cinema. Boydell & Brewer 2008.

External links[]

The Lioness of Castille at IMDb

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[1] Bentley p.101

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