The Holy Crown
(Redirected from Reina santa)
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| Spanish | Reina santa |
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| Written by |
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| Produced by | Aníbal Contreiras Cesáreo González |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Manuel Berenguer Alfredo Fraile |
| Edited by | Suevia Films |
| Music by | Ruy Coelho |
Production company | Suevia Films |
| Distributed by | Mercurio Films |
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Running time | 110 minutes |
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| Languages | Portuguese Spanish |
The Holy Crown (Spanish: Reina santa) is a 1947 Spanish-Portuguese historical drama film starring Maruchi Fresno, António Vilar and Luis Peña.[1] Separate Spanish and Portuguese versions were filmed with the Spanish directed by Rafael Gil and the Portuguese by Henrique Campos and Aníbal Contreiras. It was part of a popular group of Spanish costume films made in the late 1940s.
The film portrays the life of Isabel of Aragon, a Spanish-born Queen of Portugal who played a role of peacemaker between different factions at the Portuguese court as well as between Portugal and Castile.
Cast
[edit]- Maruchi Fresno as Isabel of Aragon
- António Vilar as Dinis, King of Portugal
- Luis Peña as Nuño de Lara
- Fernando Rey as baby Alfonso
- José Nieto as Vasco Peres, the alderman
- María Martín as Blanca
- Juan Espantaleón as Pedro, the priest
- Fernando Fernández de Córdoba as Peter III of Aragon
- María Asquerino as Leonor
- Barreto Poeira as Álvaro, the squire
- Milagros Leal as Doña Betaza
- Virgílio Teixeira as Alfonso Sánchez
- Julieta Castelo as Doña María Ximénez
- Gabriel Algara as Juan Velho
- Carmen Sánchez as Doña Constanza
- Emilio G. Ruiz as baby Pedro
- Manuel Guitián as Ramiro
- Joaquina Almarche as María de Molina
- Rafael Luis Calvo as Fernán Ayres
- José Prada as Martín Gil
- Manrique Gil as Don Juan Manuel
- Félix Fernandez as Barredo
- Joaquín Pujol
- José Franco as Froilas
- Luisa España as Isabel as a child
- Santiago Rivero
- Julio F. Alymán
- Francisco Hernández as Villafranca
- Elvira Real
- Mercedes Castellanos as María
- Alfonso de Córdoba as Juan
- Fernando Fresno as physician
- Emilio García Ruiz as baby Pedro
- José Jaspe as Estevao
References
[edit]- ^ Bentley, Bernard. A Companion to Spanish Cinema. Boydell & Brewer, 2008. p. 100. ISBN 1855661764.
External links
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