The Mulatta of Cordoba
Appearance
The Mulatta of Cordoba | |
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Directed by | Adolfo Fernández Bustamante |
Written by | Adolfo Fernández Bustamante Xavier Villaurrutia Elvira de la Mora |
Produced by | Manuel Sisniega Otero Felipe Subervielle |
Starring | Lina Montes Víctor Junco Víctor Manuel Mendoza |
Cinematography | Agustín Jiménez |
Edited by | Gloria Schoemann |
Music by | Gonzalo Curiel Manuel Esperón |
Production company | Films Mundiales |
Distributed by | Clasa-Mohme |
Release date |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
Country | Mexico |
Language | Spanish |
The Mulatta of Cordoba (Spanish: La mulata de Córdoba) is a 1945 Mexican drama film directed by Adolfo Fernández Bustamante and starring Lina Montes, Víctor Junco and Víctor Manuel Mendoza.[1] [2] It was shot at the Clasa Studios in Mexico City. The film's sets were designed by the art director Manuel Fontanals.
Synopsis
[edit]On Cuba, the beautiful mulatta Belén San Juan is the daughter of a wealthy landowner and a black slave. On her father's death she inherits his property, to the anger of her uncle who coverts the estate himself.
Cast
[edit]- Lina Montes as Belén de San Juan
- Víctor Junco as Pedro
- Víctor Manuel Mendoza as Juan Miguel
- José Baviera as Don Carlos San Juan
- Eduardo Casado as Don Antonio
- María Douglas as Emilia de San Juan
- Enrique Zambrano as Don Luis de San Juan
- Rosa Castro as Mamá de Emilia
- Lilón as María Belén
- Luis Jiménez Morán as Tlacuache
- Toña la Negra as Nana Paz
- Manuel Trejo Morales as Invitado fiesta
- Columba Domínguez as Pueblerina
- José Escanero as Invitado fiesta
- Juan José Laboriel as Pueblerino
- Chimi Monterrey as Pueblerino
- Javier Puente as Amigo de Carlos
- María Valdealde as Invitada racista fiesta
References
[edit]Bibliography
[edit]- Balderston, Daniel, Gonzalez, Mike & Lopez, Ana M. Encyclopedia of Contemporary Latin American and Caribbean Cultures. Routledge, 2002.
- Delgadillo, Theresa. Geographies of Relation: Diasporas and Borderlands in the Americas. University of Michigan Press, 2024.