The Holy Crown
1947 film by Henrique Campos, Rafael Gil
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| Spanish | Reina santa |
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| Produced by | Aníbal Contreiras Cesáreo González |
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| Cinematography | Manuel Berenguer [es] 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
- 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 [es] 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 [es] as physician
- Emilio García Ruiz as baby Pedro
- José Jaspe as Estevao
References
- ^ Bentley, Bernard. A Companion to Spanish Cinema. Boydell & Brewer, 2008. p. 100. ISBN 1855661764.
External links
- The Holy Crown at IMDb
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Films directed by Rafael Gil
- The Man Who Wanted to Kill Himself (1942)
- Journey to Nowhere (1942)
- Traces of Light (1943)
- Eloisa Is Under an Almond Tree (1943)
- Lessons in Good Love (1944)
- The Nail (1944)
- Thirsty Land (1945)
- The Phantom and Dona Juanita (1945)
- The Prodigal Woman (1946)
- The Holy Crown (1947)
- Don Quixote (1947)
- The Faith (1947)
- Mare Nostrum (1948)
- The Sunless Street (1948)
- Just Any Woman (1949)
- Adventures of Juan Lucas (1949)
- Saturday Night (1950)
- Apollo Theatre (1950)
- The Great Galeoto (1951)
- Our Lady of Fatima (1951)
- The Song of Sister Maria (1952)
- From Madrid to Heaven (1952)
- I Was a Parish Priest (1953)
- He Died Fifteen Years Ago (1954)
- Judas' Kiss (1954)
- The Other Life of Captain Contreras (1955)
- The Cock Crow (1955)
- The Big Lie (1956)
- Miracle of the White Suit (1956)
- Let's Make the Impossible! (1958)
- Luxury Cabin (1959)
- College Boarding House (1959)
- Litri and His Shadow (1960)
- Darling (1961)
- Green Harvest (1961)
- Rogelia (1962)
- Queen of the Chantecler (1962)
- You and Me Are Three (1962)
- The Blackmailers (1963)
- Pedrito de Andía's New Life (1965)
- Currito of the Cross (1965)
- Samba (1965)
- Road to Rocío (1966)
- He's My Man! (1966)
- Another's Wife (1967)
- Fruit of Temptation (1968)
- The Sailor with Golden Fists (1968)
- A Decent Adultery (1969)
- Blood in the Bullring (1969)
- The Locket (1970)
- The Man Who Wanted to Kill Himself (1970)
- The Green Envelope (1971)
- The Doubt (1972)
- Nothing Less Than a Real Man (1972)
- The Guerrilla (1973)
- The King is the Best Mayor (1974)
- The Good Days Lost (1975)
- Forget the Drums (1975)
- Death's Newlyweds (1975)
- The Legion Like Women (1976)
- Two Men and Two Women Amongst Them (1977)
- Father Cami's Wedding (1979)
- Spoiled Children (1980)
- And in the Third Year, He Rose Again (1980)
- Old Shirt to New Jacket (1982)
- The Autonomines (1984)
- The Cheerful Colsada Girls (1984)
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