en The Holy Crown

Reina santa
Reina santa
Spanish	Reina santa
Directed by	Henrique Campos; Aníbal Contreiras; Rafael Gil;
Written by	Tavares Alves; Luna de Oliveira; Antonio Tudela; Rafael Gil; Aníbal Contreiras;
Produced by	Aníbal Contreiras; Cesáreo González
Starring	Maruchi Fresno; António Vilar; Luis Peña; Fernando Rey;
Cinematography	Manuel Berenguer [es]; Alfredo Fraile
Edited by	Suevia Films
Music by	Ruy Coelho
Production; company	Suevia Films
Distributed by	Mercurio Films
Release date	15 September 1947;
Running time	110 minutes
Countries	Portugal; Spain;
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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[1] Bentley, Bernard. A Companion to Spanish Cinema. Boydell & Brewer, 2008. p. 100. ISBN 1855661764.

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