The Maragatan Sphinx

The Maragatan Sphinx (Spanish:La esfinge maragata) is a 1950 Spanish drama film directed by Antonio de Obregón and starring Paquita de Ronda.^[1] It takes its title from the Maragatería region.

The action takes place in a Maragata hacienda that is sinking into misery, whose situation can only be resolved through a marriage of convenience. But the marriageable girl, during a train trip, falls in love with a young poet and is reciprocated. Her family opposes this relationship, since they have promised her in marriage with a man of good position.

• Paquita de Ronda as Mariflor Salvadores
• Luis Peña as Rogelio
• Juan José Martínez Casado as Antonio Salvadores
• Juan de Landa as Tío Cristóbal
• Fernando Fernández de Córdoba
• Carmen Reyes
• Julia Caba Alba as Tía de Mariflor
• Gabriel Algara
• Juana Mansó
• Julia Pachelo
• Manena Algora
• Emilio Pages
• Concha López Silva
• Mari Paz Molinero

• Nicolás Fernández-Medina & Maria Truglio. Modernism and the Avant-garde Body in Spain and Italy. Routledge, 2016.

• The Maragatan Sphinx at IMDb

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