The Lady of the Camellias (1953 Argentine film)

The Lady of the Camellias
Directed byErnesto Arancibia
Written byErnesto Arancibia
Alexis de Arancibia
Based onThe Lady of the Camellias by Alexandre Dumas
StarringZully Moreno
Carlos Thompson
Mona Maris
CinematographyAntonio Merayo
Edited byJosé Serra
Music byTito Ribero
Production
company
Distributed byArgentina Sono Film
Release date
  • 5 February 1953 (1953-02-05)
Running time
115 minutes
CountryArgentina
LanguageSpanish

The Lady of the Camellias (Spanish: La mujer de las camelias) is a 1953 Argentine melodrama film of the classical era of Argentine cinema, directed by Ernesto Arancibia and starring Zully Moreno, Carlos Thompson and Mona Maris.[1] [2] It is an adaptation of the 1848 novel The Lady of the Camellias by Alexandre Dumas. The film's sets were designed by the art director Gori Muñoz.

Cast

  • Zully Moreno as Margarita Gautier
  • Carlos Thompson Armand Duval
  • Mona Maris
  • Nicolás Fregues
  • Ricardo Argemí
  • Josefa Goldar
  • Mario Faig
  • Jesús Pampín
  • Hilda Rey
  • María del Río
  • Alberto Barcel
  • Juan Carlos Palma
  • Liana Moabro
  • Ana Arneodo
  • Daniel Tedeschi
  • Tina Helba
  • Eduardo Moyano
  • Alfredo Distasio
  • Lina Bardo
  • María Perdiguero
  • Rafael Diserio
  • José Dorado
  • Carmen Giménez
  • Leda Zanda
  • Víctor Martucci
  • Raulito González
  • Nina Marchi
  • Nora Núñez
  • Federico Guillermo Pedrido
  • Antonio Perdiguero
  • Chichi Banfi
  • Santiago Gómez Cou

References

  1. ^ Campbell p.420
  2. ^ Ferreira p.377

Bibliography

  • Campbell, Russell. Marked Women: Prostitutes and Prostitution in the Cinema. University of Wisconsin Press, 2006.
  • Ferreira, Fernando. Luz, cámara-- memoria: una historia social del cine argentino. Corregidor, 1995.