''A Toast for Manolete'' (Spanish:''Brindis a Manolete'') is a 1948 Spanish

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directed by

Florián Rey Antonio Martínez del Castillo known professionally as Florián Rey was a Spanish director, actor, and screenwriter. He directed '' The Cursed Village'', widely recognized as a seminal work in silent Spanish cinema, and helped launch the career o ...

and starring Paquita Rico, Pedro Ortega and

Manolo Morán Manolo Morán (30 December 1905, in Madrid – 27 April 1967, in Alicante) was a Spanish film actor. Selected filmography * ''Carmen fra i rossi'' (1939) - Il capitano Salmeron * ''El huésped del sevillano'' (1940) * '' The Unloved Woman'' ( ...

. The film is a

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of the celebrated Spanish

bullfighter A bullfighter (or matador) is a performer in the activity of bullfighting. ''Torero'' () or ''toureiro'' (), both from Latin ''taurarius'', are the Spanish and Portuguese words for bullfighter and describe all the performers in the activit ...

Manolete Manuel Laureano Rodríguez Sánchez (4 July 1917 – 29 August 1947), known as Manolete, was a Spanish bullfighter. Career Manuel Laureano Rodríguez Sánchez was the son of a bullfighter (who also went by the name Manolete) and his wife An ...

, who had been killed the previous year.Bentley p.107

Cast

* Paquita Rico as Dolores * Pedro Ortega as Manuel Rodríguez 'Manolete' *

as Antonio * Ana Adamuz as Doña Rosario *

Manuel Monroy Manuel may refer to: People * Manuel (name) * Manuel (Fawlty Towers), a fictional character from the sitcom ''Fawlty Towers'' * Charlie Manuel, manager of the Philadelphia Phillies * Manuel I Komnenos, emperor of the Byzantine Empire * Manu ...

as Javier del Álamo * Eulália del Pino as Soledad *

José Jaspe José Jaspe ( gl, Xosé Jaspe Rivas) (10 August 1906 – 5 June 1974) was a Spanish film actor. He played Konev the conductor in '' Horror Express'' (1972), Ahmed in '' House of 1,000 Dolls'' (1967), Henneker in ''The Man Called Noon'' (1973), th ...

as Bronquista en bar *

Mercedes Castellanos Mercedes Castellanos Soánez known as Merche Castellanos (born 21 July 1988) is a Spanish female handball player for CBF Málaga Costa del Sol and the Spanish national team. Achievements * División de Honor: **''Winner'': 2018 *Queen's Cup ...

as Mercedes *

Domingo Rivas Domingo Rivas (29 March 1933 – 29 August 2020) was a Venezuelan racing cyclist. He competed in the three events at the 1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an interna ...

as Gabriel *

Juana Mansó Juana is a Spanish female first name. It is the feminine form of Juan (English John), and thus corresponds to the English names Jane, Janet, Jean, Joan, and Joanna. Juanita is a common variant. The name Juana may refer to: People *Juana I ( ...

as Remedios * Manolo Iglesias as Juan * Emilio Ruiz de Córdoba as Médico *

José Greco José Greco ( Costanzo Greco; December 23, 1918 – December 31, 2000) was an Italian-born American flamenco dancer and choreographer known for popularizing Spanish dance on the stage and screen in America mostly in the 1950s and 1960s. Backgro ...

as Rafael * Rafael Romero as Cantaor *

Rafael Bardem Rafael Bardem Solé (10 January 1889 – 6 November 1972) was a Spanish film and stage actor whose career stretched from the 1940s through the 1960s. He was the husband of Matilde Muñoz Sampedro; the father of Juan Antonio Bardem and Pilar Ba ...

as Hombre que da mala noticia * Trío Escudero as Trío flamenco * Fernanda 'La Cordobesita' as Bailaora * Porreto * Manzanilla * Orozco * Manolo Badajoz * Sevillano * Joaquina Martí * Luis Maravilla

References

Bibliography

* Bentley, Bernard. ''A Companion to Spanish Cinema''. Boydell & Brewer 2008.

External links

* 1948 films 1948 drama films 1940s biographical drama films Films set in Spain Spanish biographical drama films 1940s Spanish-language films Films directed by Florián Rey Spanish black-and-white films 1940s Spanish films {{1940s-Spain-film-stub