''Alfonso XII and María Cristina'' or ''Where Are You Going, Sad Man?'' () is a 1960 Spanish

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directed by Alfonso Balcázar and Guillermo Cases and starring Vicente Parra and Marga López as

Alfonso XII of Spain Alfonso XII (Alfonso Francisco de Asís Fernando Pío Juan María de la Concepción Gregorio Pelayo de Borbón y Borbón; 28 November 185725 November 1885), also known as ''El Pacificador'' (Spanish: the Peacemaker), was King of Spain from 29 D ...

and his second wife Maria Christina of Austria. The film is the sequel to '' Where Are You Going, Alfonso XII?'' with Vicente Parra,

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and Tomás Blanco reprising their roles from the previous film as Alfonso XII, Antonio Cánovas del Castillo and the Duque de Sesto respectively. replaced Mercedes Vecino as Isabella II. Similar in style to the German Sissi film series, it was very popular but led to Vicente Parra's

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.Mira p.236 The film's sets were designed by the

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Enrique Alarcón.

Cast

* Vicente Parra as

Alfonso XII Alfonso XII (Alfonso Francisco de Asís Fernando Pío Juan María de la Concepción Gregorio Pelayo de Borbón y Borbón; 28 November 185725 November 1885), also known as ''El Pacificador'' (Spanish: the Peacemaker), was King of Spain from 29 D ...

* Marga López as María Cristina *

as Antonio Cánovas del Castillo * Marta Padovan as Infanta Isabel * Tomás Blanco as Duque de Sesto * as Isabella II * Ana María Custodio as Duquesa de Montpensier * Francisco Arias * Rafael Bardem as Doctor Federico Rubio y Galí * Rosita Yarza * Mario Morales * María Dolores Cabo * Antonio Jiménez Escribano * Felip Peña * Manuel Insúa * José Sepúlveda as Damián * Josefina Serratosa * José Morales * Consuelo de Nieva * Carolina Jiménez * Mario Bustos * José Vidal * Salvador Muñoz * Mario Beut * Rafael Calvo * Gonzalo Medel * Amalia Sánchez Ariño *

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* Marta Novar * Alejo del Peral * Carmen Aroca * Juan Eulate as Novaleches * Camino Delgado * Julia Pachelo * José Cuenca * Carmen Lozano * Lolita de Málaga * Manuel Ausensi * Miguel Aguerri

References

Bibliography

* Mira, Alberto. ''Historical Dictionary of Spanish Cinema''. Scarecrow Press, 2010.

External links

* 1960 films 1960s historical drama films Spanish historical drama films 1960s Spanish-language films Films directed by Alfonso Balcázar Films set in the 19th century Alfonso XII 1960 drama films 1960s Spanish films Cultural depictions of Isabella II Spanish-language historical drama films {{1960s-Spain-film-stub