''An Angel Has Arrived'' (Spanish: ''Ha llegado un ángel'') is a 1961 Spanish

musical film Musical film is a film genre in which songs by the characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. The songs usually advance the plot or develop the film's characters, but in some cases, they serve merely as breaks ...

directed by

Luis Lucia Luis Lucia Mingarro (24 May 1914, in Valencia – 12 March 1984, in Madrid) was a Spanish film director and screenwriter. His father, Luis Lucia, was the Spanish minister of communications in 1935. He studied Law and was the attorney of CI ...

, starring child star Marisol with music by

Augusto Algueró Augusto Algueró Dasca (23 February 1934 – 16 January 2011) was a Spanish composer, arranger and music director. He wrote more than 500 songs and about 200 musical scores for films and television. Career Algueró was born in Barcelona, and st ...

and lyrics by Antonio Guijarro.

Background

It is the second movie to star child singer and actress Marisol, being '' A Ray of Light'' the first one. It is the first of six movies in which Marisol shared the bill with

Isabel Garcés Isabel Garcés Cerezal (1901–1981) was a Spanish stage and film actress An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern m ...

. The film was a major commercial success.

Cast

* Marisol *

Carlos Larrañaga Carlos Larrañaga Ladrón de Guevara (11 March 1937 – 30 August 2012) was a Spanish actor. Biography Personal life Larrañaga was born in Barcelona to actress María Fernanda Ladrón de Guevara, and was the half-brother of actress Amparo ...

José Marco Davó José Marco Davó (1895–1974) was a Spanish film actor.Pitts p.307 Selected filmography * ''Es mi hombre'' (1934) * ''Don Quintín el amargao'' (1935) - Nicasio * ''La última falla'' (1940) * ''Whirlwind'' (1941) - Portero * '' Dawn of Americ ...

Ana María Custodio Ana María Custodio (1908–1976) was a Spanish film actress.Solomon p.331 She was the daughter of a military man and the sister of the writer Álvaro Custodio. Ana Maria Custodio irregularly continued her career after leaving to mexico. Selected ...

* Raquel Daina *Ángeles Macua *Pilar Sanclemente * Francisco Váquez *

Jesús Puente Jesús Puente Alzaga (18 December 1930 – 26 October 2000) was a Spanish actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1957 to 2000. In 1954 he represented ''The Taming of the Shrew'' of William Shakespeare at the Teatre Grec. Selecte ...

* * Jesús Álvarez *

Jaime Blanch Jaime Blanch Montijano (born 1940) is a Spanish film and television actor.Goble p.90 Selected filmography * ''I Was a Parish Priest'' (1953) * ''Jeromin'' (1953) * ''An Andalusian Gentleman'' (1954) * '' An Angel Has Arrived'' (1961) * ''La gra ...

Cesáreo Quezadas Cesáreo Quezadas (born 18 December 1950) is a Mexican actor. He took the stage name of Pulgarcito from the film of the same name in which he debuted in 1957. During the 1960s he achieved worldwide fame for acting in many films. However, in 2005, ...

"Pulgarcito"

Songs

*"El tren" *"Ola, ola, ola" *"Rumbita" *"Alegrías" *"Andalucía" *"La canción de Marisol" *"Bulerías" *"Jotas" *"

Estando contigo Spain took part in the Eurovision Song Contest for the first time in 1961. The country was represented by Conchita Bautista with the song "Estando contigo", written by Antonio Guijarro and Augusto Algueró. The song was chosen through a nationa ...

" *"Estando contigo (final)"

References

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Spanish musical drama films 1961 in Spain Films directed by Luis Lucia 1960s musical drama films 1961 drama films Films scored by Augusto Algueró 1960s Spanish films 1960s Spanish-language films Spanish-language musical drama films {{Musical-drama-film-stub