''Corazón salvaje'' is a 1956 Mexican drama film directed by

Juan José Ortega Juan José Ortega (October 27, 1904 – December 27, 1996) was a Mexican film director, producer and screenwriter. He was active during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema The Golden Age of Mexican cinema ( es, Época de Oro del Cine Mexicano) is ...

and starring Martha Roth,

Christiane Martel Christiane Martel (born Christiane Magnani on 18 January 1936) is a French actress and beauty queen. She became the second woman to win Miss Universe, in 1953.Carlos Navarro and

Rafael Bertrand Rafael Bertrand (20 August 1917 – 5 October 1983) was a Cuban film actor who worked for many years in the Mexican film industry. He played a Mexican version of the gentleman thief A. J. Raffles Arthur J. Raffles (usually called A. J. Raffles) ...

. It was the first screen adaptation of the novel of the same name written by

Caridad Bravo Adams Caridad Bravo Adams (; born on January 14, 1908, in Villahermosa, Tabasco – August 13, 1990 in Mexico City) was a prolific Mexico, Mexican writer and the most famous telenovela writer worldwide. She was born to a couple of Cuban actors and ...

and published in 1957, a year after the film adaptation was released. The first adaptation was made as a

radionovela A radionovela (also known as serial radiofónico or simply serial) is a type of radio drama first broadcast in Latin America in the early 20th century. Radionovelas are typically melodramas or soap operas which are issued in chapters, in contrast ...

Cast

* Martha Roth as Mónica Molnar *

Christiane Martel Christiane Martel (born Christiane Magnani on 18 January 1936) is a French actress and beauty queen. She became the second woman to win Miss Universe, in 1953.Carlos Navarro as Juan del Diablo *

as Renato Duchamp * Dalia Íñiguez *

Julio Villarreal Julio Villarreal (7 December 1885 – 4 August 1958) was a Spanish actor who later settled and worked in Mexico. He also directed two films in the early 1930s.Taibo p.155 Born as Julio Crochet i Martínez Villarreal in Madrid to a family of theat ...

* Fedora Capdevila *

Víctor Alcocer Víctor Alcocer Gómez (March 23, 1917 – October 2, 1984) was a Mexican actor of film, television and voice-over.Armando Velasco Armando Velasco (18 January 1918 – 29 September 1999) was an Ecuadorian-born Mexican actor who worked on the Golden Age of Mexican cinema, on films such as '' The Saint Who Forged a Country'' (1942), '' Historia de un gran amor'' (1942), and ...

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* 1956 films 1950s Spanish-language films Films based on Mexican novels Films set in the 1900s Films directed by Juan José Ortega Estudios Churubusco films 1956 drama films Mexican drama films 1950s Mexican films Mexican black-and-white films {{1950s-Mexico-film-stub