''Ecija's Seven Children'' (Spanish: ''Los siete niños de Écija'') is a 1947 Mexican

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directed by

Miguel Morayta Miguel Morayta (15 August 1907 – 19 June 2013) was a Spanish film director and screenwriter. He directed 74 films between 1944 and 1978. At the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, Morayta was a Spanish artillery officer, who joined the Repub ...

and starring

Julián Soler Julián Díaz Pavia (17 February 1907 – 5 May 1977), better known by the stage name Julián Soler, was a Mexican film director, actor, and screenwriter of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. In his career spanning half a century, Soler receive ...

, Rosario Granados and Luis Beristáin. Riera p.119-20 The film's sets were designed by the

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Javier Torres Torija. It is based on the novel of the same title by Manuel Fernández y González set during the

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. It was followed by a sequel '' The Secret of Juan Palomo''.

Cast

* Rosario Granados * Luis Beristáin * Pepita Meliá *

Rafael Banquells Rafael Banquells Garafulla (born Rafael Banquells Garafulla; 25 June 1917 – 27 October 1990) was a Cuban-born Mexican actor, director and TV producer known in Mexico as Rafael Banquells (I). Biography Banquells was born on 25 June 1917 in ...

* Roberto Banquells * Florencio Castelló * Alejandro Cobo * Roberto Corell *

Rafael María de Labra Rafael María de Labra y Cadrana (7 September 1840 – 16 April 1918) was a Spanish krausist educator, activist, lawyer, lecturer, Republican politician and author. He served two times as Rector of the Institución Libre de Enseñanza. A noted ...

María Douglas María Douglas (June 22, 1922 – December 17, 1973) was a Mexican stage and film actress.Taibo p.155 Selected filmography * '' Cinco fueron escogidos'' (1943) * '' The War of the Pastries'' (1944) * '' The Mulatta of Cordoba'' (1945) * ''The Wh ...

* Haydee Gracia *

Francisco Jambrina Francisco Jambrina Campos (December 3, 1902 – January 21, 1967) was a Spanish-born Mexican film actor.Kohner p.355 Selected filmography * '' Every Madman to His Specialty'' (1939) * ''Simón Bolívar'' (1942) * ''Les Misérables'' (1943) * '' ...

* Jorge Mondragón * Anita Muriel * Nicolás Rodríguez * Mercedes Soler * Hernán Vera * Carlos Villarías

References

Bibliography

* Carredano, Consuelo & Picún, Olga. ''Huellas y rostros: exilios y migraciones en la construcción de la memoria musical de Latinoamérica''. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 2017 * Hammer, Tad Bentley . ''International film prizes: an encyclopedia''. Garland, 1991. * Riera, Emilio García. ''Historia documental del cine mexicano: 1945''. Ediciones Era, 1969.

External links

* 1947 films 1947 drama films Mexican drama films 1940s Spanish-language films Films directed by Miguel Morayta Mexican black-and-white films 1940s Mexican films 1940s historical films Mexican historical films Films set in the 19th century Films set in Andalusia {{1940s-Mexico-film-stub