''Gloria Mairena'' is a 1952 Spanish

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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 ...

and starring

Juanita Reina Juana Reina Castrillo (August 25, 1925 in Seville – March 19, 1999 in Seville) better known as Juanita Reina, was a Spanish actress and copla singer. She was born in the Sevillian district, la Macarena, Seville and studied in Enrique el ...

Eduardo Fajardo Eduardo Martínez Fajardo (14 August 1924 – 4 July 2019) was a Spanish film actor born in Meis (Pontevedra), Spain. He appeared in 183 films, 75 plays and made 2,000 television appearances between 1947 and 2002. Biography He was born in ...

and

Rafael Arcos Rafael Arcos (1926-1991) was an Argentine film and television actor who appeared in many Spanish productions.Barba p.252 He also worked as a voice actor, dubbing foreign-language films for release in the Spanish market. Selected filmography * '' ...

.Directory of World Cinema: Spain p.152 It was released by Cifesa, Spain's leading studio of the period. The film's sets were designed by the

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Gil Parrondo.

Synopsis

Seville Seville (; es, Sevilla, ) is the capital and largest city of the Spanish autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville. It is situated on the lower reaches of the River Guadalquivir, in the southwest of the Iberian Peninsula ...

, a man loses his wife after two years of marriage and turns to the priesthood. Their daughter grows up to look exactly like her mother, and he fears losing her in a similar way.

Cast

as Gloria Mairena / Gloria Céspedes *

as Paulino Céspedes * Ricardo Acero as Paco *

as Sebastián *

Francisco Bernal Francisco is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the masculine given name ''Franciscus''. Nicknames In Spanish, people with the name Francisco are sometimes nicknamed "Paco". San Francisco de Asís was known as ''Pater Comunitatis'' (father of ...

as Baldomero * Ana de Leyva as Sagrario *

Manuel Guitián 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 Rector *

Valeriano Andrés Valeriano Andrés (1922–2005) was a Spanish film and television actor.Soria p.176 Selected filmography * ''I Will Consult Mister Brown'' (1946) * '' Guest of Darkness'' (1948) * ''Night Arrival'' (1949) * '' Neutrality'' (1949) * '' The Duches ...

as Don Buenaventura * Mercedes Cora as Lina Álvarez * María Teresa Reina as Gloria Céspedes niña *

Quico Juanes Quico or Quicos may refer to: People * Quico (footballer) (José Antonio Ruiz Palácios, born 1961), former Spanish soccer player * Quico Canseco (born 1949), American politician * Quico Chacón (born 1934), former professional footballer who p ...

as Niño *

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 ...

as Niño *

Rafael Calvo Revilla Rafael may refer to: * Rafael (given name) or Raphael, a name of Hebrew origin * Rafael, California * Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, Israeli manufacturer of weapons and military technology * Hurricane Rafael, a 2012 hurricane Fiction * ''R ...

as Periodista * Antonio García Quijada as Narrador *

Casimiro Hurtado Casimiro may refer to: *Casimiro (given name) Casimiro is a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Casimiro de Abreu (1839–1860), Brazilian poet, novelist and playwright * Casimiro Alegre (1741–1825), Argentine militia officer a ...

as Cliente del tablao * Manuel Luna as Self *

Arturo Marín Arturo is a Spanish and Italian variant of the name Arthur. People *Arturo Álvarez (footballer, born 1985), American-born Salvadoran footballer * Arturo Álvarez (footballer, born 1959), Mexican footballer * Arthuro Henrique Bernhardt (b. 1982), B ...

as Cliente del tablao *

Teófilo Palou Teófilo is a given name. People with the name include: *Teófilo Barrios (born 1964), Paraguayan football (soccer) defender * Teófilo Benito (1966–2004), Spanish middle-distance runner *Teófilo Borunda (1912–2001), Mexican politician * Teóf ...

as Empresario

References

Bibliography

* Hortelano, Lorenzo J. Torres. ''Directory of World Cinema: Spain''. Intellect Books, 2011. * Labanyi, Jo & Pavlović, Tatjana. ''A Companion to Spanish Cinema''. John Wiley & Sons, 2012.

External links

* 1952 films Spanish drama films 1952 drama films 1950s Spanish-language films Films directed by Luis Lucia 1950s Spanish films Cifesa films Spanish films based on plays Films set in Seville {{1950s-Spain-film-stub