''Guest of Darkness'' (Spanish: ''El huésped de las tinieblas'') is a 1948 Spanish
historical drama film directed by
Antonio del Amo and starring
Carlos Muñoz and
Pastora Peña
Pastora Peña Martínez-Illescas (1920–2003) was a Spanish film actress
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.
[Mira p.218] It portrays the life of the nineteenth century
romanticist
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poet and writer
Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer
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Cast
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Manuel Aguilera
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Fernando Aguirre
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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 ...
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Manuel Arbó
Manuel Arbó (18 July 1898 – 25 May 1973) was a Spanish film actor. He appeared in more than 200 films between 1915 and 1970.
Selected filmography
* '' Drácula'' (1931, Spanish version)
* ''There Were Thirteen'' (1931, Spanish-language ...
*
Mario Berriatúa
Mario Berriatúa (1925–1970) was a Spanish film actor.Smith p.154
Selected filmography
* '' Mariona Rebull'' (1947)
* '' Guest of Darkness'' (1948)
* '' Neutrality'' (1949)
* ''Don Juan'' (1950)
* ''Tales of the Alhambra'' (1950)
* '' The Troub ...
*
Tomás Blanco
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Irene Caba Alba
Irene Caba Alba (25 August 1905 – 14 January 1957) was an Argentine-born Spanish stage and film actress. She appeared in forty films during her career including '' The Nail''.Hortelano p.176 She was born into a family of actors, the daughter ...
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María Carrizo
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Carlos Casaravilla
Carlos Casaravilla (12 October 1900 – 17 February 1981) was an Uruguayan actor. He appeared in 85 films between 1934 and 1978. He starred in the film '' El Lazarillo de Tormes'', which won the Golden Bear at the 10th Berlin International F ...
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Félix Fernández
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Elda Garza
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Julia Lajos
Julia Lajos (24 February 1894 – 21 June 1963) was a Spanish film actress. She appeared in more than 50 films between 1926 and 1963.
Selected filmography
* '' A Palace for Sale'' (1942)
* '' Orosia'' (1943)
* '' Lady in Ermine'' (1943)
* ...
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Arturo Marín Arturo is a Spanish and Italian variant of the name Arthur.
People
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* Arthuro Henrique Bernhardt (b. 1982), B ...
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Mari Paz Molinero
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Carlos Muñoz
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Nicolás D. Perchicot
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Pastora Peña
Pastora Peña Martínez-Illescas (1920–2003) was a Spanish 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 me ...
*
Joaquín Roa
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Conrado San Martín
Conrado San Martín Prieto (20 February 1921 – 24 April 2019) was a Spanish actor with a long and prolific career. He made his film debut in 1941 and was particularly popular during the 1950s.
Life
Conrado San Martín left behind a career as ...
References
Bibliography
* Mira, Alberto. ''The A to Z of Spanish Cinema''. Rowman & Littlefield, 2010.
External links
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Spanish historical drama films
1940s historical drama films
1948 films
1940s Spanish-language films
Films directed by Antonio del Amo
Films set in the 19th century
Films scored by Jesús García Leoz
Spanish black-and-white films
1948 drama films
1940s Spanish films
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