''La diosa de Tahití'' (''The Goddess of Tahiti'') also known as ''Los chacales de la Isla Verde'' (''The Jackals of Isla Verde''), is a Mexican

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

directed by

Juan Orol Juan Rogelio García García, better known as Juan Orol (August 4, 1897 in Lalín, Pontevedra, Spain – May 26, 1988 in Mexico City, Mexico) was a Mexican-Spanish actor, producer, screenwriter and film director. He was known as ''The King of ...

. It was released in 1953 and starring

Rosa Carmina Rosa Carmina Riverón Jiménez (born November 19, 1929) is a Cuban-Mexican actress and dancer. She was discovered in Cuba by the Spanish filmmaker Juan Orol, and made her debut in Mexican cinema in Orol's film ''A Woman from the East'' in 1946. S ...

and Arturo Martínez.

Plot

Paula (

), the biggest star of a cabaret located on some exotic island of the

South Seas Today the term South Seas, or South Sea, is used in several contexts. Most commonly it refers to the portion of the Pacific Ocean south of the equator. In 1513, when Spanish conquistador Vasco Núñez de Balboa coined the term ''Mar del Sur'', ...

, harbor a fugitive who starts a dangerous adventure that compromises her safety, in a bitter struggle between smugglers and military.

Cast

... ''Paula'' * Arturo Martínez ... ''Silvestre'' * Marco de Carlo ... ''Alfredo'' * Gilberto González ... ''Pancho''

Reviews

Delirious romantic melodrama directed by Juan Orol, which include the pleasant musical numbers danced by the rumbera Rosa Carmina and the recreation exotic environments in which the filmmaker puts his history.''Cineteca Nacional (México): La diosa de Tahití''
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References

External links

* 1953 films Mexican black-and-white films Rumberas films 1950s Spanish-language films Films directed by Juan Orol Mexican drama films 1953 drama films 1950s Mexican films {{1950s-Mexico-film-stub