''Light in the High Plains'' ( es, Luz en el páramo) is a 1953 Venezuelan film directed by

Víctor Urruchúa Víctor Urruchúa (30 December 1912 – 1981) was a Mexican actor, film director and screenwriter. He appeared in 24 films between 1926 and 1951. He also directed 15 films between 1944 and 1953. Selected filmography * ''Two Monks'' (1934 - ...

.Sadlier p.48 It was entered into the

1953 Cannes Film Festival The 6th Cannes Film Festival was held from 15 to 29 April 1953. The Grand Prix of the Festival went to ''The Wages of Fear'' by Henri-Georges Clouzot. The festival opened with ''Horizons sans fin'' by Jean Dréville. During the opening ceremony, ...

Cast

José Elías Moreno José Elías Moreno (12 November 1910 – 15 July 1969) was a Mexican character actor. He appeared in more than 180 films between 1937 and 1969. He was from the state of Jalisco. His son of the same name, born in 1956, is also a successful a ...

as Jose *

Carmen Montejo Carmen Montejo (born María Teresa Sánchez González; May 26, 1925 – February 25, 2013) was a Cuban actress. Biography Real name: María Teresa Sánchez González. Montejo started her career in radio as a child at the age of 6 in Cuba in ...

as Angela *

Hilda Vera Hilda is one of several female given names derived from the name ''Hild'', formed from Old Norse , meaning 'battle'. Hild, a Nordic-German Bellona, was a Valkyrie who conveyed fallen warriors to Valhalla. Warfare was often called Hild's Game. The ...

as Julia *

Luis Salazar Luis Ernesto Salazar Garcia (born May 19, 1956) is a Venezuelan former professional baseball player, coach and manager. He played in Major League Baseball from 1980 to 1992 as a third baseman and outfielder for the San Diego Padres (1980–84, 19 ...

as Pedro Maria * Ildemaro García * Esteban Herrera as Arcadio * Jorge Reyes as Zamarro *

Elvira Morla Elvira is a female given name. First recorded in medieval Spain, it is likely of Germanic (Gothic) origin. Elvira may refer to: People Nobility * Elvira Menéndez (died 921), daughter of Hermenegildo Gutiérrez and wife of Ordoño II of León ...

as Pastora * David Peraza * Gran Marcos

References

Bibliography

* Darlene J. Sadlier. ''Latin American Melodrama: Passion, Pathos, and Entertainment''. University of Illinois Press, 2009.

External links

* 1953 films Venezuelan drama films 1950s Spanish-language films Venezuelan black-and-white films Films directed by Víctor Urruchúa {{Venezuela-film-stub