''My Daughter Hildegart'' ( es, Mi hija Hildegart, link=no) is a 1977 Spanish film directed by

Fernando Fernán Gómez Fernando Fernández Gómez (28 August 1921 – 21 November 2007) better known as Fernando Fernán Gómez was a Spanish actor, screenwriter, film director, theater director and member of the Royal Spanish Academy for seven years. He was born ...

based on the book ''Aurora de sangre'' by

Eduardo de Guzmán Eduardo de Guzmán Espinosa (19 June 1908 in Villada – 25 July 1991 in Madrid) was a Spanish journalist and writer, popular during the Second Spanish Republic. He was known for his press reports and journalism during the Spanish Civil War follo ...

. It stars

Amparo Soler Leal Amparo Soler Leal (23 August 1933 – 25 October 2013) was a Spanish film actress. She was married to Adolfo Marsillach from 1954 to 1956, and to film producer Alfredo Matas from 1969 until his death in 1996. She worked often with Luis García ...

as Aurora Rodríguez.

Plot

From account of

's testimony, the plot moves back to 1933

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, developing the story of Aurora Rodríguez and the path that led her to kill her daughter, ''wunderkind'', sexology specialist, and

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pundit

Hildegart Rodríguez Carballeira Hildegart Rodríguez Carballeira ( in Madrid in Madrid) was an activist for socialism and sexual revolution, who was raised by her mother as a model for the woman of the future. She spoke four languages when she was eight years old, finished law ...

, conceived by Aurora as the fruit of eugenicist utopia.

Cast

Release

The film was released theatrically in Spain on 19 September 1977. It proved to be successful at the Spanish box office, with over one million admissions.

References

{{authority control Films about eugenics Films about filicide 1970s Spanish films Films based on Spanish novels Spanish drama films 1977 drama films Films set in 1933 Films set in Madrid Films directed by Fernando Fernán Gómez Films with screenplays by Rafael Azcona Films about mother–daughter relationships

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