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directed by Alejandro Pelayo and starring

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and Milosh Trnka. The film portrays the life of the Czech-born actress Miroslava, who became one of the biggest stars in Mexico before her suicide in 1955.Montes Garcés p.134-166

Partial cast

as Adult Miroslava *

as Alex Fimman * Milosh Trnka as Dr. Oscar Stern * Arleta Jeziorska as Young Miroslava * Evangelina Martinez as Rosario * Pamela Sniezhkin Brook as Child Miroslava *

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as Miroslava's Mother *

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as Sofía * Josefo Rodríguez as Luis Miguel Dominguín * Alicia Laguna as Graciela *

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as Ricardo *

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as Jesús Jaime * Brígida Alexander as Miroslava's Grandmother *

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as Dr. Pascual Roncal * Eugenia Leñero as Eugenia * Raúl Izaguirre as Ernesto Alonso * Esteban Plácido Mealaza as Luis Buñuel

References

Bibliography

* Montes Garcés, Elizabeth. ''Relocating Identities in Latin American Cultures''. University of Calgary Press, 2007.

External links

* 1993 films Mexican biographical drama films 1990s biographical drama films 1990s Spanish-language films Films set in the 1940s Films set in the 1950s Films about filmmaking 1993 drama films 1990s Mexican films {{1990s-Mexico-film-stub