''Marta'' is a 1971 Spanish
thriller film
Thriller film, also known as suspense film or suspense thriller, is a broad film genre that evokes excitement and suspense in the audience. The suspense element found in most films' plots is particularly exploited by the filmmaker in this genre ...
directed by
José Antonio Nieves Conde
José Antonio Nieves Conde (22 December 1911http://dbe.rah.es/biografias/45978/jose-antonio-nieves-conde José Antonio Nieves Conde. Diccionario biográfico español. Real Academia de la Historia. Access 15 february 2020. in Segovia, Castilla y Le ...
.
The film was selected as the Spanish entry for the
Best Foreign Language Film
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Best Actor/Best Actress
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at the
44th Academy Awards
The 44th Academy Awards were presented April 10, 1972, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles. The ceremonies were presided over by Helen Hayes, Alan King, Sammy Davis Jr., and Jack Lemmon. One of the highlights of the evening was the ...
, but was not accepted as a nominee.
The film was released in Italy as ''...dopo di che, uccide il maschio e lo divora'' (which translates as ''Afterwards, It Kills and Devours the Male''). It wasn't released theatrically in the U.S. until January 1974.
Juan José Alonso Millán wrote the original 1969 Madrid stage play which he later adapted into the film's screenplay.
[Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]
Plot
A rich landowner named Don Miguel is haunted by his deceased mother's ghost, since years earlier he murdered her when she walked in on his lovemaking. Pilar, a beautiful fugitive on the run for killing a man, seeks to stay for a while at Miguel's mansion and the two develop a sexual relationship. The woman bears a striking resemblance to his missing wife Marta, who disappeared years earlier. Miguel always suspected his wife may have been murdered.
Cast
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Marisa Mell dual role as both Marta & Pilar
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Stephen Boyd
Stephen Boyd (born William Millar; 4 July 1931 – 2 June 1977) was a Northern Irish actor. He appeared in some 60 films, most notably as the villainous Messala in '' Ben-Hur'' (1959), a role that earned him the Golden Globe Award for Bes ...
as Don Miguel
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as Arturo
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Howard Ross as Luis
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Jesús Puente
Jesús Puente Alzaga (18 December 1930 – 26 October 2000) was a Spanish actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1957 to 2000.
In 1954 he represented ''The Taming of the Shrew'' of William Shakespeare at the Teatre Grec.
Selecte ...
as Don Carlos
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Isa Miranda
Isa Miranda (born Ines Isabella Sampietro; 5 July 1909 – 8 July 1982) was an Italian actress with an international film career.
Biography
Miranda was born Ines Isabella Sampietro in Milan, the daughter of atreet car conductor in Mian. When s ...
as Elena
* Nélida Quiroga as Dona Clara
See also
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References
External links
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1971 films
1970s thriller films
1970s Spanish-language films
Spanish thriller films
Films directed by José Antonio Nieves Conde
Films scored by Piero Piccioni
1970s Spanish films
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