''Sobre las olas'' (English: Over the Waves) is a 1950 Mexican

musical Musical is the adjective of music. Musical may also refer to: * Musical theatre, a performance art that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance * Musical film and television, a genre of film and television that incorporates into the narr ...

biographical film A biographical film or biopic () is a film that dramatizes the life of a non-fictional or historically-based person or people. Such films show the life of a historical person and the central character's real name is used. They differ from docudra ...

directed by

Ismael Rodríguez Ismael Rodríguez (October 19, 1917 – August 7, 2004) was a Mexican film director. Rodríguez rose to fame due to the movies he directed starring Pedro Infante, and directed many major stars, including Dolores del Río, María Félix, Tos ...

and starring

Pedro Infante Pedro Infante Cruz (; 18 November 1917 – 15 April 1957) was a Mexican ranchera music singer and actor, whose career spanned the golden age of Mexican cinema. His popularity spread across Latin America. Infante was born in Mazatlán, Sinaloa ...

Beatriz Aguirre Beatriz Ofelia Aguirre Valdes (March 21, 1926 – September 29, 2019) was a Mexican film and television actress An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional ...

and Andrés Soler. It portrays the life of the composer

Juventino Rosas José Juventino Policarpo Rosas Cadenas (25 January 18689 July 1894) was a Mexican composer and violinist. Life and career Rosas was born in Santa Cruz, Guanajuato, later renamed Santa Cruz de Galeana, Guanajuato, and still later into Santa Cru ...

Cast

as Juventino Rosas *

as Lolita * Andrés Soler as Don Marcial Morales *

Prudencia Grifell Prudencia María Victoria Grifell Masip (27 December 1879 – 7 June 1970) was a Spanish-Mexican actress and comedian. Biography Early life Grifell was born to Spanish stage actors and started her acting career herself at the age of ten in the ...

as Doña Calixta Gutiérrez de Alfaro * Antonio R. Frausto as

Porfirio Díaz José de la Cruz Porfirio Díaz Mori ( or ; ; 15 September 1830 – 2 July 1915), known as Porfirio Díaz, was a Mexican general and politician who served seven terms as President of Mexico, a total of 31 years, from 28 November 1876 to 6 Decem ...

Miguel Manzano Miguel Manzano (14 September 1907 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico – 21 January 1992 in Mexico City) was a Mexican actor during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema, winning an Ariel Award in 1985, for best supporting actor for the film ''Las glo ...

as Juan de Dios * Beatriz Jimeno as Doña Carmelita Romero Rubio de Díaz * Bertha Lomelí as Ángela Peralta * Alicia Neira as Dolores * José Luis Jiménez as Pepe Reyna * Armando Acosta as Espectador teatro * Norma Ancira * Daniel Arroyo as Invitado en reunión * Guillermo Bravo Sosa as Invitado a reunión * Emilio Brillas as Anunciador en fiesta de palacio * Jorge Chesterking as Invitado en reunión * José Chávez as Invitado fiesta de palacio con turbante *

Roberto Corell Roberto Corell was a Mexican film actor.Agrasánchez p.158 He appeared in more than eighty films during his career. Selected filmography * ''Narciso's Hard Luck'' (1940) * ''The Unknown Policeman'' (1941) * '' Rosalinda'' (1945) * ''A Day with th ...

as Mayer, prestamista * Julio Daneri as Embajador de Turquia * Manuel de la Vega as Invitado en reunión *

Irma Dorantes Irma Aguirre Martínez (born 21 December 1933), commonly known as Irma Dorantes, is a Mexican actress, singer, and equestrian. One of the last surviving stars from the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. Career Her first film, '' Los tres huastecos'', ...

as Invitada a baile de palacio *

Pedro Elviro Pedro Elviro Rodríguez (died 24 August 1971), also known as Pitouto, was a Spanish actor. Between 1924 and 1972, he shot more than 170 films, a good part of them in France and Mexico. Selected filmography * ''The Darling of Paris'' (1931) as Aut ...

as Levy, prestamista *

Edmundo Espino Edmundo Espino (July 19, 1894 – December 24, 1964) was a Mexican film actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in moder ...

* Magdalena Estrada as Pajarera * Mario García 'Harapos' as Invitado a baile * Carmen Guillén as Invitada en fiesta de palacio * Leonor Gómez as de partera * Elodia Hernández as Invitada en fiesta de palacio * Carmen Manzano as Vendedora de flores * Blanca Marroquín as Macaria, sirvienta * Paco Martínez as Invitado en fiesta de palacio *

Pepe Martínez Pepe Martínez (José Martínez León, 8 September 1922 – 1984) was a Spanish flamenco guitarist born into a musical family, in the Seville quarter of Macarena, Seville, Macarena. His mother, Isabel, was famous for her singing of religiousl ...

as Invitado en reunión * Héctor Mateos * Esteban Márquez as Roberto * José Pardavé as Espectador concierto *

Salvador Quiroz Salvador Quiroz (1892–1956) was a Mexican film actor.Kohner, p. 355 Selected filmography * ''Michael Strogoff'' (1944) * '' Summer Hotel'' (1944) * ''My Memories of Mexico'' (1944) * '' The Black Ace'' (1944) *''The Disobedient Son'' (1945) * ...

as Teniente * Emma Rodríguez as Invitada a concierto * Humberto Rodríguez as Empleado de palacio * Félix Samper as Espectador teatro * María Luisa Smith as Madre de Juventino * Manuel Sánchez Navarro as Mensajero de presidente * Dolores Tinoco as Partera * Alfonso Torres as Anunciador fecha conmemorativa * Pastor Torres * Manuel Trejo Morales as Capitán de barco * María Valdealde as Invitada a baile de palacio

References

Bibliography

* Heredia, Juanita. ''Transnational Latina Narratives in the Twenty-first Century''. Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.

External links

* 1950 films 1950 musical films 1950s biographical films Mexican musical films Mexican biographical films 1950s Spanish-language films Films directed by Ismael Rodríguez Films set in the 19th century Films about composers Biographical films about musicians Cultural depictions of Porfirio Díaz Cultural depictions of classical musicians 1950s Mexican films {{bio-film-stub