''The Holy Crown'' (Spanish: ''Reina santa'') is a 1947 Spanish-Portuguese

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film starring

Maruchi Fresno Maruchi Fresno (14 February 1916 – 19 July 2003) was a Spanish film actress. Fresno appeared in around sixty films and television series during her long career. In 1947 she played the role of Elizabeth of Aragon, Isabel of Aragon in the historic ...

Antonio Vilar Antonio is a masculine given name of Etruscan origin deriving from the root name Antonius. It is a common name among Romance language-speaking populations as well as the Balkans and Lusophone Africa. It has been among the top 400 most popular male ...

and Luis Peña.Bentley, Bernard. ''A Companion to Spanish Cinema''. Boydell & Brewer, 2008. p. 100. . Separate Spanish and Portuguese versions were filmed with the Spanish directed by

Rafael Gil Rafael Gil (22 May 1913 – 10 July 1986) was a Spanish film director and screenwriter. His film ''La guerra de Dios'' (1953) won the Bronze Lion at the Venice Film Festival in 1953 and also won best film and best director at the San Sebastián ...

and the Portuguese by

Henrique Campos Henrique Campos (9 February 1909 – 18 December 1983) was a Portuguese film director. Selected filmography *''Um Homem do Ribatejo'' (1946) * ''The Holy Queen'' (1947) *''Ribatejo'' (1949) *''Cantiga da Rua'' (1950) *'' Duas Causas'' (1953) *' ...

and Aníbal Contreiras. It was part of a popular group of Spanish costume films made in the late 1940s. The film portrays the life of Isabel of Aragon, a Spanish-born Queen of

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who played a role of peacemaker between different factions at the Portuguese court as well as between Portugal and Castile.

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* 1940s historical drama films Spanish historical drama films Portuguese historical drama films 1940s Spanish-language films 1940s Portuguese-language films Films directed by Rafael Gil Films set in Lisbon Films set in the 13th century Films set in the 14th century Suevia Films films Films produced by Cesáreo González Spanish black-and-white films Portuguese black-and-white films 1947 drama films 1940s multilingual films Portuguese multilingual films Spanish multilingual films 1940s Spanish films {{1940s-Spain-film-stub