''Saint Francis of Assisi'' (Spanish:''San Francisco de Asís'') is a 1944 Mexican historical

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directed by

Alberto Gout Alberto Gout (1913–1966) was a Mexican screenwriter, producer and film director.Biltereyst & Gennari p.76 Selected filmography * '' Saint Francis of Assisi'' (1944) * '' Smoke in the Eyes'' (1946) * '' The Well-paid'' (1948) * '' Revenge'' ...

and starring José Luis Jiménez, Alicia de Phillips and Antonio Bravo.Biltereyst & Gennari p.76 It portrays the life of the Italian Saint Francis of Assisi. The film's sets were designed by the art director Manuel Fontanals.

Cast

* José Luis Jiménez * Alicia de Phillips * Antonio Bravo * Carmen Molina *

Crox Alvarado Cruz Pío Socorro Alvarado Bolado (3 May 1910 – 30 January 1984), known professionally as Crox Alvarado, was a Mexican actor who appeared in over 90 films. He was considered a popular star of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. Alvarado had ...

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* Agustín Sen * Elia Ortiz *

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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) * ...

* Ángel T. Sala *

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Conchita Gentil Arcos Conchita Gentil Arcos (1897 – 23 December 1982) was a Mexican actress of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema as a character actress in supporting roles. She was the sister of María Gentil Arcos, also an actress in the Golden Age of Mexican cinema; ...

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Francisco Pando Francisco is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the masculine given name ''Franciscus''. Nicknames In Spanish, people with the name Francisco are sometimes nicknamed "Paco". San Francisco de Asís was known as ''Pater Comunitatis'' (father of ...

Manuel Pozos Manuel may refer to: People * Manuel (name) * Manuel (Fawlty Towers), a fictional character from the sitcom ''Fawlty Towers'' * Charlie Manuel, manager of the Philadelphia Phillies * Manuel I Komnenos, emperor of the Byzantine Empire * Manu ...

* Paco Martinez * Humberto Rodríguez *

María Gentil Arcos María Gentil Arcos (11 April 1905 – 18 July 1965) was a Spanish-Mexican actress of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema as a character actress in supporting roles. She was the sister of Conchita Gentil Arcos, also an actress in the Golden Age ...

* Leonor de Martorel * Ana Sáenz *

Carmen Cortés ''Carmen'' () is an opera in four acts by the French composer Georges Bizet. The libretto was written by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on the Carmen (novella), novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée. The opera was first perfo ...

José Arratia José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacul ...

* Alberto A. Ferrer *

Jorge Arriaga Jorge is a Spanish and Portuguese given name. It is derived from the Greek name Γεώργιος (''Georgios'') via Latin ''Georgius''; the former is derived from (''georgos''), meaning "farmer" or "earth-worker". The Latin form ''Georgius'' ...

* María Marcos

References

Bibliography

* Daniel Biltereyst & Daniela Treveri Gennari. ''Moralizing Cinema: Film, Catholicism, and Power''. Routledge, 2014.

External links

* 1944 films 1940s historical drama films Mexican historical drama films 1940s Spanish-language films Films directed by Alberto Gout Films set in the 13th century Films set in Italy Mexican black-and-white films 1944 drama films 1940s Mexican films {{1940s-Mexico-film-stub