''The Charm of Seville'' is a 1931 (Spanish title:''El embrujo de Sevilla'') French-German-Spanish

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...

directed by Benito Perojo. It was a Spanish-language film made by the director Benito Berojo in studios in France and Germany because the sound equipment was better than in Spain. location shots of

Seville Seville (; es, Sevilla, ) is the capital and largest city of the Spanish autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville. It is situated on the lower reaches of the River Guadalquivir, in the southwest of the Iberian Peninsula ...

were also added.Bentley p.50-51 The film's sets were designed by the art director Fernando Mignoni. It is now considered a

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. A separate French-language version was also released.

Cast

* María Fernanda Ladrón de Guevara as Pastora *

Rafael Rivelles Rafael Félix Rivelles Guillén (23 December 1898 — 3 December 1971) was a Spanish actor born in El Cabanyal, El Cabañal (El Cabanyal), a small town in the province of Province of Valencia, Valencia, Spain. Son of play actor José Rivelles and ...

as Paco Quiñones * María Luz Callejo as Rosarito * María Dalbaicín as Pura * José González Marín as El Pitoche * Rayito as Himself

References

Bibliography

* Bentley, Bernard. ''A Companion to Spanish Cinema''. Boydell & Brewer 2008.

External links

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