''The Genius'' (Spanish:''El supersabio'') is a 1948 Mexican

comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...

directed by

Miguel M. Delgado Miguel Melitón Delgado Pardavé (17 May 1905 – 2 January 1994) was a Mexican film director and screenwriter best known for directing thirty-three of Cantinflas' films, under contract of Posa Films. He directed 139 films between 1941 and 19 ...

and starring

Cantinflas Mario Fortino Alfonso Moreno Reyes (12 August 1911 – 20 April 1993), known by the stage name Cantinflas (), was a Mexican comedian, actor, and filmmaker. He is considered to have been the most widely-accomplished Mexican comedian and is cele ...

Perla Aguiar Perla Aguiar (born Perla Fernández Aguiar) is a Cuban actress, known especially for her roles in Mexican films during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema, such as ''The Genius (1948 film), The Genius'' (1948), ''The Devil Is a Woman (1950 film), Th ...

and

Carlos Martínez Baena Carlos Martínez Baena (7 May 1889 – 29 May 1971) was a Spanish-Mexican actor. At a young age he moved to Mexico with his family where he became a journalist. He appeared in more than seventy films from 1931 to 1970. Selected filmography Re ...

.Standish & Bell p.133 The film's sets were designed by the

art director Art director is the title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, film industry, film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...

Gunther Gerszo.

Plot

Cantinflas is an assistant to a leading

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. He is pursued by a gang who wish to discover the secret formula for a cheaper fuel that his boss has allegedly discovered.

Cast

as himself *

as Marisa Miranda *

as Professor Archimedes Monteagudo *

Alejandro Cobo Alejandro Cobo Higuera (1904 – 21 March 1950) was a Spanish-Mexican actor. He worked in the Golden Age of Mexican cinema, in films such as ''Virgen de medianoche'' (1942), '' The Eternal Secret'' (1942), ''The White Monk'' (1945), ''Hermoso ...

as Octavio *

Aurora Walker Aurora Walker García (1904–1964) was a Mexican film actress 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 modern media such as ...

as Angélica Montes * Alfredo Varela as Pepe Montes *

José Pidal 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 ...

as Doctor Inocencio Violante *

Eduardo Casado Eduardo is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the male given name Edward. Another version is Duarte. It may refer to: Association football * Eduardo Bonvallet, Chilean football player and sports commentator * Eduardo Carvalho, Portuguese footba ...

as Presidente de directorio petroleo *

Francisco Jambrina Francisco Jambrina Campos (December 3, 1902 – January 21, 1967) was a Spanish-born Mexican film actor.Kohner p.355 Selected filmography * '' Simón Bolívar'' (1942) * ''Michael Strogoff'' (1944) * ''Twilight'' (1945) * ''Fly Away, Young Man! ...

as Fiscal *

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 Lic. Remigio Paredes *

Felipe Montoya Andrés Felipe Montoya Pulgarín (born 30 August 1990) is a Spanish competitive figure skater. He has won seven international medals and is an eight-time Spanish national medalist, having won two silver and six bronze medals. He finished with ...

as Señor Humberto Moya *

Rafael Icardo Rafael may refer to: * Rafael (given name) or Raphael, a name of Hebrew origin * Rafael, California * Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, Israeli manufacturer of weapons and military technology * Hurricane Rafael, a 2012 hurricane Fiction * ''R ...

asAgustín Montes *

Carmen Novelty ''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 ...

as Hija de Angélica Montes *

Armando Arriola Armando may refer to: * Armando (given name) * Armando (artist) (1929–2018), the name used by Dutch artist Herman Dirk van Dodeweerd * Armando (producer) Armando Gallop (sometimes written as Armando Gallup) (February 12, 1970 – December 17, ...

as Ayudante de el Rosca * Jorge Treviño as El Rosca *

José Ortiz de Zárate 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 ...

as Juez *

Julio Ahuet Julio Ahuet was a Mexican film actor. He appeared in more than a hundred and thirty films during his career, including ''Women Without Tomorrow'' (1951), ''Here Comes Martin Corona'' (1952), and the El Santo film ''Profanadores de tumbas'' (1966). ...

as Detective * Julio Daneri as Miembro directivo petroleo *

Julián de Meriche Julián de Meriche (born Vladimir Lipkies Chazan; 10 october 1910 – 27 July 1974) was a Russian Empire-born Mexican film actor and choreographer. De Meriche worked as a dancer in European music halls, then moved to Argentina where he worked ...

as Italiano en directivo petroleo *

Lupe del Castillo Lupe del Castillo was a Mexican actress who appeared during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema in supporting roles, usually as a maid or an elderly woman. Her films include '' Peach Blossom'' (1945), ''Rosenda'' (1948), and ''Comisario en turno'' (1 ...

as Portera *

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 Empleado corte *

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 modern ...

as Doctor * Enrique García Álvarez as Señor director *

Leonor Gómez Leonor or Léonor is a short form of the given name Eleanor. People bearing the name include: *Leonor Beleza (born 1948), Portuguese politician *Leonor Briones (born 1940), Filipino academic and civil servant *Leonor de Cisneros (died 1568), Sp ...

as Mujer en turba *

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 Reportero *

Paco Martínez Paco is a Spanish nickname for Francisco. According to folk etymology, the nickname has its origins in Saint Francis of Assisi, who was the father of the Franciscan order; his name was written in Latin by the order as ''Pater Communitatis'' (fat ...

as Professor *

Héctor Mateos Hector () is an English, French, Scottish, and Spanish given name. The name is derived from the name of Hektor, a legendary Trojan champion who was killed by the Greek Achilles. The name ''Hektor'' is probably derived from the Greek ''ékhein'', m ...

as Miembro directivo petroleo *

Kika Meyer KiKA (contraction of ''Der KinderKAnal von ARD und ZDF'' ARD and ZDF">ARD_(broadcaster).html" ;"title="he Children's Channel of ARD (broadcaster)">ARD and ZDF]) is a German free-to-air television channel based in Erfurt, Germany. It is man ...

as Espectadora corte * José Muñoz (actor), José Muñoz as Plomero *

Manuel Noriega Ruiz Manuel "Manolo" Noriega, (June 24, 1880 – August 12, 1961) was a Spanish-born Mexican stage and film actor, screenwriter, and film director. Born Manuel Noriega Ruiz in Colombres, Spain, he worked in live theatre for many years, performing ...

as Professor * Roberto Y. Palacios as Plomero *

José Pardavé 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 vernacu ...

as Fotógrafo * Remigio Paredes as Invitado *

Luis Manuel Pelayo Luis is a given name. It is the Spanish form of the originally Germanic name or . Other Iberian Romance languages have comparable forms: (with an accent mark on the i) in Portuguese and Galician, in Aragonese and Catalan, while is archaic ...

as Reportero *

Ignacio Peón Ignacio is a male Spanish and Galician name originating either from the Roman family name Egnatius, meaning born from the fire, of Etruscan origin, or from the Latin name "Ignatius" from the word "Ignis" meaning "fire". This was the name of sev ...

as Miembro jurado *

Francisco Reiguera Francisco Reiguera (November 9, 1899 – March 15, 1969) was a Spanish actor who is best known for playing the title role in Orson Welles’ unfinished film version of ''Don Quixote''. He also appeared in the films ''Simon of the Desert'' (1965 ...

as Professor Peralta * Humberto Rodríguez as Velador

References

Bibliography

* Peter Standish & Steven M. Bell. ''Culture and Customs of Mexico''. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2004.

External links

* 1948 films 1948 comedy films Mexican comedy films 1940s Spanish-language films Films directed by Miguel M. Delgado Mexican black-and-white films 1940s Mexican films {{1940s-Mexico-film-stub