''The Great Deceiver'' or ''Artificial Sons'' (Spanish: ''El gran mentiroso'') is a 1953 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 and starring

Fernando Soler Fernando Soler (born Fernando Díaz Pavia; 24 May 1896 – 25 October 1979) was a Mexican actor, director, screenwriter, and producer. He was considered one of the most important figures of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. In his career spanning ...

.Amador p.134 It is based on a play which has been adapted into films several times including the 1943 Argentine production '' Artificial Sons''.

Cast

as Rafael * Anita Blanch as Rafaela *

Andrés Soler Andrés Soler (born Andrés Díaz Pavia; 18 November 1898 – 26 July 1969) was a Mexican actor. He was considered one of the greatest figures of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. Soler appeared in about two hundred films and received four Ariel ...

as Don Dabino *

Irma Torres Irma Torres (9 March 1926 - 5 June 2010) was a Mexican film and television actress during the golden age of Mexican cinema. Career Torres began her career in 1944 in the film '' Maria Candelaria'' alongside Dolores del Rio and Pedro Armendar ...

as Angelita *

Joaquín Cordero Joaquín Cordero (; August 16, 1922 – February 19, 2013) was a Mexican actor of the cinema, theatre and telenovelas. Biography Shortly after his birth, Cordero's family moved to Mexico City, and in the following years he studied in a seminary ...

as Fernando Palmerin * Emma Roldán as Catalina *

Aurora Walker Aurora Walker García (1904–1964) was a Mexican film actress. She appeared in more than a hundred and twenty films during her career.Agrasánchez p.159 She was married to Mexican actor Julio Taboada until her death (suicide by electrocution) 2 ...

as Mama de Fernando * Alfonso Torres * Rosa P. Mosquera * Jorge Vidal * Blanca Marroquín *

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as La coralito * José Chávez

References

Locations

* Heroica Zitácuaro, Michoacán * San José Purúa spa in

Jungapeo Jungapeo is a municipality in the eastern part of the Mexican state of Michoacán. The municipality has an area of 265.98 square kilometres (0.45% of the surface of the state) and is bordered to the north by the municipality of Tuxpan, to the east ...

, Michoacán

Bibliography

* María Luisa Amador. ''Cartelera cinematográfica, 1950-1959''. UNAM, 1985.

External links

* 1953 films 1953 comedy films Mexican comedy films 1950s Spanish-language films Mexican black-and-white films 1950s Mexican films Films scored by Gonzalo Curiel {{1950s-Mexico-film-stub