''The Lieutenant Nun'' (Spanish: ''La monja alférez'') is a 1944 Mexican

historical History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbrella term comprising past events as well ...

adventure film An adventure film is a form of adventure fiction, and is a genre of film. Subgenres of adventure films include swashbuckler films, pirate films, and survival films. Adventure films may also be combined with other film genres such as action, an ...

directed by Emilio Gómez Muriel and starring

María Félix María de los Ángeles Félix Güereña (; 8 April 1914 – 8 April 2002) was a Mexican actress and singer. Along with Pedro Armendáriz and Dolores del Río, she was one of the most successful figures of Latin American cinema in the 1940s an ...

Ángel Garasa Ángel Garasa Bergés (12 December 1905 – 27 August 1976) was a Spanish-Mexican film actor.Pilcher p.85 Garasa was born in Madrid and emigrated to Mexico in 1937, fleeing the Spanish Civil War. Selected filmography * ''The Three Musketeers'' ( ...

and

José Cibrián José Cibrián (February 25, 1916 – December 28, 2002), nicknamed Pepe, was an Argentine actor. Born in Buenos Aires, where he also died, he has an extensive filmography, including well-received movies such as '' Pájaro loco'' and '' La C ...

. It is based on the life of

Catalina de Erauso Antonio de Erauso, born as Catalina de Erauso (in Spanish; or Katalina Erauso in Basque) (San Sebastián, Spain, 1585 or 15921592 according to the baptismal record; 1585, according to sources including the supposed autobiography. See . — Cuetl ...

.Klossner p.221 The film's sets were designed by the

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Jorge Fernández.

Cast

* María Félix as Catalina Erauso 'La Monja Alférez' / Don Alonso *

as Roger *

as Juan de Aguirre *

Delia Magaña Delia Magaña (February 2, 1903 – March 31, 1996) was a Mexican film and television actress, singer, and dancer. Life Although she started as a silent film actress, Magaña became best known for her comic supporting roles in her later years. ...

as Elvira * José Pidal as Don César, canónigo *

Fanny Schiller Fanny Schiller Hernández (3 August 1901 – 26 September 1971) was a Mexican award-winning character actress and television star, who also acted in operettas and musicals, during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. She won two Ariel Awards for bes ...

as Doña Úrsula * Paco Fuentes as Don Miguel de Erauso * Eugenia Galindo as Doña Cristina * Esther Luquín as Beatriz *

Maruja Grifell Maruja Grifell (February 6, 1907 – March 27, 1968) was a Mexican film actress.Pilcher p.160 Selected filmography * '' Another Dawn'' (1943) * ''The Lieutenant Nun'' (1944) * ''Adultery'' (1945) * ''Cantaclaro'' (1946) * ''Everybody's Woman'' ...

as Reverenda madre * José Goula as Don Claudio * Lauro Benítez as Don Indalecio * Jesús Valero as Sacerdote * Manuel Sánchez Navarro as Don Diego Fernández de Córdova, Virrey del Peru * Enrique García Álvarez as Don Ignacio de Aguirre *

Consuelo Guerrero de Luna Consuelo Guerrero de Luna (1905–1972) was a Spanish film actress who settled in Mexico. She appeared in more than fifty films including the 1945 historical film ''The White Monk''.Taibo p.155 Selected filmography * ''The Unknown Policeman'' (19 ...

as Lucinda

References

Bibliography

* Klossner, Michael. ''The Europe of 1500-1815 on Film and Television: A Worldwide Filmography of Over 2550 Works, 1895 Through 2000''. McFarland & Company, 2002.

External links

* 1944 films 1940s historical adventure films Mexican historical adventure films 1940s Spanish-language films Films directed by Emilio Gómez Muriel Films set in the 17th century Mexican black-and-white films 1940s Mexican films Cultural depictions of Spanish women {{1940s-Mexico-film-stub