''The Miracle Roses'' (Spanish: ''Las rosas del milagro'') is a 1960 Mexican

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drama film directed by

Julián Soler Julián Soler (born Julián Díaz Pavia; 17 February 1907 – 5 May 1977) was a Mexican film director, actor, and screenwriter of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. In his career spanning half a century, Soler received two Ariel Award nominations ...

and starring

Armando Silvestre Armando Silvestre Carrascosa (born January 28, 1926) is a Mexican-American actor. Life and career Silvestre was born on January 28, 1926 in San Diego, California, but he is originally from Tijuana, Mexico. He dropped out of college in order to ...

, Crox Alvarado, and Jaime Fernández.Riera p.11 It is set around the time of the

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Cast

as Tlaltecalzin * Crox Alvarado as Emperador Moctezuma * Jaime Fernández as Nanoaltzin * Magda Urvizu as Citlali *

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as Gran sacerdote *

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 Obispo Fray Juan de Zumárraga *

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* Manuel Calvo as Hernán Cortés * Lilia del Carmen Camacho as La Virgen *

Arturo Soto Rangel Arturo Soto Rangel (March 12, 1882 – May 25, 1965) was a Mexican film, television, and stage actor. Soto was best known for appearing in over 250 Mexican films. He appeared in one American movie, '' The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'', which wo ...

as Bernardino * Enrique García Álvarez as Fray Pedro de Gante * José Chávez * León Barroso as Fray Toribio de Benavente * Enedina Díaz de León as Vieja nana indígena * Antonio Bravo as Padre Francisco * Armando Gutiérrez as Padre José * Florencio Castelló as Fraile portero * Margarito Luna * Rubén Márquez * Anna María Gómez *

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as Juan Diego * Isabel Vázquez 'La Chichimeca' as Mujer indígena

References

Bibliography

* Emilio García Riera. ''Historia documental del cine mexicano: 1959-1960''. Universidad de Guadalajara, 1994.

External links

* 1960 films 1960s historical drama films Mexican historical drama films 1960s Spanish-language films Films directed by Julián Soler Films set in the 16th century 1960 drama films 1960s Mexican films {{1960s-Mexico-film-stub