''Tragic Wedding'' (Spanish:''Bodas trágicas'') is a 1946 Mexican

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-g ...

directed by

Gilberto Martínez Solares Mario Gilberto Agustin Martinez Solares (January 19, 1906 – January 18, 1997) was a Mexican director, cinematographer, screenwriter, and actor who is considered one of the most prolific filmmakers in Mexican cinema having directed more than ...

and starring Roberto Silva, Miroslava and

Ernesto Alonso Ernesto Alonso (February 28, 1917 – August 7, 2007) was a Mexican producer, director, cinematographer and actor. He was nicknamed "''El Señor Telenovela''" ("Mr. Soap Opera") because most of his work centered on telenovelas known around the w ...

.Berumen p.339 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 ...

Jorge Fernandez. The film marked the screen debut of Miroslava a Czech refugee who became one of the leading stars of Mexican Cinema.

Cast

* Roberto Silva as Diego * Miroslava as Amparo *

as Octavio *

Estela Inda Stella (or Estela) Inda (June 28, 1924 – December 7, 1995) was a Mexican film actress. She was the star of notable Mexican films, including ''Los olvidados'' by Luis Buñuel in 1949. Biography Inda started her career as extra in the successful ...

as Laura * José Morcillo as Don Juan Manuel * Antonio R. Frausto as Sostenes * Alberto Torres Lapham as Don José Luis * Lupe Inclán as Agustina *

Carolina Barret Carolina Barret (21 October 1916 – 13 October 2010) was a Mexican film actress.Agrasánchez p.160 Selected filmography * '' Such Is My Country'' (1937) * ''Narciso's Hard Luck'' (1940) * ''The Unknown Policeman'' (1941) * '' La razón de la cu ...

as Pepita *

Luis Beristáin Luis Beristáin (1918–1962) was a Mexican film and television actor.Edwards p.154 Selected filmography * ''Tragic Wedding'' (1946) * ''Hypocrite'' (1949) * '' The Devil Is a Woman'' (1950) * '' Women's Prison'' (1951) * ''Crime and Punishment ...

as Carlos *

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 Padre Muñoz *

José Elías Moreno José Elías Moreno (12 November 1910 – 15 July 1969) was a Mexican character actor. He appeared in more than 180 films between 1937 and 1969. He was from the state of Jalisco. His son of the same name, born in 1956, is also a successful a ...

as Coronel Torres * María Valdealde as Doña Engracia

References

Bibliography

* Frank Javier Garcia Berumen. ''Brown Celluloid: 1894-1959''. Vantage Press, 2003.

External links

* 1946 films 1946 drama films Mexican drama films 1940s Spanish-language films Films directed by Gilberto Martínez Solares Mexican black-and-white films Films scored by Manuel Esperón 1940s Mexican films {{1940s-Mexico-film-stub