''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 ...

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 wo ...

.Berumen p.339 The film's sets were designed by the art director 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 successf ...

as Laura * José Morcillo as Don Juan Manuel *

Antonio R. Frausto Antonio R. Frausto (1897–1954) was a Mexican film actor.Mora p.39 A leading character actor he became a familiar face during the Golden age of Mexican cinema, appearing more than ninety films. He played the nineteenth century dictator of Mexico ...

as Sostenes * Alberto Torres Lapham as Don José Luis * Lupe Inclán as Agustina * Carolina Barret 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 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