''The Floor Burns'' (Spanish: ''Quema el suelo'') is a 1952 Spanish

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

Luis Marquina Luis Marquina ( 25 May 1904 Barcelona- 26 June 1980 Madrid) was a Spanish film director and screenwriter. Selected filmography * ''The Dancer and the Worker'' (1936) * '' Whirlwind'' (1941) * '' Malvaloca'' (1942) * '' Captain Poison'' (1951) * ...

and starring Annabella, Tomás Blanco and

Gérard Tichy Gerard Tichy (also Gérard Tichy, Gerhard Tichi and Gerardo Tichy, 11 March 1920 – 11 April 1992) was a Spanish actor of German descent, who appeared in numerous movies, including several international productions. He was born in Weißenfels ...

. It was the French actress Annabella's final film.Driskell p.62

Plot

Cast

* Annabella as Mari Luz Hurtado * Tomás Blanco as Rafael *

Rafael Calvo Rafael Luis Calvo Muñoz (30 December 1911 – 9 December 1988) was a Spanish film actor. He appeared in more than 60 films including ''Miracle of Marcelino'' (1955). Selected filmography * '' Currito of the Cross'' (1926) * '' Doña Juana'' ( ...

as Don Alberto Hurtado *

as Eduardo Behovia * Maritina Zayas as Maribel Hurtado *

Raúl Cancio Raúl Cancio (18 September 1911 – 23 October 1961) was a Spanish film actor, screenwriter and film director. Cancio acted in more than sixty five films including '' Raza'' (1942).Pavlović p.67 He also directed two films, a 1952 documentary an ...

as Carlos Peñaranda * Nicolás D. Perchicot as Fray Jerónimo *

Mario Berriatúa Mario Berriatúa (1925–1970) was a Spanish film actor.Smith p.154 Selected filmography * '' Mariona Rebull'' (1947) * '' Guest of Darkness'' (1948) * '' Neutrality'' (1949) * ''Don Juan'' (1950) * ''Tales of the Alhambra'' (1950) * '' The Troub ...

as Javier * Margarita Alexandre as Alicia *

Santiago Rivero Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile as well as one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is the center of Chile's most densely populated region, the Santiago Metropolitan Region, whose ...

as Fiscal * Miguel Pastor as Abogado * Carlos Díaz de Mendoza as Federico Eslo * Mary Lamar as Titina Olaya

References

Bibliography

* De España, Rafael. ''Directory of Spanish and Portuguese film-makers and films''. Greenwood Press, 1994. * Jonathan Driskell. ''The French Screen Goddess: Film Stardom and the Modern Woman in 1930s France''. I.B.Tauris, 2015.

External links

* 1952 films 1952 drama films Spanish drama films 1950s Spanish-language films Films directed by Luis Marquina Spanish black-and-white films 1950s Spanish films {{1950s-Spain-film-stub