''Traces of Light'' (Spanish:''Huella de luz'') is a 1943

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comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...

directed by

Rafael Gil Rafael Gil (22 May 1913 – 10 July 1986) was a Spanish film director and screenwriter. His film ''La guerra de Dios'' (1953) won the Bronze Lion at the Venice Film Festival in 1953 and also won best film and best director at the San Sebastián ...

on his directing debut. It is based on a novel by

Wenceslao Fernández Flórez Wenceslao Fernández Flórez (1885 in A Coruña, Galicia – 1964 in Madrid) was a popular Galician journalist and novelist of the early 20th century. Throughout his career, he retained an intense fondness for the land of his birth. Early ...

.Bentley p.94

Plot

Octavio Saldaña is a poor young dreamer who lives with his elderly mother and is an office worker at Manufacturas Sánchez-Bey. Mr. Bey rewards Octavio for his work by inviting him to spend a few days at a spa. There Octavio meets Lelly, daughter of a cloth manufacture, and to impress her he decides to pass himself off as a millionaire.

Cast

Isabel de Pomés Isabel de Pomés (10 April 1924 – 31 May 2007) was a classic Spanish film actress and one of the leading ladies in Spanish cinema of the 1940s and 1950s. She appeared in over 30 films between 1941 and 1965. Her father was the actor and sport ...

as Lelly Medina *

Antonio Casal Antonio Casal Rivadulla (10 June 1910 – 11 February 1974) was a Spanish film actor who appeared in over 50 films between 1941 and his death in 1974. Selected filmography External links * Spanish male film actors 1910 births 1 ...

as Octavio Saldaña *

Juan Espantaleón Juan Espantaleón (1885–1966) was a Spanish film actor.González p.248 Selected filmography * '' Currito of the Cross'' (1926) * '' Nobleza baturra'' (1935) * '' Huella de luz'' (1943) * '' Eloisa Is Under an Almond Tree'' (1943) * '' The Nail' ...

as Sánchez Bey *

Camino Garrigó Camino Garrigó was a Spanish film actress. She appeared in twenty eight films, generally in supporting roles such as ''While Angels Sleep'' (1947).Lancia p.102 Selected filmography * ''The Complete Idiot (1939 film), The Complete Idiot'' (1939) ...

as Madre de Octavio * Juan Calvo as Mike *

Fernando Freyre de Andrade Fernando is a Spanish and Portuguese given name and a surname common in Spain, Portugal, Italy, France, Switzerland, former Spanish or Portuguese colonies in Latin America, Africa, the Philippines, India, and Sri Lanka. It is equivalent to the G ...

as Moke * Mary Delgado as Rosario * Nicolás D. Perchicot as Mayordomo * Ramón Martori as Medina * Julio Infiesta as Jacobito * José Prada as Cañete * Alejandro Nolla as Gerente del hotel * Ana María Campoy as Isabel * Francisco Hernández as Don Eduardo * Joaquín Torréns as Conserje * Fernando Porredón as Emilio

References

Bibliography

* Bentley, Bernard. ''A Companion to Spanish Cinema''. Boydell & Brewer 2008.

External links

* 1943 films 1940s Spanish-language films Spanish black-and-white films Films based on Spanish novels Spain in fiction Films directed by Rafael Gil 1943 comedy films Films scored by Juan Quintero Muñoz Spanish comedy films 1940s Spanish films Spanish-language comedy films {{1940s-comedy-film-stub