The Mulatta of Cordoba
{{Short description|1945 film}}
{{Infobox film
| name = The Mulatta of Cordoba
| image =File:The Mulatta of Cordoba.jpg
| director = Adolfo Fernández Bustamante
| producer = Manuel Sisniega Otero
Felipe Subervielle
| writer = Adolfo Fernández Bustamante
Xavier Villaurrutia
Elvira de la Mora
| starring = Lina Montes
Víctor Junco
Víctor Manuel Mendoza
| music = Gonzalo Curiel
Manuel Esperón
| cinematography = Agustín Jiménez
| editing = Gloria Schoemann
| studio = Films Mundiales
| distributor = Clasa-Mohme
| released = {{Film date|1945|12|20|df=yes}}
| runtime = 80 minutes
| country = Mexico
| language = Spanish
| budget =
| gross =
}}
The Mulatta of Cordoba (Spanish: La mulata de Córdoba) is a 1945 Mexican drama film directed by Adolfo Fernández Bustamante and starring Lina Montes, Víctor Junco and Víctor Manuel Mendoza.Balderston, Gonzalez & Lopez p.1559 Delgadillo p.64 It was shot at the Clasa Studios in Mexico City. The film's sets were designed by the art director Manuel Fontanals.
Synopsis
On Cuba, the beautiful mulatta Belén San Juan is the daughter of a wealthy landowner and a black slave. On her father's death she inherits his property, to the anger of her uncle who covets the estate himself.
Cast
- Lina Montes as Belén de San Juan
- Víctor Junco as Pedro
- Víctor Manuel Mendoza as Juan Miguel
- José Baviera as Don Carlos San Juan
- Eduardo Casado as Don Antonio
- María Douglas as Emilia de San Juan
- Enrique Zambrano as Don Luis de San Juan
- Rosa Castro as Mamá de Emilia
- Lilón as María Belén
- Luis Jiménez Morán as Tlacuache
- Toña la Negra as Nana Paz
- Manuel Trejo Morales as Invitado fiesta
- Columba Domínguez as Pueblerina
- José Escanero as Invitado fiesta
- Juan José Laboriel as Pueblerino
- Chimi Monterrey as Pueblerino
- Javier Puente as Amigo de Carlos
- María Valdealde as Invitada racista fiesta
References
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Bibliography
- Balderston, Daniel, Gonzalez, Mike & Lopez, Ana M. Encyclopedia of Contemporary Latin American and Caribbean Cultures. Routledge, 2002.
- Delgadillo, Theresa. Geographies of Relation: Diasporas and Borderlands in the Americas. University of Michigan Press, 2024.
External links
- {{IMDb title|0218449}}
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Category:1940s Spanish-language films
Category:Films directed by Adolfo Fernández Bustamante
Category:Mexican black-and-white films
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