The War of the Pastries

{{Short description|1944 film by Emilio Gómez Muriel}}

{{about|the 1944 film|the war|Pastry War}}

{{Infobox film

| name = The War of the Pastries

| image =File:The War of the Pastries.png

| caption =

| director =Emilio Gómez Muriel

| producer = Diane Subervielle de Fontanals

| writer = Celestino Gorostiza
Emilio Gómez Muriel
Rafael Solana

| starring =Mapy Cortés
Domingo Soler
Pedro Armendáriz

| music = Rodolfo Halffter

| cinematography = Ignacio Torres

| editing = Gloria Schoemann

| studio = Films Mundiales

| distributor =Clasa Films Mundiales

| released = {{Film date|1944|4|22|df=yes}}

| runtime = 98 minutes

| country = Mexico

| language = Spanish

| budget =

| gross =

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The War of the Pastries (Spanish: La guerra de los pasteles) is a 1944 Mexican historical musical comedy film directed by Emilio Gómez Muriel and starring Mapy Cortés, Domingo Soler and Pedro Armendáriz.{{cite book|last=Iglesias|first=Antonio|title=Rodolfo Halffter: tema, nueve décadas y final|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=updAAAAAMAAJ|year=1992|publisher=Fundación Banco Exterior|language=Spanish|page=352|isbn=9788486884857}} Richard p.544 It was shot at the Clasa Studios in Mexico City. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jorge Fernández. It was loosely inspired by the Pastry War between France and Mexico in 1838.