The White Monk
{{Short description|1945 film by Julio Bracho}}
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| name = The White Monk
| image =
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| director = Julio Bracho
| producer =
| writer = Eduardo Marquina (play)
Xavier Villaurrutia
Jesús Cárdenas
Julio Bracho
| starring = María Félix
Tomás Perrín
Julio Villarreal
| music = Raúl Lavista
| cinematography = Alex Phillips
| editing = Jorge Bustos
| studio = Clasa Films Mundiales
| distributor =
| released ={{Film date|1945|10|06|df=yes}}
| runtime = 112 minutes
| country = Mexico
| language = Spanish
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The White Monk (Spanish:El monje blanco) is a 1945 Mexican historical drama film directed and co-written by Julio Bracho and starring María Félix, Tomás Perrín and Julio Villarreal.Taibo p.138 The film's sets were designed by the art director Jorge Fernandez.
It is set in Italy in the thirteenth century.
Cast
- María Félix as Gálata Orsina
- Tomás Perrín as Conde Hugo del Saso / Fray Paracleto
- Julio Villarreal as Sacerdote
- Paco Fuentes as Capolupo
- Consuelo Guerrero de Luna as Condesa Próspera Huberta
- María Douglas as Mina Amanda
- José Pidal as Fray Matías
- Manuel Noriega
- Fanny Schiller
- Felipe Montoya as Marco Leone
- Ángel T. Sala as Montero
- José Elías Moreno
- Ernesto Alonso as Fray Can
- Marta Elba as Anabella
- Alejandro Cobo as Bertone
- Manolo Fábregas as Piero
- María Gentil Arcos as Peregrina
- Paco Martinez as Peregrino
References
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Bibliography
- Paco Ignacio Taibo. María Félix: 47 pasos por el cine. Bruguera, 2008.
External links
- {{IMDb title|0037926}}
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Category:1940s historical drama films
Category:Mexican historical drama films
Category:1940s Spanish-language films
Category:Films directed by Julio Bracho
Category:Films set in the 13th century
Category:Mexican black-and-white films
Category:Films scored by Raúl Lavista
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