The Maragatan Sphinx
1950 Spanish film
- Concha Espina (novel)
- Selma Barberi
- José Luis Gamboa
- Antonio de Obregón
Production
companies
companies
- Antonio de Obregón P.C.
- España Actualidades
Release date
- 26 January 1950 (1950-01-26)
Running time
The Maragatan Sphinx (Spanish:La esfinge maragata) is a 1950 Spanish drama film directed by Antonio de Obregón and starring Paquita de Ronda.[1] It takes its title from the Maragatería region.
Synopsis
The action takes place in a Maragata hacienda that is sinking into misery, whose situation can only be resolved through a marriage of convenience. But the marriageable girl, during a train trip, falls in love with a young poet and is reciprocated. Her family opposes this relationship, since they have promised her in marriage with a man of good position.
Cast
- Paquita de Ronda as Mariflor Salvadores
- Luis Peña as Rogelio
- Juan José Martínez Casado as Antonio Salvadores
- Juan de Landa as Tío Cristóbal
- Fernando Fernández de Córdoba
- Carmen Reyes
- Julia Caba Alba as Tía de Mariflor
- Gabriel Algara
- Juana Mansó
- Julia Pachelo
- Manena Algora
- Emilio Pages
- Concha López Silva
- Mari Paz Molinero
References
- ^ Fernández-Medina & Truglio
Bibliography
- Nicolás Fernández-Medina & Maria Truglio. Modernism and the Avant-garde Body in Spain and Italy. Routledge, 2016.
External links
- The Maragatan Sphinx at IMDb
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