''Night and Dawn'' (Spanish: ''La noche y el alba'') is a 1958 Spanish

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directed by

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and starring

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and

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.Bentley p.124

Plot

Pedro is a street photographer who fought on the Republican side during the Spanish Civil War and is obsessed with a model. The young woman accidentally dies in an appointment with an engineer but Pedro is accused. Carlos, even though he knows the truth, doesn't tell the police so as not to jeopardize his career.

Cast

as Pedro *

as Marta *

Rosita Arenas Rosa "Rosita" Arenas (born 19 August 1933) is a Mexican actress whose film career was most prominent during the 1950s and 1960s. She is one of the last divas of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. She was born in Caracas, Venezuela, the daughter ...

as Amparo * António Vilar as Carlos *

Rafael Bardem Rafael Bardem Solé (10 January 1889 – 6 November 1972) was a Spanish film and stage actor whose career stretched from the 1940s through the 1960s. He was the husband of Matilde Muñoz Sampedro; the father of Juan Antonio Bardem and Pilar Ba ...

as Director *

María Asquerino Dulce Nombre de María Serrano Muro (25 November 1925 – 27 February 2013), better known as María Asquerino, was a Spanish film actress. Biography Dulce Nombre de María Serrano Muro was born in Madrid on 25 November 1925. Her mother (act ...

as Delegado *

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as Mendoza *

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José Luis López Vázquez José Luis López Vázquez de la Torre Medal of Merit in Labour, MMT (11 March 1922 – 2 November 2009) was a Spanish actor, comedian, costume designer, scenic designer, and assistant director whose career spanned nearly seven decades. He was ...

as Fotógrafo

References

Bibliography

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

External links

* 1958 drama films Spanish drama films 1958 films 1950s Spanish-language films Films directed by José María Forqué 1950s Spanish films {{1950s-Spain-film-stub