''The Faith'' (Spanish:''La fe'') is a 1947 Spanish

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...

directed by

Rafael Gil Rafael Gil (22 May 1913 – 10 July 1986) was a Spanish film director and screenwriter. His film ''La guerra de Dios'' (1953) won the Bronze Lion at the Venice Film Festival in 1953 and also won best film and best director at the San Sebastián ...

and starring

Amparo Rivelles María Amparo Rivelles Ladrón de Guevara Medal of Merit in Labour, MML (11 February 1925 – 7 November 2013), better known as Amparo Rivelles, was a Spanish Actor, actress. She was the daughter of actor Rafael Rivelles and actress María Ferna ...

, Rafael Durán and Guillermo Marín.Bentley p.103 The film's art direction was by

Enrique Alarcón Enrique Alarcón Sánchez-Manjavacas (1917–1995) was a Spanish art director.Faulkner p.106 He worked on over two hundred films. Selected filmography * '' Eloisa Is Under an Almond Tree'' (1943) * ''The Phantom and Dona Juanita'' (1945) * '' ...

Cast

as Marta Osuna * Rafael Durán as Padre Luis Lastra * Guillermo Marín as Don Álvaro Montesinos *

Juan Espantaleón Juan Espantaleón (1885–1966) was a Spanish film actor.González p.248 Selected filmography * '' Currito of the Cross'' (1926) * '' Nobleza baturra'' (1935) * '' Huella de luz'' (1943) * '' Eloisa Is Under an Almond Tree'' (1943) * '' The Nail' ...

as Padre Miguel Vigil Suárez * Ricardo Calvo as Obispo * Fernando Fernández de Córdoba as Sr. Osuna * Camino Garrigó as Josefa *

José Prada José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacul ...

as Don Martín * Joaquín Roa as Sacerdote acompañante del P. Miguel * Félix Fernández as Pelegrín *

Ángel de Andrés Ángel de Andrés Miquel was a Spanish theatre actor and director. Background In 1938, after the Spanish Civil War broke out, the young Andrés worked as an amateur street actor and then as a "galán cómico" in the Salvador Videgain theatre ...

as Dueño casa huéspedes *

Carmen Sánchez Carmen Sánchez (21 April 1898 – 20 November 1985) was a Spanish singer, dancer, and actress. She started her career as dancer and singer of zarzuela at very young age. At age 20, she finished working on copla or chotis and was featured in fil ...

as Doña Eloísa *

Irene Caba Alba Irene Caba Alba (25 August 1905 – 14 January 1957) was an Argentine-born Spanish stage and film actress. She appeared in forty films during her career including '' The Nail''.Hortelano p.176 She was born into a family of actors, the daughter ...

as Dueña casa huéspedes * Juan Vázquez as Don Gaspar * Arturo Marín as Ramiro * Manuel Guitián as Juan *

Julia Lajos Julia Lajos (24 February 1894 – 21 June 1963) was a Spanish film actress. She appeared in more than 50 films between 1926 and 1963. Selected filmography * '' A Palace for Sale'' (1942) * '' Orosia'' (1943) * '' Lady in Ermine'' (1943) * ...

as Teodora * Fernando Aguirre as Maestro * Cándida Losada as Joaquina * Ángel Martinez * Luisa Sala

References

Bibliography

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

External links

* 1947 drama films Spanish drama films 1947 films 1940s Spanish-language films Films directed by Rafael Gil Suevia Films films Spanish black-and-white films 1940s Spanish films {{1940s-Spain-film-stub