''The Wheel of Life'' (Spanish: ''La rueda de la vida'') is a 1942 Spanish film directed by

Eusebio Fernández Ardavín Eusebio Fernández Ardavín (1898–1965) was a Spanish screenwriter and film director. He was the brother of the playwright Luis Fernández Ardavín. His nephew César Fernández Ardavín who also became a film director, began his career working f ...

.de España, Rafael. ''Directory of Spanish and Portuguese Film-Makers and Films''. Greenwood Press, 1994. .

Synopsis

The singer Nina Luján falls in love with Alberto del Vall, a composer who became famous in America and the two meet again after years, when she has entered an asylum after failing in her artistic career.

Cast

* Ismael Merlo as Alberto del Vall * Antoñita Colomé as Nina Luján *Gabriel Algara as Don Ricardo *

Pedro Barreto Pedro Ricardo Barreto Jimeno (; born 12 February 1944) is a Peruvian prelate of the Catholic Church who has been Archbishop of Huancayo since 2004 and a cardinal since 2018. Biography Barreto was born in Lima, Peru, on 12 February 1944 and en ...

as Peter *Eduardo Stern as Enrique *Alfonso Mancheño as Federico *Elisa Cavalcanti as Criada *Antonio Bayón as Don Rosendo *

Xan das Bolas Tomás Ares Pena, known as Xan das Bolas (30 October 1908 – 13 September 1977) was a Spanish comic actor active during the franquism with films including ''Botón de ancla ''Anchor Button'' (Spanish: ''Botón de ancla'') is a 1961 Spanis ...

as Juanito *Salvador Videgaín *M. Romero Hita as Francisco *

Antonio Casas Antonio Casas (11 November 1911 – 14 February 1982) was a Spanish footballer turned film actor who appeared in film between 1941 and his death in 1982. Casas originally began as a footballer for Atlético Madrid, but entered film in 1941 and ...

as Javier *Esperanza Hidalgo as Trini *Elena Salvador

Reception

''The Wheel of Life'' was nominated for the best film of year in Spain, and was one of the five best films of the year.

References

External links

* Spain in fiction Films directed by Eusebio Fernández Ardavín Films produced by Cesáreo González Spanish black-and-white films 1940s Spanish films {{1940s-Spain-film-stub