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

José María Forqué José María Forqué Galindo (8 March 1923 – 17 March 1995) was a Spanish screenwriter and film director. Biography He was the father of the actress Verónica Forqué and the director Álvaro Forqué. He died on 17 March 1995 in Madrid ...

and starring

Francisco Rabal Francisco Rabal Valera (8 March 1926 – 29 August 2001), better known as Paco Rabal, was a Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter born in Águilas, a town in the south-western part of the province of Murcia, Spain. Throughout his career, Raba ...

Zully Moreno Zulema Esther González Borbón, better known as Zully Moreno (October 17, 1920 in Villa Ballester, Buenos Aires – December 25, 1999 in Buenos Aires), was an Argentine film actress of the Golden Age of Argentine Cinema (1940–1960). She ...

and

Manuel Alexandre Manuel Alexandre Abarca OAXS MML (11 November 1917 – 12 October 2010) was a Spanish film and television actor. Career He was a popular supporting actor. He won an Honorary Goya Award in 2003 for his career achievements. Filmography in ...

.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 and singer whose film career was most prominent during the 1950s and 1960s. She is one of the last divas of Golden Age of Mexican cinema. She was born in Caracas, Venezuela, the d ...

as Amparo *

Antonio Vilar Antonio is a masculine given name of Etruscan origin deriving from the root name Antonius. It is a common name among Romance language-speaking populations as well as the Balkans and Lusophone Africa. It has been among the top 400 most popular m ...

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 Bar ...

as Director *

María Asquerino Dulce Nombre de María Urdiaín Muro (25 November 1925 – 27 February 2013), better known as María Asquerino, was a Spanish film actress An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in ...

as Delegado *

Félix Dafauce Félix Dafauce (13 November 1896 – 5 October 1990) was a Spanish film actor. He appeared in 120 films between 1925 and 1987. He was born and died in Madrid, Spain. Selected filmography * ''When the Angels Sleep'' (1947) * ''Dawn of Ame ...

as Mendoza *

Isabel de Pomés Isabel de Pomés (10 April 1924 – 31 May 2007) was a classic Spanish film actress and one of the leading ladies in Spanish cinema of the 1940s and 1950s. She appeared in over 30 films between 1941 and 1965. Her father was the actor and spo ...

José Luis López Vázquez José Luis López Vázquez de la Torre MML (11 March 1922, in Madrid – 2 November 2009, in Madrid) was a Spanish actor. Career José Luis López Vázquez was born in Madrid, Spain, on 11 March 1922. He originally worked in theater as a costume ...

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