''The Holy Crown'' (Spanish: ''Reina santa'') is a 1947 Spanish-Portuguese historical drama film starring Maruchi Fresno, Antonio Vilar and Luis Peña.Bentley, Bernard. ''A Companion to Spanish Cinema''. Boydell & Brewer, 2008. p. 100. . Separate Spanish and Portuguese versions were filmed with the Spanish 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 the Portuguese by Henrique Campos and Aníbal Contreiras. It was part of a popular group of Spanish costume films made in the late 1940s. The film portrays the life of Isabel of Aragon, a Spanish-born Queen of

Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of ...

who played a role of peacemaker between different factions at the Portuguese court as well as between Portugal and Castile.

Cast

References

External links

* 1940s historical drama films Spanish historical drama films Portuguese historical drama films 1940s Spanish-language films 1940s Portuguese-language films Films directed by Rafael Gil Films set in Lisbon Films set in the 13th century Films set in the 14th century Suevia Films films Films produced by Cesáreo González Spanish black-and-white films Portuguese black-and-white films 1947 drama films 1940s multilingual films Portuguese multilingual films Spanish multilingual films 1940s Spanish films {{1940s-Spain-film-stub