''The Sin of Julia'' (Spanish:''El pecado de Julia'') is a 1946 Argentine

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directed by

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and starring

Amelia Bence Amelia Bence (born María Amelia Batvinik; 13 November 1919 – 8 February 2016) was an Argentine film actress and one of the divas of the Golden Age of Argentine Cinema (1940–60). Born to Belarusian Jewish immigrants, Bence began her ...

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and

Alberto Closas Alberto Closas Lluró (30 October 1921, in Barcelona – 19 September 1994, in Madrid) was a prolific Spanish film actor who appeared in the Cinema of Argentina in the 1940s and 1950s and in Spanish cinema after 1955. His family emigrated to A ...

.Oliveri p.84 It is an adaptation of

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's 1888 play ''

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''. The film's sets were designed by the

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Cast

as La Señorita Julia *

as Cristina *

as Juan *

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as Karen *

Alberto Contreras Alberto Contreras (died 1958) was a Spanish-born stage and film actor who settled in Argentina. He portrayed don Florín in the play '' La sirena varada'', written by Alejandro Casona. Selected filmography * ''Our Natacha'' (1944) * ''The Sin of J ...

as Pedro *

Carlos Lagrotta Carlos Lagrotta was an Argentine actor. In 1943 he starred in Benito Perojo's '' Stella''. Other films include '' Hay que educar a Niní'' (1940), ''Santa Cándida'' (1945), '' The Headless Woman'' (1947) and '' El muerto es un vivo'' (1953). Sel ...

as Conrado *

Diana Cortesina Diana Cortesina ( Madrid, 1928 - Madrid, 22 May 2011) was a Spanish actress and vedette, who worked extensively in Argentina. She was raised in a family of artists, her father being the actor Roberto Fugazot, a member of the trio "Irusta-Fugazot ...

as Agatha * María Esther Emery * Juan Pecci *

Chela Cordero Chela Cordero (born Zaira Cordero in Mendoza, Argentina, Mendoza, 1892 - March 24, 1982 in Buenos Aires) was an Argentine actress. In 1943 she starred in Benito Perojo's ''Stella (1943 film), Stella''. She also appeared in films like ''La guerra ...

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* Ana Gryn *

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* Carlos Rivas

References

Bibliography

* Ricardo García Oliveri. ''Cine argentino: crónica de 100 años''. Manrique Zago Ediciones, 1997.

External links

* 1946 films 1946 drama films Films based on works by August Strindberg Argentine drama films 1940s Spanish-language films Films directed by Mario Soffici Films scored by Alejandro Gutiérrez del Barrio Films with screenplays by Tulio Demicheli Argentine black-and-white films Works based on Miss Julie 1940s Argentine films {{1940s-Argentina-film-stub