''Wuthering Heights'' is a

1954 Events January * January 1 – The Soviet Union ceases to demand war reparations from West Germany. * January 3 – The Italian broadcaster RAI officially begins transmitting. * January 7 – Georgetown-IBM experiment: The fir ...

Mexican film directed by

Luis Buñuel Luis Buñuel Portolés (; 22 February 1900 – 29 July 1983) was a Spanish-Mexican filmmaker who worked in France, Mexico, and Spain. He has been widely considered by many film critics, historians, and directors to be one of the greatest and ...

. Its original Spanish title is ''Abismos de pasión''. In 1931, Buñuel and Pierre Unik wrote a screenplay based on the 1847

Emily Brontë Emily Jane Brontë (, commonly ; 30 July 1818 – 19 December 1848) was an English novelist and poet who is best known for her only novel, '' Wuthering Heights'', now considered a classic of English literature. She also published a book of poe ...

novel ''

Wuthering Heights ''Wuthering Heights'' is an 1847 novel by Emily Brontë, initially published under her pen name Ellis Bell. It concerns two families of the landed gentry living on the West Yorkshire moors, the Earnshaws and the Lintons, and their turbulent re ...

'' but were never able to get financing. The 1954 film was produced by

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and Abelardo L. Rodríguez. It stars

Irasema Dilián Irasema Dilián (born Eva Irasema Warschalowska; May 27, 1924 – April 16, 1996) was an actress. Born in Brazil to Polish parents, she began her film career in Italy, and appeared in Italian, Spanish and Mexican films. Biography Irasema Dil ...

and

Jorge Mistral Modesto Llosas Rosell (24 November 1920 – 20 April 1972) known professionally as Jorge Mistral was a Spanish film actor. During the 1940s, he became a star in films produced by CIFESA. In the 1950s, he lived and worked in México and appe ...

as the

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and Heathcliff characters.

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Cast

as Catalina *

as Alejandro * Lilia Prado as Isabel *

Ernesto Alonso Ernesto Alonso (February 28, 1917 – August 7, 2007) was a Mexican producer, director, cinematographer and actor. He was nicknamed "''El Señor Telenovela''" ("Mr. Soap Opera") because most of his work centered on telenovelas known around the wo ...

as Eduardo *

Francisco Reiguera Francisco Reiguera (November 9, 1899 – March 15, 1969) was a Spanish actor who is best known for playing the title role in Orson Welles’ unfinished film version of ''Don Quixote''. He also appeared in the films ''Simon of the Desert'' (1965 ...

as José *

Hortensia Santoveña Hortensia Santoveña (17 October 1912 – 11 July 1986) was a Mexican actress best known for her work in the films Eugenia Grandet (1953), Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970) and Talpa (1956). She was nominated for an Ariel Award for Best Support ...

as María * Jaime González Quiñones as Jorge *

Luis Aceves Castañeda Luis Aceves Castañeda (1913–1973) was a Mexican film actor.Paietta, p. 141. Selected filmography * ''Juan Charrasqueado'' (1948) * ''Philip of Jesus'' (1949) * '' Maria Islands'' (1951) * '' A Place Near Heaven'' (1952) * ''Mexican Bus Ride ...

as Ricardo

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* * 1954 films 1954 romantic drama films Films directed by Luis Buñuel 1950s Spanish-language films Films based on Wuthering Heights Mexican romantic drama films Mexican black-and-white films 1950s Mexican films {{1950s-drama-film-stub