''Resurrection ''(

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: ''Resurrección'') is a 1943 Mexican

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directed by

Gilberto Martínez Solares Mario Gilberto Agustin Martinez Solares (January 19, 1906 – January 18, 1997) was a Mexican director, cinematographer, screenwriter, and actor who is considered one of the most prolific filmmakers in Mexican cinema having directed more tha ...

and starring

Emilio Tuero Emilio Tuero Cubillas (5 April 1912 – 22 July 1971), known as Emilio Tuero, was a Spanish-Mexican actor, producer, and singer. He was considered a popular star of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. Filmography * '' Cri Cri el grillito can ...

Lupita Tovar Guadalupe Natalia Tovar Sullivan (27 July 1910 – 12 November 2016), known professionally as Lupita Tovar, was a Mexican-American actress best known for her starring role in the 1931 Spanish-language version of '' Drácula''. It was filmed in L ...

Sara García Sara García Hidalgo (8 September 1895 – 21 November 1980) was a Mexican Actor, actress who made her biggest mark during the "Golden Age of Mexican cinema". During the 1940s and 1950s, she often played the part of a no-nonsense but lovable ...

and

Rafael Banquells Rafael Banquells Garafulla (born Rafael Banquells Garafulla; 25 June 1917 – 27 October 1990) was a Cuban-born Mexican actor, director and TV producer known in Mexico as Rafael Banquells (I). Biography Banquells was born on 25 June 1917 in ...

. It is based on the 1899 novel ''

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'' by

Leo Tolstoy Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy Tolstoy pronounced his first name as , which corresponds to the romanization ''Lyov''. () (; ,Throughout Tolstoy's whole life, his name was written as using Reforms of Russian orthography#The post-revolution re ...

.Goble p.463 It relocates Tolstoy's story to Mexico in the early 20th century, at the brink of the

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and its

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. The film's sets were designed by the

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Manuel Fontanals.

Cast

as Fernando Rivas *

as María *

as Genoveva *

as Gabriel *

Carmen Montejo Carmen Montejo (born María Teresa Sánchez González; May 26, 1925 – February 25, 2013) was a Cuban and Mexican actress. Biography Montejo started her career in radio as a child at the age of 6 in Cuba in a show titled ''Abuelita Cata'' t ...

as Presa * Amparo Morillo as Isabel * José Pulido as Practicante * Alejandro Cobo as Guillermo *

Julio Ahuet Julio Ahuet was a Mexican film actor. He appeared in more than a hundred and thirty films during his career, including ''Women Without Tomorrow'' (1951), ''Here Comes Martin Corona'' (1952), and the El Santo film ''Profanadores de tumbas'' (1966). ...

as Nieves * Consuelo Guerrero de Luna as Tía Refugio * Enrique García Álvarez as Juez *

José Torvay José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced very differently in each of the two languages: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , ...

as Carcelero * Victoria Argota * Elena D'Orgaz *

Lupe del Castillo Lupe del Castillo was a Mexican actress who appeared during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema in supporting roles, usually as a maid or an elderly woman. Her films include '' Peach Blossom'' (1945), ''Rosenda'' (1948), and ''Comisario en turno'' (1 ...

Edmundo Espino Edmundo Espino (July 19, 1894 – December 24, 1964) was a Mexican film actor.Agrasánchez p.159 Selected filmography References Bibliography * Rogelio Agrasánchez. ''Guillermo Calles: A Biography of the Actor and Mexican Cinema Pioneer' ...

* Eugenia Galindo * Rosario García *

Arturo Soto Rangel Arturo Soto Rangel (March 12, 1882 – May 25, 1965) was a Mexican film, television, and stage actor. Soto was best known for appearing in over 250 Mexican films. He appeared in one American movie, '' The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'', which w ...

* Enrique Uthoff * Víctor Velázquez

References

Bibliography

* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. * Paranaguá, Paulo Antonio. ''Mexican Cinema''. British Film Institute, 1995.

External links

* 1943 films 1940s Spanish-language films Mexican black-and-white films 1943 drama films 1940s Mexican films Spanish-language historical drama films Films directed by Gilberto Martínez Solares Mexican historical drama films 1940s historical drama films Films set in the 1900s Films based on Resurrection {{1940s-Mexico-film-stub