''Soledad's Shawl'' (Spanish: ''El rebozo de Soledad'') is a 1952 Mexican

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directed by

Roberto Gavaldón Roberto Gavaldón (June 7, 1909 in Jiménez, Chihuahua – September 4, 1986 in Mexico City) was a Mexican film director. Eight of Gavaldón's films were featured on the list 100 Best Movies of the Cinema of Mexico. His 1958 film ''Ash Wednes ...

and starring

Arturo de Córdova Arturo García Rodríguez (8 May 1908 – 3 November 1973), known professionally as Arturo de Córdova, was a Mexican actor who appeared in over a hundred films. Biography Career Arturo García Rodríguez was born in Mérida, Yucatán on 8 May ...

, Pedro Armendáriz, and

Estela Inda Stella (or Estela) Inda (June 28, 1924 – December 7, 1995) was a Mexican film actress. She was the star of notable Mexican films, including '' Los olvidados'' by Luis Buñuel in 1949. Biography Inda started her career as extra in the successfu ...

.Segre p.225 The film's sets were designed by the

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Salvador Lozano Mena. In the film, a doctor moves to a poor rural area where he falls in love with a peasant girl.

Cast

as Dr. Alberto Robles * Pedro Armendáriz as Roque Suazo *

as Soledad * Domingo Soler as Father Juan * Carlos López Moctezuma as David Acosta * Jaime Fernández as Mauro * Rosaura Revueltas as Mother of baby * Manuel Arvide as Doctor * José Baviera as Doctor * Guillermo Calles * Lupe Carriles as Receptionist * Felipe de Flores * Norma Giménez * Gilberto González * Francisco Jambrina as Alfonso Gómez Ugarte * Mario Humberto Jiménez Pons * Mario Jiménez * José María Linares-Rivas as Doctor * José Muñoz * Lucrecia Muñoz as La novia * Yolanda Nieto * Juan Orraca * Ignacio Peón * Hernán Vera as Mayor

References

Bibliography

* Erica Segre. ''Intersected Identities: Strategies of Visualisation in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-century Mexican Culture''. Berghahn Books, 2007.

External links

* 1952 films 1952 Western (genre) films Mexican Western (genre) films 1950s Spanish-language films Films directed by Roberto Gavaldón Mexican black-and-white films 1950s Mexican films {{1950s-Mexico-film-stub