''The Miracle Roses'' (Spanish: ''Las rosas del milagro'') is a 1960 Mexican

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drama film directed by

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and starring

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, and Jaime Fernández.Riera p.11 It is set around the time of the

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Cast

as Tlaltecalzin *

as Emperador Moctezuma * Jaime Fernández as Nanoaltzin * Magda Urvizu as Citlali *

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as Gran sacerdote *

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as Obispo Fray Juan de Zumárraga *

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* Manuel Calvo as Hernán Cortés * Lilia del Carmen Camacho as La Virgen *

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as Bernardino * Enrique García Álvarez as Fray Pedro de Gante * José Chávez * León Barroso as Fray Toribio de Benavente * Enedina Díaz de León as Vieja nana indígena *

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as Padre Francisco * Armando Gutiérrez as Padre José *

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as Fraile portero * Margarito Luna * Rubén Márquez * Anna María Gómez *

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as Juan Diego * Isabel Vázquez 'La Chichimeca' as Mujer indígena

References

Bibliography

* Emilio García Riera. ''Historia documental del cine mexicano: 1959-1960''. Universidad de Guadalajara, 1994.

External links

* 1960 films 1960s historical drama films Mexican historical drama films 1960s Spanish-language films Films directed by Julián Soler Films set in the 16th century 1960 drama films 1960s Mexican films Spanish-language historical drama films Cultural depictions of Moctezuma II Cultural depictions of Hernán Cortés {{1960s-Mexico-film-stub