''Traces of Light'' (

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: ''Huella de luz'') is a 1943

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directed by

Rafael Gil Rafael Gil (22 May 1913 – 10 July 1986) was a Spanish film director and screenwriter. His film ''La guerra de Dios'' (1953) won the Bronze Lion at the Venice Film Festival in 1953 and also won best film and best director at the San Sebastián ...

on his directing debut. It is based on a novel by

Wenceslao Fernández Flórez Wenceslao Fernández Flórez (1885 in A Coruña, Galicia (Spain), Galicia – 29 April 1964 in Madrid) was a popular Galician journalist and novelist of the early 20th century. Throughout his career, he retained an intense fondness for the ...

.Bentley p.94

Plot

Octavio Saldaña is a poor young dreamer who lives with his elderly mother and is an office worker at Manufacturas Sánchez-Bey. Mr. Bey rewards Octavio for his work by inviting him to spend a few days at a spa. There Octavio meets Lelly, daughter of a cloth manufacture, and to impress her he decides to pass himself off as a millionaire.

Cast

Isabel de Pomés Isabel de Pomés (10 April 1924 – 31 May 2007) was a classic Spanish film actress and one of the leading ladies in Spanish cinema of the 1940s and 1950s. She appeared in over 30 films between 1941 and 1965. Her father was the actor and sport ...

as Lelly Medina * Antonio Casal as Octavio Saldaña * Juan Espantaleón as Sánchez Bey *

Camino Garrigó Camino Garrigó was a Spanish film actress. She appeared in 28 films, generally in supporting roles such as '' While Angels Sleep'' (1947).Lancia p.102 Selected filmography * '' The Complete Idiot'' (1939) * ''Whirlwind'' (1941) * ''Journey to No ...

as Madre de Octavio * Juan Calvo as Mike *

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as Moke * Mary Delgado as Rosario * Nicolás D. Perchicot as Mayordomo * Ramón Martori as Medina * Julio Infiesta as Jacobito * José Prada as Cañete * Alejandro Nolla as Gerente del hotel * Ana María Campoy as Isabel * Francisco Hernández as Don Eduardo * Joaquín Torréns as Conserje * Fernando Porredón as Emilio

References

Bibliography

* Bentley, Bernard P. E. (2008).
A Companion to Spanish Cinema
'. Boydell & Brewer Ltd. .

External links

* 1943 films 1940s Spanish-language films Spanish black-and-white films Films based on Spanish novels Films set in Spain Films directed by Rafael Gil 1943 comedy films Films scored by Juan Quintero Muñoz Spanish comedy films 1940s Spanish films Spanish-language comedy films Films based on works by Wenceslao Fernández Flórez {{1940s-comedy-film-stub