The Holy Queen

The Holy Queen (Spanish:Reina santa) is a 1947 Spanish-Portuguese historical drama film starring Maruchi Fresno, Antonio Vilar and Luis Peña.^[1] Separate Spanish and Portuguese versions were filmed with the Spanish directed by Rafael Gil and the Portuguese by Henrique Campos and Aníbal Contreiras. It was part of a popular group of Spanish costume films made in the late 1940s.

The film portrays the life of Isabel of Aragon, a Spanish-born Queen of Portugal who played a role of peacemaker between different factions at the Portuguese court as well as between Portugal and Castile.

Cast

• Maruchi Fresno as Isabel of Aragón
• Antonio Vilar as Dinis, King of Portugal
• Luis Peña as Nuño de Lara
• Fernando Rey as Infante Alfonso
• José Nieto as Vasco Peres, the alderman
• María Martín as Blanca
• Juan Espantaleón as Pedro, the priest
• Fernando Fernández de Córdoba as Pedro III de Aragón
• María Asquerino as Leonor
• Barreto Poeira as Álvaro, the squire
• Milagros Leal as Doña Betaza
• Virgilio Teixeira as Alfonso Sánchez
• Julieta Castelo as Doña María Ximénez
• Gabriel Algara as Juan Velho
• Carmen Sánchez as Doña Constanza
• Emilio G. Ruiz as Infante Pedro
• Manuel Guitián as Ramiro
• Joaquina Almarche as María de Molina
• Rafael Luis Calvo as Fernán Ayres
• José Prada as Martín Gil
• Manrique Gil as Don Juan Manuel
• Félix Fernandez as Barredo
• Joaquín Pujol
• José Franco as Froilas
• Luisa España as Isabel as a child
• Santiago Rivero
• Julio F. Alymán
• Francisco Hernández as Villafranca
• Elvira Real
• Mercedes Castellanos as María
• Alfonso de Córdoba as Juan
• Fernando Fresno as Físico
• Emilio García Ruiz as Infante Pedro
• José Jaspe as Estevao

References

1. ↑ Bentley p.100

Bibliography

• Bentley, Bernard. A Companion to Spanish Cinema. Boydell & Brewer 2008.

External links

• The Holy Queen at the Internet Movie Database